Khora's Mirror (Toy Soldier Smile) by Echoflux-07
[Music Style: Steampunk Dub Acid. A deep, hypnotic, tribal percussion loop (djembes, congas, metallic clanks, steam hisses) forms the unwavering foundation. A subterranean, echo-drenched Dub bassline provides the pulse. An acidic, squelching Roland TB-303 synth line weaves in and out, representing spiraling thoughts. The main MALE VOX has a heavy, rhythmic Jamaican Patois accent, delivered like a dub poet. The FEMALE VOX is a cold, synthesized whisper.]
Khora's Mirror (Toy Soldier Smile) by Echoflux-07
[Music Style: Steampunk Dub Acid. A deep, hypnotic, tribal percussion loop (djembes, congas, metallic clanks, steam hisses) forms the unwavering foundation. A subterranean, echo-drenched Dub bassline provides the pulse. An acidic, squelching Roland TB-303 synth line weaves in and out, representing spiraling thoughts. The main MALE VOX has a heavy, rhythmic Jamaican Patois accent, delivered like a dub poet. The FEMALE VOX is a cold, synthesized whisper.]
Lyrics
Intro
Verse 1
Remember little you, with the worn-out shoes and the crown of tin?
Drew a hero in ya book, swore you'd never let the bad man win.
Ya promised you'd be fire, ya promised you'd be true,
So tell me, big man, when that little you looks at you... what ya gonna do?
Does he see the lion that he dreamed about at night?
Or just a scared little puppy... that gave up on the fight?
Chorus
LOOK IN THE MIRROR OF KHORA! TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE!
(Tell me what ya see, now!)
IS THAT THE MAN YOU SWORE TO GOD THAT YOU WOULD ONE DAY BE?!
THE MIRROR OF KHORA, IT DON'T TELL NO LIES!
(No lies, no lies!)
IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE COWARDICE... BEHIND YA GROWN-UP EYES!
Verse 2
The island full of puppets, with the painted-on grins,
The little toy soldiers, payin' for the puppet king's sins.
They sell ya "Smile Fruits" from a bottle, a miracle cure they say,
So ya feed it to ya children... and you watch 'em waste away.
And when the darkness comes to call, and ya hear the baby cry,
Ya look away, ya stay real quiet, ya let the magic die.
Chorus
SO LOOK IN THE MIRROR OF KHORA! TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE!
(Tell me what ya see, now!)
IS THAT THE MAN YOU SWORE TO GOD THAT YOU WOULD ONE DAY BE?!
THE MIRROR OF KHORA, IT DON'T TELL NO LIES!
(No lies, no lies!)
IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE SILENT SCREAM... BEHIND YA GROWN-UP EYES!
Bridge - The Acid Breakdown
It's just business... Don't want any trouble...
I've got a family to feed... I'm just a little bubble...
Someone else will fix it... It's not my fight to win...
Just lower your head... Just let them in...
Just... let... them... win...
Outro
So when ya tuck ya children in, and kiss their sleepy head...
And ya tell 'em 'bout the monsters... hiding underneath the bed...
Just remember, big man...
Sometimes the monster... is you instead.