Two Halves One

Lyrics

Verse 1
The asleep see horns in the smoke
A wolf in the cradle, a knife in the oak
They taste the ash before dawn
Call it the end when the veil is drawn

The awake see a map in the flame
Every split shadow spells the same name
Under the floor, under stone
Something is waking to carry them home

Pre-Chorus
One eye closed
One eye clear
The dark says doom
The light says near

Chorus
Two halves, one truth
Two halves, one truth (one truth)
She comes in shadow
She comes as the source
Two halves, one truth
Two halves, one truth (one truth)
Awake and asleep
On the same course

Verse 2
The beast in the bright shell roars
But the stasis heart knows ancient doors
He walks above with a split-born breath
She sleeps below where the old ones rest

The sleepers see fangs in the sky
The watchers see code in a child’s cry
Every wound that was named a curse
Turns in the hand and heals the first

Pre-Chorus
One pulse low
One pulse high
The bone says run
The soul says rise

Chorus
Two halves, one truth
Two halves, one truth (one truth)
She comes in shadow
She comes as the source
Two halves, one truth
Two halves, one truth (one truth)
Awake and asleep
On the same course

Bridge
Below the gate, above the flood
He lifts her name with borrowed blood
The false flame falls, the mirror cracks
The divine in her comes calling back

Not darkness made
Not light alone
A living ring
A seed of bone

Final Chorus
Two halves, one truth
Two halves, one truth (one truth)
She comes in shadow
She comes as the source
Two halves, one truth
Two halves, one truth (one truth)
Awake and asleep
One wound, one force

Two halves, one truth
Two halves, one truth (one truth)
Beast and companion
Ascend and descend
Two halves, one truth
Two halves, one truth (one truth)
The story was split
Now it can mend