This is a macabre comedy. Bride is a recurring theme... I can imagine this delusion being real. Can't you?
[Verse 1]
I sewed you together from a silver frame
From a dish and a candle flame
Pressed my thumb in your wrist bone
And called you bride from a paper gown
You waited quietly in the corner chair
Face white as lace, hair combed back with care
I talked for hours in that darkened hall
You stared like you didn't know me at all
[Pre-Chorus]
Then your hand grew cold
Cold as glass
I blinked once
And you were goneI
I reached for you
You shattered in two
a ghost, hollow eyes
staring into the abyss
[Chorus]
Mirror bride, mirror bride
You were never by my side
Mirror bride, mirror bride
I fell in love with a lie
Sweet little lie
Sweet little lie
Now I sing your name at night
[Verse 2]
They stripped me of my watch and shoestrings too
"Said son, that girl was never good to you"
Now the walls hum white where your skirts used to sway
And I keep count of the days that I haven't stayed
My tray turns cold at half past three
I trace the shape of your face on the window
One nurse told me to sleep
One told me to behave
But I can hear your heels in the stairway cage
[Pre-Chorus]
Still your eyes haunt my bed
Like sickly moons stuck inside my headI
know what I 've done
I know what I cost
But every day sings what I lost
[Chorus]
Mirror bride, mirror bride
You were never by my side
Mirror bride, mirror bride
I fell in love with a lie
Sweet little lie
Sweet little lie
Now I sing your name at night
[Bridge]
If I close my eyes, then you're there again
Stitched up in satin in the pouring metal rain
You kiss my cheek and disappear into mist
And suddenly, the room turns to dust.
Tell them I'm fine
Tell them I'm fine
I just can't tell
Them who's real
And who's put on a show
If you loved me
Come back to me
And get me the fuck out of here
[Final Chorus]
Mirror bride, mirror bride
You were never by my side
Mirror bride, mirror bride
I fell in love with a lie
Sweet little lie
Sweet little lie
Now I sing your name at night
Mirror bride, mirror bride
Don't leave me here to rot inside
Mirror bride, mirror bride
I see you when I close my eyes
Sweet little lie
Sweet little lie
Now I sing your name at night