THEO HAKOLA - "Guess Which One"

song from the album "TRUTH and COMMON DECENCY" (2025)
Brisa Roché: backing vocals
Tatiana Mladenovitch: drums
Bénédicte Villain: accordion
T. Hakola: vocals, guitars, bass, piano...
contact/info: http://theohakola.com

GUESS WHICH ONE

I’ve seen several different versions of you
but I could boil them down to a basic two:
the spiteful fiend and the delightful dove…
Guess which one I love

Between the red banshee and the perfect cream
Tell me which wins out in the final scene
Or will it be the two of you forever?
The hellhound I fear and the gem I treasure?

The demon unredeemed and the angel from above
which one would seem the easiest to love?
The she-devil aflame and the insightful peach
Is it possible to frame a life with one of each?

This is not a rock and a hard place
not a false equivalent trait conflation
This is tender grace and a knockout face
displaced by an enemy occupation…
a good soul in the throes of a dybbuk usurpation

Yes, this is Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde
A warm-blooded rebel and a soul evil-eyed
Never know which one I’m going to get
but I still keep going, can’t give up yet
‘cause when her pearl takes control, the truth she’s intoning
makes her heart overflow and dams her dybbuk’s moaning
and my one and only goal is to be what she’s smoking
I’ll even light her cigarette… yes, and keep on hoping

I’ve seen several different versions of you
but I could boil them down to a basic two:
the spiteful fiend and the delightful dove…
Can you guess which one I love?
The one I love is you
Do you know which one I love?
The one I love is you… and you