[Intro]
Smile for the camera
Wave for the crowd
Polish the mirror
Talk real loud

[Verse]
Here come the Ministers of Mirrors in a shining line
Every little scandal gets a brand new shine
They got a phrase for the hunger and a word for the rent
A softer little sentence for the money they spent
They say reform when they mean delay
They say concern when they look away
They say the people are the heart of the plan
Then shake a different hand in a private van

[Pre-Chorus]
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who got rich while the poor got small
Mirror mirror in the light
Who rehearsed that smile all night

[Chorus]
Ministers of Mirrors
Spinning smoke and silver glass
Ministers of Mirrors
We remember what you pass
Ministers of Mirrors
Every promise disappears
But the crowd got eyes
And the crowd got ears

[Verse]
They got consultants with a velvet tone
They got a pollster with a silent phone
They got compassion in a press-release jar
And a driver waiting in a bulletproof car
But the brass don’t care for a polished lie
Trumpet gonna split that painted sky
The bass don’t bend to the words they choose
And the drum knows more than the evening news

[Pre-Chorus]
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who got rich while the poor got small
Mirror mirror in the light
Who rehearsed that smile all night

[Chorus]
Ministers of Mirrors
Spinning smoke and silver glass
Ministers of Mirrors
We remember what you pass
Ministers of Mirrors
Every promise disappears
But the crowd got eyes
And the crowd got ears

[Instrumental]
Clavinet chatter, brass replies
Scratch cuts through the practiced lies
Bassline laughing in a minor key
Crowd says we see, we see, we see

[Bridge]
You can polish the frame but the crack still shows
You can perfume the room but the truth still grows
You can dim every lamp in the chamber hall
But the people remember it all

[Breakdown]
No more mirror, no more mask
Answer one honest question asked
No more mirror, no more stage
Read the names on the public page

[Build-up]
Say we see
We see
Say we hear
We hear
Say no fear
No fear
Bring the truth right here

[Chorus]
Ministers of Mirrors
Spinning smoke and silver glass
Ministers of Mirrors
We remember what you pass
Ministers of Mirrors
Every promise disappears
But the crowd got eyes
And the crowd got ears

[Chorus]
Ministers of Mirrors
Spinning smoke and silver glass
Ministers of Mirrors
We remember what you pass
Ministers of Mirrors
Every promise disappears
But the crowd got eyes
And the crowd got ears

[Outro]
Smile fades out when the bassline hits
Glass breaks clean where the truth commits
Ministers of Mirrors, hear it clear
The crowd got eyes and the crowd got ears