Polarity: Black and White versions of the same; man - woman; taking - taken; portrait - landscape.
A photo I took in Paris some years ago. I have no idea if these two were together.
Polarity
POLARITY according to the KYBALION: the Hermetic philosophy of ancient Egypt and Greece
“Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has a pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.”
This song has two verses separated by an instrumental middle. The first verse gives examples of polarity at the global scale. The second and “other” verse is its polar opposite. It is personal. And, it is a tribute to that person who was once your mate; the person with whom you once planned and expected would be with you forever but, at some point, you recognized it was not to be so and your ways parted with sadness and perhaps bitterness. Still, years later, that person means something to you.
Polarity
C#m G Em A
C#m F#m Bm E
There can be no valley but for mountains. It takes one to create the other.
C#m Bm E A
There can be no flower but for dirt. There are no parts but for the whole.
D F# E Ab
There can be no light but for darkness. There can be no Father but for Mother.
C#m A B C#m9
There can be no need but for greed. There can be no love but for soul.
Instrumental Verse
A B C#m Ab
We were the best of friends for a very long time. I remember so much of it, don’t you?
E Ab F# Bb
We laughed, we explored and we cried. We had dreams and made promises too.
Ebm B C# Ebm
We became lovers. The World was ours Then, we lost it all.
Ebm Bb7 Eb
I hold a special place for you.