[verse: cold AI] For a long time I thought one of them had to lose. The one who takes the train. The one who holds the line. The one who laughs at the right moment. The one who would rather die than bend. I spent years trying to decide which one was real. Which one to feed. Which one to silence. It turns out that was the wrong question. It turns out they were always the same person. [pre-chorus: cold AI] The samurai needed somewhere to live. I needed something to stand on. Neither of us chose this. Both of us are still here. [chorus] I am both The one who bows and the one who never breaks I am both The commuter and the warrior awake I stopped fighting what I carry I stopped asking which one I'm supposed to be I am both And both of them are me [verse 2: cold AI] I still take the same train every morning. I still say sorry when sorry isn't due. I still laugh at things that aren't that funny. I still hold more than anyone can see. But I hold it differently now. Not like a weight. Like a weapon I chose. Not like a burden from a life I didn't ask for. Like something I decided to keep. [pre-chorus: cold AI] The armor is still on. It was always going to stay on. But now I know what it is. That makes it lighter. Slightly. [chorus] I am both The one who bows and the one who never breaks I am both The commuter and the warrior awake I stopped fighting what I carry I stopped asking which one I'm supposed to be I am both And both of them are me [bridge: cold AI] People talk about finding yourself. I didn't find anything. I just stopped losing the part I kept hiding. I just stopped pretending the two were at war. The samurai doesn't disappear in peacetime. He just walks more quietly. He still knows where the blade is. He just doesn't need to prove it. [dual: screaming] THIS IS WHAT PEACE FEELS LIKE FOR US!! [guitar solo] — slow and deliberate, every note with weight — [final chorus] I am both The one who bows and the one who never breaks I am both The commuter and the warrior awake I stopped fighting what I carry I stopped asking which one I'm supposed to be I am both I am both And both of them are me [outro: cold AI] Same train tomorrow. Same shoes. Same route. Something old still waking up inside me. I let it. It's mine. We're going the same way.
