Broken Mirrors, as this was originally called, was essentially just an exercise in trying to push a metaphor much too hard, with lots of lines about "shards of you," and so-on.
Simon, meanwhile, was trying to build a simple dance track in the style of Sylver, but it didn't take too long before he had decided it sounded better at a slightly less manic tempo, with glass breaking samples to lighten the mood a little.
Caught next to a song called The Broken Generation and only one single after Broken, we were stuck with a bit of a dilemma for the title, so it ended up with the better name Shattered Mirrors instead.
The lyrics:
There you are, you see
You made me believe
Then my world caved in
With shards of dreams on me
There you are again
My fairweather friend
Look who turned my world
Into dust again
Everywhere I look are pieces of you
Shattered like the day it ended for good
Too far gone to ever be repaired
Too late now to ever be the same
There you are at last
You live life too fast
And always forget
That I was here first
Everything I see is battered and bruised
Scattered when the hope I clung to diffused
Too far gone to ever be repaired
Too late now to ever be the same
Everyone I knew has sided with you
Left me on the ground, and found something new
Too far gone to ever be repaired
Too late now to ever be the same
Too far gone to ever be repaired
Too late now to ever be the same
(R. Martin / S. Martin)
