Cost of the Mirror

Hi Everypony! OK, first things first. This is AI assisted music. Many of the parts (drums, piano, some electric guitar, choir, etc.) are actually either me playing it on the keyboards or spending a lot of time in the DAW rebuilding tracks and editing it all back together.

This song was so much fun to do! But I must say, I am exhausted after doing it, and I think my partner is probably sick of me waking him up in the middle of the night when I play it through the monitors to hear the mix! LOL

Many of you gave me great ideas to make a sequel to the last song I did "Through the Mirror". I tried to capture the essence of all the comments and incorporate them into this song. Then.... I went to the source!

I went to another AI and created "Princess Celestia" to discuss the song with her, getting her opinion on how she felt about Sunset Shimmer's betrayal. I took her responses and used them as the basis for the song. The last lines of the song are a direct quote from our conversation.

I'll put the complete interview in the comments for everyone to see. I love doing this!

I really hope you all enjoy the song.

~Peg


Lyrics:
You were a prodigy, brilliant and bright,
But pride in your heart turned day into night.
You mocked the weak and trampled their will,
Each step you climbed left another still.
Your shining promise tarnished with shame,
And left me mourning what you became.

I lost my sister to her prideful night,
A thousand years bereft of her light.
I prayed your heart would never depart,
Yet watched the same eclipse shadow your heart.

The cost of the mirror, the price you paid,
Mocked every lesson I tried to convey.
I offered patience, I offered grace,
Met only by the scorn on your face.
The cost of the mirror, the dream you chased,
And cast aside all the love we’d placed.

I tried to shield this land from your hate,
To teach you mercy before it was late.
But did my caution feed the fire’s glow?
Did my restraint let your darkness grow?
I felt betrayal rising below,
A creeping shadow, a growing woe.

The cost of the mirror, the price you paid,
Mocked every lesson I tried to convey.
I offered patience, I offered grace,
Met only by the scorn on your face.
The cost of the mirror, the dream you chased,
And cast aside all the love we’d placed.

That cursed glass deceived your eyes,
Promised thrones, delivered lies.
Not destiny, but a cruel disguise,
It twisted hope and glamorized
The pain you dealt, the trust you scarred,
To feed the hunger in your heart.

You silenced voices, you made them fall,
Believed ambition would conquer all.
You told yourself a clever lie,
While shards of virtue withered and died.
And cast the innocent below,
Into the hell you chose to sow.

Should I blame the glass, or blame my crown,
For leaving such temptation to stand?
It showed you power, but hid the cost,
And in its shimmer I see you lost.
Forever astray, forever blind,
Chained to the lies within your mind.

The cost of the mirror, the price you paid,
A student of promise led astray.
I still mourn the one you became,
And carry the weight of my own shame.
The cost of the mirror still burns your name,
Gone forever — yet hope remains.

I see you still, a child of light,
Lost in a kingdom of endless night.
The door stands open, the path to grace,
Should you return to my embrace.

"The greatest leaders are not those who demand loyalty,
but those who inspire it through kindness and wisdom."

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