I've been songwriting a lot more lately, and last fall I began writing a song because of something I heard in my head when I sat down to write yet another love song: "You can't escape all the lies you create." For me, it's always easier to write about romance and heartbreak, the things that center around another person, and are always filled with so much emotion.
I guess, when I heard those lines, I knew that I had something else to say that wasn't about being single or in love. Wrestling with my own insecurities, I began to write a song to women who struggle with feeling beautiful, worthy and like they'd never measure up to the world's standards.
It is such a daily struggle for women, I can't talk for men, but our gender is constantly thinking about each move we make and how we will look because of it. And the truth is, we're all in this together, we should be encouraging each other and lifting each other up. This song is just as much of a message for myself as it is to others.
I enlisted the help of my good friend Emily Drew, who helped me finalize the song. Then she threw in her rad harmonies and direction, and this is what we ended up with.
Mirror's Mirage
https://soundcloud.com/nicolle-monico/sets/original-songs
Verse 1:
You can’t escape all the lies you create, all the stories you think are true
Step away from the mirror’s mirage, I can see that it’s breaking you
PreChorus
Run and hide, scared of all that's inside
Clutching your knees so tight
Chorus:
Open your eyes, don’t be ashamed
Your beauty is truth, can’t you see what’s inside?
Tear yourself down, bleed your heart dry
Set yourself free, I’m by your side
And you’re not alone
Verse 2:
They always said that you’d never live up
Wouldn't be the girl that all the boys choose
Brush it off, pretend that it doesn’t matter
But you know that it’s killing you
PreChorus 2:
Run and hide to the demons you fight
Clutching your knees so tight
Bridge:
You are always enough, find the strength that you bear
Let me be the lighthouse that guides you home
Let me be the fire inside your soul
