Two Names Behind My Teeth

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[Verse 1] I keep two names behind my teeth One counts the locks, one leaves the door One says, “Stay where nothing cuts you” One says, “You were made for more” In the mirror, neither turns away Both know the rooms I never show One holds the match above the water One keeps asking where it goes [Pre-Chorus] They take their turns at the wheel They both swear they know what’s real [Chorus] There’s a dark side and a light side of me One pulls me under, one won’t let me sink They meet in the middle, where I have to choose I’m not just the battle—I’m the hand on the fuse There’s a dark side and a light side of me And both of them are asking to be seen I can carry the night without calling it home I can let the bright side lead me back whole [Verse 2] The dark keeps every old receipt Reads each mistake like prophecy The light remembers small beginnings A cup of tea, a friend who waits for me One wants the last word, sharp and final One says breathe before you speak I hear them both in the same silence And I decide which voice to keep [Pre-Chorus] They take their turns at the wheel But I can choose what I believe [Chorus] There’s a dark side and a light side of me One pulls me under, one won’t let me sink They meet in the middle, where I have to choose I’m not just the battle—I’m the hand on the fuse There’s a dark side and a light side of me And both of them are asking to be seen I can carry the night without calling it home I can let the bright side lead me back whole [Bridge] I won’t cut one half away I won’t let one half decide The part that learned to brace for storms Can stand beside the part that tries No more hiding from my own face No more making either wrong I can hear them, I can hold them I can choose where I go from here [Final Chorus] There’s a dark side and a light side of me One knows the danger, one still dares to dream They meet in the middle, and I’m choosing my way Not a war to be won, but a life I can make There’s a dark side and a light side of me And I’m learning to let them both breathe I can carry the night without calling it home I can let the bright side lead me back whole [Outro] Both names resting behind my teeth One heart learning how to speak