On the catchy new song “Spanish Doors,” Phair’s lyrics address the emotional fallout of a relationship gone awry where losing one’s sense of self can be overwhelming and “the ghost I see in the mirror doesn’t smile anymore.”
“Pushing past the table, spilling my drink/Locked up in the bathroom, staring at the sink/I don’t want to see anybody I know,” she sings. “I don’t want to be anywhere that you and I used to go.” Phair said she drew inspiration for the song from a friend who was going through a divorce. It’s “about the fracturing of a beautiful life, when everything you counted on is suddenly thrown up for grabs,” she said.
“You look at yourself in the mirror and wonder who you are now, shadows of doubt creeping into your eyes. Just a few moments ago you were a whole, confident person,” she added. “And now you wonder how you’ll ever get the magic back.”
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