InformationAlbum NameThe Unplugged Collection, Volume OneArtistElvis Costello, Various ArtistsGenrePOPRelease Date1994Release Agency-OriginalDeep Dark Truthful Mirror - Elvis Costello One day you're going to have to face A deep dark truthful mirror And it's going to tell you things that I still love you too much to say The sky was just a purple bruise the ground was iron And you fell all around the town until you looked the same The same eyes the same lips the same lie your tongue trips Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror The flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts ring to the boots of roustabouts But you're never in any doubt something happening somewhere You chase down the road till your fingers bleed On a fiberglass tumbleweed You can blow around the town but it all shuts down the same The same eyes the same lips the same lie your tongue trips Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror So you bay for the boy in the tiger skin trunks They set him up set him up on the stool He falls down falls down like a drunk And you drink till you drool And it's his story you'll flatter You'll stretch him out like a saint But the canvas that he splattered will be the picture that you never paint Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror A stripping puppet on a liquid stick gets into it pretty thick A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears but how do you know he really needs it Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand Jesus wept he felt abandoned You're spellbound baby there's no doubting that Did you ever see a stare like a Persian cat The same eyes the same lips the same lie your tongue trips Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror Post navigation Annie Lennox – Walking On Broken Glass (Live) Goldfrapp – Happiness By be1lyric Related Post Album Black String (블랙스트링) – 이별 Dec 20, 2024 be1lyric Album 안경잽이 – Y NoT? (Feat. JHN, 372) (Prod. Alive Funk) Dec 20, 2024 be1lyric Album 안경잽이 – D+1095 (Feat. jui) (Prod. Alive Funk) Dec 20, 2024 be1lyric Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.