A new musical written by Damien Bacaris and Maytê Oom, Mirror, Mirror is a trans coming out story told through the lens of a hero's journey.
DEMOS
I Could Be
Music by Maytê Oom
Lyrics and book by Damien Bacaris
"I Could Be" features lead vocals by Chloe Solomon,
and ensemble vocals from Damien Bacaris, Marin LeGates, Jasmine Garvin, Jenni Sleiman, and Andrew Wire.
Cover art is credited to Damien Bacaris
Lyrics:
Feel pressure build around me, day’s just begun and I already feel the dread.
Maybe if I move quietly no one will notice that I’m lost in my head.
When did it get so different?
When’d growing up suddenly mean everything’s a wreck?
I wish I knew the answers.
Instead, I’m trapped inside until change drives me over the edge!
None of them fucking know me.
Call me a weirdo because I’m passionate, call me a dyke based on rumors ‘cross the town...
Why won’t they just let me be?
‘Cause I don’t want to be this girl that everyone is saying that I am.
I’d rather crash and burn than keep living this life I have here as I am!
I don’t wanna go on in this body!
I don’t wanna live a life of shame!
Just wanna into a world where I could be...
Writing’s my only solace, making a world where I set all the rules.
A place where I can escape, away from all these expectations they demand me to meet.
‘Cause I don’t want to be this girl that everyone is saying that I am.
I’d rather crash and burn than keep living this life I have here as I am!
I don’t wanna go on in this body!
I don’t wanna live a life of shame!
Just want to run into a world where I could be...
Round and round and round, don’t know how to get away.
(Round and round and round, don’t know how to get away.)
Round and round and round, you won’t ever be the same...
(Round and round and round, you won’t ever be the same...)
I can’t move a muscle, it’s so hard to breathe.
I just need an answer that isn’t a dream...
All this confusion, it eats me alive!
I don't know if I will survive!
‘Cause I don’t want to be this girl that everyone is saying that I am.
I’d rather crash and burn than keep living this life I have here as I am!
I don’t wanna go on in this body!
I don’t wanna live a life of shame!
Just wanna run into a world where I could be...
Wretched Souls
Music by Maytê Oom
Lyrics and book by Damien Bacaris
"Wretched Souls" features lead vocals by Maytê Oom
Cover art is credited to Damien Bacaris
Lyrics:
Before this world came to be there was nothing, just darkness, chaos, and strife.
And in the midst of this chaos, a creature was born, but only half could take over the night
Together nothing alive could stop them, but only she could see.
No gods will survive or live eternal lives unless we go back to how it used to be.
You’re saved, I’m gonna take over this place.
Don’t be afraid of the cleansing flames, oh, your wretched souls will thank me one day.
There was a time we were one and our thoughts would align, then one day he had to secede.
All he’d speak of is light, balance, goodness, and life— it was clear we no longer agreed.
Together we would’ve been the one to set this whole world free.
Instead, he chose them, leaving me in the dust.
His death will now grant me the power I need!
You’re saved, I’m gonna take over this place
The dark will rise, and the chaos will ripe, there’s no stopping me because I am right!
Bit by bit I am dominating everyone as it’s meant to be.
My brother’s in the way, but by the end of today he’ll fall and the world will finally belong to me!
Don’t be afraid of the cleansing flames, oh, your wretched souls will thank me one day!
JUST A BOY
Music by Maytê Oom
Lyrics and book by Damien Bacaris
"Just A Boy" features lead vocals, guitar, and bass guitar by Damien Bacaris and piano by Maytê Oom
Cover art is credited to Damien Bacaris
Lyrics:
I used to wish from time to time to live a life that isn’t mine,
and now I'm trembling on the edge wishing for simplicity again.
But before my world was crashing down...
All I needed was something, anything to get me out.
I wrote a place where I fit in, never to return to the prison within my skin
I genuinely thought this was the answer, thought if I escaped the judgement I’d be better.
But the issue that I have runs deep inside, turns out my biggest enemy is me, myself, and I.
I used to be the happy go lucky kid, but now that’s just a role I play to continue to fit in.
If my family knew how sad I was, how trapped I always feel, would they still love me as I am?
Or cast me out because I'm damned?
I am not the one to swoop in and save the day.
I am not a god, a king, a savior worth your praise.
I am just a teenage kid who’s in over his head...
I am not a hero, I’m just… a boy.
How could I not have thought of this before?
Wrote all of these stories, and ignored the open door.
I don’t need this character to live life as myself, just needed to be him a while to break out of my cell!
‘Cause I am not the one to swoop in and save the day.
I am not a god, a king, a savior worth your praise.
I am just a teenage kid who’s in over his head.
I am not a hero, I’m just a boy.
All this time I thought my life was stagnant, set in stone.
Pretended that I was the girl that everybody knows,
pretended that I was a warrior who’d fight until the end.
But I am not a hero, I’m just a boy!
I am not the one to swoop in and save the day.
I am not a god, a king, a savior worth your praise.
But I will rise up and come out on top.
I may not be a hero, but I am a boy!
I’m just a boy, I’m just a boy...
I have run into a world where I could be the man!
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