You remember it one way. They remember it another. Same conversation. Same night. Same relationship. Two completely different stories. And the worst part is, you are both right.
“Two Sides” is Tom Bruggemann’s exploration of that maddening reality.
“Every argument I have ever had, I was convinced I was right,” Tom says. “And so was the other person. This song is about the moment you step outside yourself long enough to realize that your version of the truth is not the only version.”
The track is brilliant in its simplicity. It does not take sides. It presents two perspectives with equal weight and lets the listener sit with the discomfort of knowing that truth is subjective. That your reality and someone else’s reality can be completely different and both completely valid.
Have you ever had a fight with someone and later realized you were only seeing half the picture? Have you ever been so sure you were right that you could not hear what the other person was actually saying?
Tom wrote this song because he has been on both sides. The one who was misunderstood and the one doing the misunderstanding. And the song is better for that honesty.