Both Sides Now (Torch Songs With Intro)

Hello, I'm Olly Alexander

And my torch song I have chosen to cover is Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell

Umm, I chose this because I'm a huge Joni Mitchell fan

I have been for a really really long time

And this song always makes me cry

I think she's an amazing lyricist

and something about the way

she writes about the world makes me feel a bit better living in it

Bows and flows of angel hair

And ice cream castles in the air

And feather canyons everywhere

I've looked at clouds that way

Now they only block the sun

They rain and snow on everyone

So many things I would have done

But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now

From up and down, and still somehow

It's cloud illusions, I recall

I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and ferris wheels

The dizzy dancing way that you feel

As every fairy tale comes real

I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show

You leave them laughing when you go

And if you care, don't let them know

Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now

From give and take, and still somehow

It's love illusions, I recall

I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud

To say "I love you" right out loud

Dreams and schemes and circus crowds

I've looked at life that way

But now old friends they're acting strange

They shake their heads

They say I've changed

Well something's lost, but something's gained

In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now

From win and lose and still somehow

It's life's illusions, I recall

I really don't know life at all

I've looked at life from both sides now

From up and down, and still somehow

It's life's illusions, I recall

I really don't know life at all