Trapped beneath the stage by Trixie, Sunset has a total collapse of confidence. Everything she's built up to before now is betrayed by not only the realization that all of her efforts have been for nothing, but also the thought that she made have made things far worse than they would've been. And it's here, in her darkest moment, that she comes face to face with her true enemy.

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This is one of the songs I really was excited to do, I think it fits in perfectly with the theatrical vibe of the album as a whole and also serves a good stand in for the scene it's replacing from the movie. And it's kinda spooky, so it's good for an October release. Had a lot of fun with it, and I hope you enjoy!

[Lyrics]

[Verse 1]

In the darkness, I sit, I'm lost and distraught,
I'm tossed into all of this chaos, It's awful,
Who would have thought
That after all that I fought through to get here
The only thing that I'd do is fall full

Forward on my face, with the door locked?
Underneath the stage while Trixie's making the show stop
The Rainbooms don't know that I'm here, but I don't know if they care,
And I assume that their focus is still in need of repair,

They'd be under here anyway, without me,
And I doubt they'd be able to hear as I shout, scream,
And yell, until my voice gives out, I do not seem
To break through, the music's up above me is just too loud

And so I drop, knees catch me in a stop, breathe heavily
Hands start to shake as I grip myself, steadily
Losing it, starting to slip, regret sending me,
A shiver up my spine as a voice extends to me:

[Chorus]

Miss Shimmer, won't you put your trust in me?
Miss Shimmer, you weren't enough, you see
Miss Shimmer, without me you are incomplete,
I am part of you and you're a part of me
Miss Shimmer, it shouldn't be so hard to choose
Miss Shimmer, you haven't anything to lose,
Miss Shimmer, together we can see this through,
If you give in to me, then I can give to you,

[Verse 2]

"Who said that?" I'm all alone, but I hear it,
I feel it from the mirror, so evil drawing me near it,
It's a spirit, a demon, a monster wearing my face
She smiles as I recoil, reminding me of the days,

When me and her were one and the same,
She opens up her lips and a split tongue whispers my name
(Shimmer, it's time to finish this, you're getting so diminished)
(Quit playing around with all these friendship games,)

"How are you alive?!" (I can never die, I'm within you)
(Watching as you try to make your precious friends forgive you,)
"I don't need you anymore, I'm stronger without you!"
(Is that how you've gotten this far? Everyone doubts you,)

(Your friends didn't need you, nobody else believed you)
(Were really changed, but that didn't defeat you,)
"But they redeemed me!" (But standing alone, you feed me)
(And together we're a force that can finally be free)

[Chorus]

Miss Shimmer, won't you put your trust in me?
Miss Shimmer, you weren't enough, you see
Miss Shimmer, without me you are incomplete,
I am part of you and you're a part of me
Miss Shimmer, it shouldn't be so hard to choose
Miss Shimmer, you haven't anything to lose,
Miss Shimmer, together we can see this through,
If you give in to me, then I can give to you,


[Verse 3]

"Get out of my head, leave me alone, I'm done!"
(But Sunset, there's nowhere left for you to run,)
"My friends, if I could maybe somehow find a way to -"
(You think that they would come to your aid, that they would save you?)

(They were in your way and you pushed past them)
(Then they turned their backs when you surpassed them)
"But I still have them!" (Then where are they now? Where were they back then?)
(They've abandoned you, and you don't want to face the facts)

"Shut up!" The mirror smashes, my fist impacts
But the glass only shows more of the past, all my actions
Come crashing back down on me, 'till I collapse,
Then I her voice whisper to me, creeping down my back,

(I will never leave you, unlike your friends, never)
(Will I sever ties, you and I are meant to be together,)
(Now and forever, by your side, here to guide you)
(And given time we will reach all of our endeavors,)

(Your power and mine, together we will align,)
(The Sirens will be begging us for mercy in the end)
(And our 'friends', we'll remind them what's mine,)
(First this school, then the rest of this world will be conquered in time)

(My power is second to none, like the sun)
(I will rise, for my time has come,)
(What ashes are left are corrected,)
(My past rejected, for now I'm perfected and will bow to none!)

"No!"

[Chorus]

Miss Shimmer, won't you put your trust in me?
Miss Shimmer, you weren't enough, you see
Miss Shimmer, without me you are incomplete,
I am part of you and you're a part of me
Miss Shimmer, it shouldn't be so hard to choose
Miss Shimmer, you haven't anything to lose,
Miss Shimmer, together we can see this through,
If you give in to me, then I can give to you...