[Verse 1]
Rows of faces in the glass, then gone
I learned the shape of leaving young
Wet asphalt trembling under boots
A thousand endings in my mouth, unsung
I used to think the weight was mine alone
Till every corridor turned bone by bone
[Pre-Chorus]
And I keep walking through the bruised daylight
Hands in my pockets, heart out of sight
Every answer bends, every door swings slow
I know a little more than I let show
[Chorus]
Both sides now, both sides now
I touch the ash, I touch the cloud
Both sides now, both sides now
I laugh it off, then I go down
So tell me how the wound can glow
When all I learn is letting go
Both sides now, both sides now
I touch the ash, I touch the cloud
[Verse 2]
I saw the saint with a cracked-up smile
I saw the thief in the nursery light
I saw my own hands shaking hard
At the edge of a truth I couldn't bite
The sky came heavy, the floor came near
Still I kept your silence in my ear
[Pre-Chorus]
And I keep walking through the bruised daylight
Hands in my pockets, heart out of sight
Every answer bends, every door swings slow
I know a little more than I let show
[Chorus]
Both sides now, both sides now
I touch the ash, I touch the cloud
Both sides now, both sides now
I laugh it off, then I go down
So tell me how the wound can glow
When all I learn is letting go
Both sides now, both sides now
I touch the ash, I touch the cloud
[Bridge]
I wanted a clean name, a straight white line
But the mirror kept a second life
One side mercy, one side knife
One side stays, one side says goodbye
And I stood there, trembling in the frame
Calling every loss by its first name
[Chorus]
Both sides now, both sides now
I touch the ash, I touch the cloud
Both sides now, both sides now
I laugh it off, then I go down
So tell me how the wound can glow
When all I learn is letting go
Both sides now, both sides now
I touch the ash, I touch the cloud
[Outro]
[Fade into background noise]
I don’t say much
Just a breath
Just a step
Just the room
Then the room keeps me
(ans a long exhale)