Mirrors & Smoke Lyrics

Lyric discussion by straight_up 

Cover art for Mirrors & Smoke lyrics by Jars of Clay

I love this song. Leigh Nash is a pleasant suprise as the duet vocalist.

I imagine "You always make me sad, but that's what true love is all about" will be a source of confusion. I think it's trying to say not that true love is sadness, but rather inevitably involves it, and true love will bear that part: "Love's a constant mission [struggle]"