Both Sides Now - By Emilia Jones- Coda

"This is a song that talks about sides to things," Mitchell told the Los Angeles Times in 1996. "In most cases, there are both sides to things and in a lot of cases, there are more than just both. His and a hers. His and theirs. But in this song there are only two sides to things ... there's reality and I guess what you might call fantasy. There's enchantment and disenchantment, what we're taught to believe things are and what they really are."

both sides now - by emilia jones- coda

It was one of the songs Mitchell performed over the weekend, duetting with Carlile on it as well as on "A Case of You." Like the Stevie Nicks' classic "Landslide," the lyrics of "Both Sides Now" were written when Mitchell was young but take on new relevance when sung by Mitchell, older and wiser now: "I've looked at life from both sides now/ From give and take and still somehow." 041b061a72