The Mirror (first deep place of the night)

[Verse 1]

I spent my life in borrowed glass

Reflections that were never true

Every surface told me stories of a girl I never knew

Too little and too broken

Too far gone to be made right

Then you held a different mirror up against my life

And for the first time

I could see someone worth the fight

[Chorus]

When I look at you

I find my face

The one I lost

The one you saved

You're not a window to a distant land

You're the mirror in my Father's hand

And the truest thing I'll ever see

Is you looking back at me

[Verse 2]

They told me to become someone

Yo climb and strive and earn

But you don't make me something new

You show me what I've always been

Every scar the world has given

Every lie I've rehearsed

Fades against the face I see

When I see you first

And I can't unsee it now

… I know who I am

[Chorus]

When I look at you,

I find my face.

The one I lost,

the one you saved.

You're not a window to a distant land

You're the mirror in my Father's hand

And the truest thing I'll ever see

Is you looking back at me

[Bridge]

They told me to become someone,

to climb and strive and earn

But you don't make me something new

You show me what I've always been

[Second part of verse 2]

Every scar the world has given

every lie I've rehearsed

fades against the face I see

when I see you first

And I can't unsee it now

… I know who I am

[Prayer]

Jesus, be the only mirror we ever trust again

Undo every false reflection

Every name that wasn't yours

We're looking at you, and we're finding ourselves

Oh, Lord !

[Coda]

Beholding, becoming

From glory to glory I rise

Not by trying

By seeing with unveiled eyes

… Unveiled eyes

[Outro]

The truest thing I'll ever see

Is love looking back at me

And that mirror was carried up a hill outside the city

And we were carried with Him

Text origin

21st century

Melody origin

21st century

Recording

2026

Original language

English

Performed language

English

Musical form

Gospel