Story Behind the Song
Gena Mason has had "uh, I think about 25 or 30" jobs, ranging from editorial assistant to exotic dancer. The latter, a three-month stint to pay for art school, still inspires her songwriting. Like the recent film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Mason's debut single is based on Homer's classic The Odyssey. Fascinated by the passage with the deadly ocean sirens, Mason wrote her own version of their verses. The result is "I'll Be Your Mirror," a love song sung from a siren's perspective.ı{
Lyrics
Rest here and take joy,
Stop your fleeing.
Not in a lifetime will you
Escape my seeing.
Your counter chemicals,
Purchased Elysium,
Ease a restless heart
Broken by tedium.
I see you on the other shore,
Your isle of madness.
I'll be your Mirror,
Show you y our gladness.
As on a silver screen
Your course of collision.
Not this nor any scene
Escapes my vision.
Your soul's been quarantined
By practiced derision.
What does the ending mean?
What's your decision?
Oh lie with me,
Give me your confession.
Say now, lay round.
I'll be your reflection.
I see you on the other shore,
Your isle of madness.
I'll be your Mirror,
Soul in the balance.
Oh baby, cry no more of your
Ransom sadness.
I'll be your Mirror,
Show you your gladness.
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