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Shattered Mirrors

AXEL:β

[Intro]

Yeah… uh

You hear that echo?

That’s me fightin’ with my shadow

Let’s go!

[Verse 1]

I’m the product of pressure and panic, a phantom mechanic

I manage to channel the damage, expand it, then brand it

They hand me the planet, I cram it in stanzas, volcanic

Explosive with focus, my motive is manic, gigantic

I rap in the mirror, the clearer the vision, the quicker

The venom I spit is delivered with shivers, consider

The sinner, the saint, intertwine in my brain

Insane how the pain gets painted in chains

They told me “slow down,” but I only go quicker

Like liquor that’s bitter, I’m sicker, a flicker

Of light in the dark, but the spark is artillery

Literally killin’ the beat with agility

[Hook]

Shattered mirrors, broken glass

Voices screaming from the past

I can’t run, I can’t hide

This is my war, my fight inside

Shattered mirrors, break the frame

Every loss ignites the flame

I won’t stop, I won’t fall

I’m still standin’ through it all

[Verse 2]

I spit with precision, incision is deep in the rhythm

I’m livin’ in prisons of vision, decisions

Collisions of syllables, lyrical miracles

Every interval critical, cynical, spiritual

I’m fightin’ the critics, the gimmicks, the limits

I’m flippin’ the minutes, I’m in it to win it

Deliverin’ venom, adrenaline, medicine

Letters embedded in veteran etiquette

Double-time flow when I’m cuttin’ the beat

Sudden defeat when they run in the heat

Runnin’ the street with a pen and a pad

Turnin’ my trauma to something they grab

[Hook]

Shattered mirrors, broken glass

Voices screaming from the past

I can’t run, I can’t hide

This is my war, my fight inside

Shattered mirrors, break the frame

Every loss ignites the flame

I won’t stop, I won’t fall

I’m still standin’ through it all

[Bridge – Faster Flow]

Tick-tock, wristwatch, my clock bleeds red

Every word I ever said still stuck in my head

Overloaded with the motive, I provoke it instead

When I’m closer to the edge, I expose what I bled

Metaphors and memories I never can sever

Better measure every letter when they’re pullin’ the lever

I’m a pressure cooker lookin’ for a hook in forever

But the clever never settle, every second is treasure

[Final Verse – Longest & Craziest]

I lace syllables like chains on a criminal

Minimal intervals, flippin’ the pinnacle

Visible, lyrical, spiritual, cynical

Miracle, typical, infinite, critical

Rap fast, blast past any last gasp

Smash tracks, stack facts, I’m a mad ax

Flashback to a past that was pitch black

Now I grip rap like a switchblade, quick-snap

Every metaphor is a weapon I brandish

Damage is manic, I vanish, then vanish

Again I replenish, adrenaline finish

I’m bendin’ the limits, ascendin’ the grimace

Standin’ on top of the ruins I made

From the pain and the rage that I locked in a cage

Every page that I write is a war that I wage

And the stage is the place where I’m breakin’ the chains

[Hook – Repeat Twice]

Shattered mirrors, broken glass

Voices screaming from the past

I can’t run, I can’t hide

This is my war, my fight inside

Shattered mirrors, break the frame

Every loss ignites the flame

I won’t stop, I won’t fall

I’m still standin’ through it all

  • Lyricist

    AXEL:β

  • Composer

    AXEL:β

  • Co-Producer

    AXEL:β

  • Guitar

    AXEL:β

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