Two Sometimes (Music and Lyrics - Ed McGee)
One may tip the balance,
one may run astray
and drip one drop of poison
in the water source today,
but two must leave the well
to dry and never be refilled.
Two must leave a thing to die
that hasn't yet been killed.
One, by fault, a stone dislodge,
one stone that holds the rest,
and spin within the avalanche,
the bitter selfish test,
but two to fail together,
to throw their hands up in the air,
two to presuppose
that this is way too much to bear.
One’s unfair,
one comes up for air
and can’t find the other anywhere,
but two sometimes must share the price
that one invites and pay
or leave someplace and shut the door
with nothing left to say.
And who am I to say this?
What right do I have to cry?
Why pity me in my darkness?
I ripped the sun from the sky.
But I believe love’s never wasted
and I would wager my dark soul it’s true.
Just reach one hand from your side of the canyon
and I’ll build a bridge back to you.
One may resurrect some hope,
one may reconcile,
and look back through the smoke
and still find embers in the pile,
but two rebuild a bridge
or two can leave it there that way.
One two to once again embrace,
two ones to walk away.
