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Mirror Gaze Lyrics — Manic Street Preachers | Dork

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Mirror Gaze Lyrics

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Manic Street Preachers

Mirror Gaze

From Resistance Is Futile2018

Written by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore

Produced by Dave Eringa, Gavin Fitzjohn, Guy Massey

Lyrics

Mirror Gaze

[Verse 1] I've made some sense of emptiness I've learnt to love me less and less I finally let go of my weaker self I made the crash and I made the wreck I've got no time to stand and correct 'Cause everybody hurts Like the wise man said [Pre-Chorus] I built the rod For my own back I got the monkey Sitting on my neck [Chorus] Beyond all this Oblivion runs Beyond all this There lies a place for us Beyond all this There lies another way Beyond all this Oblivion runs Beyond all this There lies a place for us Beyond my eyes There is a mirror gaze [Verse 2] Only in a poem do you find some truth The fiction is merely a hiding place The mirror's my enemy The shadows are my friend I've made some sense of emptiness I've learnt to love me less and less I finally let go of my weaker self [Pre-Chorus] I built the rod For my own back I got the monkey Sitting on my neck [Chorus] Beyond all this Oblivion runs Beyond all this There lies a place for us Beyond all this There lies another way Beyond all this Oblivion runs Beyond all this There lies a place for us Beyond my eyes There is a mirror gaze [Refrain] There lies another way There lies another way [Solo] [Chorus] Beyond all this Oblivion runs Beyond all this There lies a place for us Beyond all this There lies another way Beyond all this Oblivion runs Beyond all this There lies a place for us Beyond all this There lies another way

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About this track

"Mirror Gaze" is a song by Manic Street Preachers from the album Resistance Is Futile, released in 2018. The song was written by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore. It was produced by Dave Eringa, Gavin Fitzjohn, Guy Massey.

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Dave Eringa— 258 credits as songwriter & producer →
Gavin Fitzjohn— 64 credits as songwriter & producer →
Guy Massey— 137 credits as producer →
James Dean Bradfield— 445 credits as songwriter & producer →
Nicky Wire— 368 credits as songwriter →
Sean Moore— 383 credits as songwriter →

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