Lyrics
[Slow, rhythmic spoken word... building tension] The left hand holds the water The right hand holds the fire They tell you, "Pick a side, boy!" They call you, "Liar!" [Sudden aggressive shout] WRONG! [Fast staccato singing] Brave and afraid! Here and you're gone! Joy in the pain! Right and you're wrong! Society! Hypocrisy! Simplicity is the enemy! A forgery! You can't be one! You must be... [pause] ...THREE-EE-EE! [High, melodic, operatic chorus] It's not "OR"! It's the power of "AND"! A truth you can't understa-A-AND! Holding the break and the me-E-END! [Aggressive shouted chorus] PARADOX! IT'S NOT A CHOICE! PARADOX! A DOUBLE VOICE! IT’S THE TENSION! IT'S THE WEIGHT! NOT A BUG, IT'S THE HUMAN STA-A-ATE! [Slow, rhythmic spoken word] The sacred and the mess The failure and success You are a contradiction And you are no less They want the world in boxes Black, white, and clean But reality is dirty It's the bloody in-between! [Fast staccato singing] Love and you rage! Free and in a cage! Start and you end! On the same page! Deny the split! Embrace the fit! The holy, sacred, honest... [pause] ...HYPOCRITE-I-ITE! [High, melodic, operatic chorus] It's not "OR"! It's the power of "AND"! A truth you can't understa-A-AND! Holding the break and the me-E-END! [Aggressive shouted chorus] PARADOX! IT'S NOT A CHOICE! PARADOX! A DOUBLE VOICE! IT’S THE TENSION! IT'S THE WEIGHT! NOT A BUG, IT'S THE HUMAN STA-A-ATE! [Chaotic screaming outro] BOTH! ARE! TRU-U-UE! BOTH! ARE! YO-O-OU! WHY CAN'T YOU SEE IT? WHY CAN'T YOU SEE IT? ACCEPT THE SPLIT! ADMIT! ADMIT! [Abrupt, sudden stop]