Broken Mirrors
FRAGMENTED · Shadows and Ash: Afterburn · Out now
Holding the shards of the person you've been and not recognising the face in them. A heavy ballad about self-blame that turns in its final chorus: maybe I could learn to speak my name, and rise.
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Credits
Artist: Fragmented
Album: Shadows and Ash: Afterburn
Album release: 3 July 2026
Label: Fragmented Music
Lyrics
Shards of memory in my palms,
Mirroring a face I can't defend.
Every fracture draws a map
Of all the truths I tried to bend.
The tide pulls me under,
And I let it claim me—
Afraid that fighting back
Might show what's left of me.
Splintered mirrors cut my skin,
Tracing chaos buried deep within.
They swear there's something still to love,
But I can't find it in my own eyes.
I just fall—
I just fail to rise.
Smoke curls soft around my bones,
Stinging every breath I chase.
I wander through familiar ruins,
A shadow searching for its place.
The fire climbs higher,
And I feed it willingly—
Burning through the parts of me
I never meant to keep.
Splintered mirrors cut my skin,
Tracing chaos buried deep within.
They swear there's something still to love,
But I can't find it in my own eyes.
I just fall—
I just fail to rise.
If I could break the spell
Of the person I've been chasing,
Maybe I'd step from all these ruins
Instead of endlessly replacing
Broken pieces with new blame.
Maybe I'd learn to speak my name—
Without the tremor, without the shame.
Splintered mirrors cut my skin,
But I'm not the ghost I've held within.
If there's a spark they swear they see,
Maybe there's a chance it's part of me.
I won't fall—
Not this time.
I'll rise.
