The Mirror Between Us
Two Songs. One Ruined Love.
Love Don’t Live in Lies and Too Far Gone to Fix
Told through the voices of Carrie Calloway and Kade Callier
Every song I write has a heartbeat behind it.
But some come in pairs.
Love Don’t Live in Lies and Too Far Gone to Fix are two sides of a relationship that broke itself wide open. They’re written as if Carrie and Kade are finally saying what they never could in the moment. Like a private journal cracked open - one page from her, one from him.
They don’t argue.
They don’t overlap in time.
But they speak to each other.
Carrie’s Side — Love Don’t Live in Lies
This song is not bitter. It’s not a tantrum or a takedown. It’s the final truth told after too many second chances.
Carrie is the woman who stayed soft in the chaos. The one who gave more grace than she got. She tried to believe love could outlast betrayal, that someone’s trauma could be loved into healing. But the longer she stayed, the more she disappeared.
In this track, she’s walking away with clarity, not hate. She names the way manipulation disguised itself as love. She names the way trust was eroded by pride. And she doesn’t beg to be understood. She just lays it bare:
“You can’t claim you love me deeply
While you’re burning me alive.”
It’s a resignation. A boundary drawn in ash. It’s the sound of a woman reclaiming her peace.
Kade’s Side — Too Far Gone to Fix
This song is the confession after the damage is done. Kade isn’t defending himself. He isn’t trying to win her back. He’s just telling the truth, the kind that sits heavy in a man’s chest when he finally realizes he broke the only good thing he ever had.
He admits it all. The drinking. The pride. The way he let her fight for something he never had the courage to hold. This isn’t a song about wanting her back. It’s a song about knowing he never deserved her to begin with.
“It ain’t that I didn’t love you
I was too far gone to fix.”
His version is haunted. He’s not angry she left. He’s ashamed he gave her no other choice.
The Mirror Between Them
Carrie’s barefoot.
Kade’s in muddy boots.
She prays for a sunrise.
He’s drunk by 6.
She builds a home inside his chaos.
He burns through every second chance.
They both know what happened. But they see it from two very different edges of the wreck.
Carrie says: “I gave you unconditional.”
Kade replies: “I just played another game.”
The songs mirror each other in lyrics, tone, and emotional weight. One is about finally letting go. The other is about finally realizing why she had to.
And when you listen to them back to back, you hear the full story—not just of heartbreak, but of how two people can love each other and still destroy everything they touch.
This Is Just One Pair
Love Don’t Live in Lies and Too Far Gone to Fix are the first in a long line of mirrored songs in the Calloway universe. Each one tells a story from both sides. Some offer closure. Some open old wounds. Some leave you somewhere in the middle.
But they all ask the same question:
What happens when love is real, but respect is missing?
And the answer is different... depending on who’s telling it.
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