I was extremely happy to get back to this song. Since I originally released it, it became one of my favorites because of how much fun it was to play. Starlight Glimmer is one of my favorite characters in the show, so I was having a blast with writing a song all about her redemption.
lyrics
Imprisoning what made them unique
Forcing all to fall in my line
Welcoming smiles cheek to cheek
A perfect world by my design
Changing the crumbling past around us
Can't ever change what I did to you
Seeing each new future we found rust
Began to take its toll on me too
I can't take away the things I've done
But I'll undo the webs that I've spun
Equal anger and equal heartbreak
Guided what was mine to take
Starlight I felt was growing dimmer
But with the help of true friends found
I can feel my life slowly turning around
So much more than just a little glimmer
Going against what I thought I knew at first
Planning out just how to pick this apart
For one who was at their very worst
How does reformation even start?
Couldn't magically make a friend
Couldn't even let go of my own past
But now I've got my own letters
To send and show what I've learned will always last
I can't take away the things I've done
But I'm not gonna turn and run
Equal anger and equal heartbreak
Guided what was mine to take
Starlight I felt was growing dimmer
But with the help of true friends found
I can feel my life slowly turning around
So much more than just a little glimmer
Ethnicity synchronicity
Twisting everything I thought to be right
Time-traveling, world-unraveling
But now I've got my own future to rewrite
Equal anger and equal heartbreak
Guided what was mine to take
Starlight I felt was growing dimmer
But with the help of true friends found
I can feel my life slowly turning around
So much more than just a little glimmer
Equal anger and equal heartbreak
Guided what was mine to take
But with the help of true friends found
I can feel my life slowly turning around
credits
from Reflection,
released July 11, 2020
Music and lyrics by DoTheDaringDew
DISCLAIMER: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is property of Hasbro, Lauren Faust, and DHX Media. I claim absolutely no ownership whatsoever of the show or its characters.
I only claim ownership of this songs that I have written inspired by their work.
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