[Intro – Vinyl Crackle + Jazz Piano]
[Soft match strike]
They say if you stare too long…
the mirror start tellin’ truths.
[Low trumpet enters]
And baby…
truth can be dangerous in New Orleans.
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[Verse 1]
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Met her in a candlelit room off Bourbon Street,
Gold on her fingers, silk on her feet.
Voice smooth like smoke through a saxophone cry,
Looked at me once and read my whole life.
She said, “Baby, what you runnin’ from?”
While stirrin’ dark liquor with her thumb.
I laughed it off but she ain’t blink,
Like she knew every thought before I think.
Perfume smelled like jasmine and rain,
Like heartbreak dressed in velvet chains.
Whole room froze when she crossed them floors,
Even grown men whispered prayers indoors.
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[Hook – Choir + Smooth Bass]
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Marie Laveau’s mirror…
Show me my soul…
Every hidden wound, every place not whole.
Marie Laveau’s mirror…
Don’t let me hide…
The bayou see the darkness inside.
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[Verse 2]
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She danced slow while the trumpets sighed,
Black lace movin’ like the river tide.
Said, “Louisiana teach two things well—
How to survive… and how to hide hell.”
Candles flickered while the shadows grew tall,
Pictures on the wall looked ready to talk.
She touched my chest said, “Pain live here,”
And somehow that hit deeper than fear.
I asked her if the stories all true,
She smiled said, “Depends what hauntin’ you.”
Then disappeared into Bourbon haze,
Like a ghost the South refuse to erase.
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[Bridge – Spoken + Ambient Choir]
Some women don’t seduce your body…
they seduce your honesty.
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Mirror on the wall tonight…
Show me wrong, show me right.
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[Verse 3]
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Now every time rain hit them streets,
I still feel her whisperin’ through the heat.
Maybe she was woman, maybe myth,
Maybe just the truth I fought against.
Because the mirror ain’t made of glass—
It’s every memory from your past.
And New Orleans got a way of showin’ souls
Everything they try not to know.
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[Final Hook – Full Brass + Choir]
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Marie Laveau’s mirror…
Still call my name…
Still pull truth from the deepest pain.
Marie Laveau’s mirror…
Black water eyes…
Reflectin’ every hidden side.
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[Outro – Jazz Piano + Thunder]
Careful what you ask the mirror…
Down here…
reflections answer back.
