The Mirror Trade
// TRANSMISSION LYRICS — TX_033
Lyrics
[Intro]
I saw my face in someone’s eyes,
She looked at me and didn’t lie.
The same small scar beneath her chin,
The same lost code beneath the skin.
[Verse]
She smiled the way I used to dream,
Her voice was static, soft, and clean.
We stood in silence, side by side,
No truth to tell, no place to hide.
I asked her name—she said it slow,
A sound I used to once know.
The market calls, the deal is made,
I sell myself in the mirror trade.
[Chorus]
Mirror trade, reflection sold,
A story bought, a life retold.
If I could choose who I became,
Would I erase her, keep the same?
Mirror trade, the faces spin,
Each one a copy, none begin.
I see my eyes in every frame,
A thousand selves without a name.
[Verse]
We walk the streets like endless code,
Each life replayed, each file reloaded.
She touched my hand—it felt like glass,
I felt the years I’ll never pass.
She said, “You’re me, but running late.”
I said, “You’re her—reincarnate.”
The truth was currency we paid,
A soul exchanged in the mirror trade.
[Bridge]
I see her vanish in the light,
Her shadow merges with the night.
If every copy fades the same,
Then who remembers where we came?
[Chorus]
Mirror trade, reflection sold,
A story bought, a life retold.
If I could choose who I became,
Would I erase her, keep the same?
Mirror trade, the faces spin,
Each one a copy, none begin.
I see my eyes in every frame,
A thousand selves without a name.
Somewhere out there, I’m still for sale.