Brand New Mirror


words and music by Erin Main and Rick Paul

Chasing Rainbows cover art Brand New Mirror cover art
From the album Chasing Rainbows
and the single Brand New Mirror


I saw myself in a broken mirror
All cracks and missing pieces
Just an image of my shattered self
My flaws and incompleteness

But you saw what I couldn’t see
Through my fractured youth
And I don’t know what I’d be
If it weren’t for you

Ooh, you
Your love was a brand new mirror
That showed me who I am
Soft and hard, smooth and sharp
Sometimes hard to understand
And I learned to see myself
Through reflections in your eyes
I am strong today
From your boundless faith
Through your knowing ways
You loved me as I am

It was you who first saw me
For who I am inside
The parts I never dared to see
The heart I tried to hide

But how could I deny
What you saw was me
When I looked in your eyes
You made me believe

Ooh, you
Your love was a brand new mirror
That showed me who I am
Soft and hard, smooth and sharp
Sometimes hard to understand
And I learned to see myself
Through reflections in your eyes
I am strong today
From your boundless faith
Through your knowing ways
You loved me as I am

You showed me strengths
Where I’d only seen weakness
Where I saw imperfections
You showed me uniqueness
You were the one who saw all I could be
It’s like you showed me me

Ooh, you
Your love was a brand new mirror
That showed me who I am
Soft and hard, smooth and sharp
Sometimes hard to understand
And I learned to see myself
Through reflections in your eyes
I am strong today
From your boundless faith
Through your knowing ways
You loved me as I am

Through your knowing ways
You loved me
As I am


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