Mortlake Library (John Dee)

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Your mind's a scrying glass of light,
reflecting everything I see,
synapses fire when you're in sight,
neuroplasticity sets me free.
The voltage hums beneath your skin,
a current traced through every vein,
like copper wire pulled taut and thin,
conducting joy instead of pain.
Your pupils widen, dark and wide,
the iris shifts like tidal glass,
and every signal moves inside
like light bent hard through polished brass.

[Chorus]
You're the mirror I look into,
reflecting back my truest soul,
your oxytocin binds me to
a love that makes my spirit whole,
you're the mirror I look into,
reflecting back my truest soul,
your oxytocin binds me to
a love that makes my spirit whole.

[Verse 2]
Your dopamine rewires my brain,
each glance dissolves my old defense,
the limbic system chants your name,
your presence makes a perfect sense.
The cortex quiets, warm and slow,
like static fading from a room,
your heartbeat sets a steady flow,
a drumbeat cutting through the gloom.
Each nerve end leans toward your heat,
the way a root seeks water deep,
my rhythm syncing with your beat
in patterns I was born to keep.

[Bridge]
The amygdala calms with you,
my fear dissolves into the ground,
the mirror shows what's burning true—
in your reflection, I am found.
The dendrites stretch like reaching hands,
through darkened tissue, soft and warm,
they map the shape of where you stand,
a shelter holding through the storm.
My whole autonomic sky goes still,
no sirens firing through the dark,
just breath and pulse and open will,
and the clean, bright signal of your spark.

[Chorus]
You're the mirror I look into,
reflecting back my truest soul,
your oxytocin binds me to
a love that makes my spirit whole,
you're the mirror I look into,
reflecting back my truest soul,
your oxytocin binds me to
a love that makes my spirit whole.

[Outro]
The mirror glows between us bright,
we see the truth we always knew,
forever in each other's light.