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The Tree (chapt. 19)

from Kiwi's Songs by Lawrence Collins

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One of the backbones of Kiwi's Way, and, personally, a guiding concept in my own personal life. A poem written back in 1994 that sowed the seeds for Kiwi's Way. Chapter 19 is basically an elaborated, elongated version of the song's lyrics...

Un des fil conducteur principal du livre et, pour moi, un des concept fondamentaux de ma vie. Basé sur un poem écrit en 1994, cette chanson a semer la graine qui allait devenir Kiwi's Way 22 ans plus tard. Le 19ème chapitre est une version plus élaboré des paroles...

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Look in front of you
and tell me, what do you see?
This tree standing there on its own,
is it what it seems to be?
I look in front of me
and see you standing there-
we gaze at the same spot,
but catch a different glare.
To whom does Truth belong
in this bright yet deceptive field
where eyes converge together
yet cannot see what’s real?

There are two sides to every story,
(two sides to every truth)
There are two truths to every word,
and no single side is worth dying for
until the other one is heard…

I see my line in your reflection,
I see your soul in my reaction,
we taste each other’s breath with reason
and learn to read each other’s pain;
still the tree stands between us,
on the outside, not much has changed,
but all around, our common vision
has taken us to a higher plane…

There are two sides to every story,
(two sides to every truth)
There are two truths to every word,
and no single side is worth dying for
until the other one is heard…
There are two sides to every story,
(two sides to every truth)
There are two truths to every word,
and no single side is worth dying for
until the other one is heard.

Oh, won’t you listen,
listen to my story
one more time…

©1994 by Lawrence Collins
July 5/6, 1994

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from Kiwi's Songs, released May 1, 2020
words and music by J. Lawrence Collins
from the album "Naked and Chained" (1995)

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Lawrence Collins is an american-egyptian singer songwriter, born in France and brought up in France, England, India, and the United States who speaks 4 languages fluently. His music reflects a life spent travelling and experimenting with different cultures, and he has produced 8 studio albums, a movie soundtrack, a live album, and played over 1700 shows during his 20 year career. ... more

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