Mirror War Strut

Intro

Nineteen-sixty-seven, four-color beaming

No transporters, just paper dreaming

Kirk drawn like a space cowboy in a Gold Key frame

Broadway readin' him sideways, got no show to claim

Verse 1

DC grabbed the license, finally own the sandbox

Bearclaw on point, Bryce on helm in blue

Chu-Sa chirping triage, Konom growling Qapla' too

DC let the beta-canon bloom and the panels bloom

Pre-Chorus

Every page a first contact nobody ever saw

Every panel a new crew, no TV law

Chorus

Mirror, mirror on the hull, ISS-D black and gold

Picard with dagger, not a book, Troi never does what she's told

Terran Empire swing, do the Mirror War strut

Dee-bop, ya-ree, betrayal in the cut

Verse 2

Malibu on the habitat ring, thirty-two issues deep

Marvel brought the cadets, Omega, Nog can't sleep

Pike on Talos IV, before Kirk took the seat

Half-time bass walkin' like syndication re-run beat

Pre-Chorus

Every issue a starbase nobody ever toured

Every cover a doorway to a future unsecured

Chorus

Mirror, mirror on the hull, ISS-D black and gold

Picard with dagger, not a book, Troi never does what she's told

Terran Empire swing, do the Mirror War strut

Dee-bop, ya-ree, betrayal in the cut

Bridge

Odo's rain on level five, shape-shiftin' blue note minor

Quark's got a corgi in cargo bay, latinum collared liner

Fool's Gold glitters, but loyalty pays

Verse 3

Too Long a Sacrifice, dark days of the war

Chambers on promenade, shape-shiftin' at the door

Here, aboard the station where the spotlight's gone

Beta canon keeps the flame when the airwaves move on

Chorus

Mirror, mirror on the hull, ISS-D black and gold

Picard with dagger, not a book, Troi never does what she's told

Terran Empire swing, do the Mirror War strut

Dee-bop, ya-ree, betrayal in the cut

Outro

From Gold Key to IDW, beta's where we roam

Not canon but canon-ish, still feels like home

So spin it again, at Quark's after hours

Crackle on the vinyl, vibe like a power