Miranda Lambert Just Unleashed a Song That Feels Like It Came From Another Era “Two Things Can Be True” Is Something Special
There are country songs you hear once and move on from and then there are songs that seem to pull you into another time.
Miranda Lambert’s “Two Things Can Be True” is very much in that second category.
Released September 18 as the latest preview of her upcoming album Crisco, the song immediately stands apart from much of today’s country landscape with its lush steel guitar, sweeping strings and Lambert’s warm, lower vocal register. The result is a classic-country heartbreak song with a distinctly vintage feel.
And there’s a very good reason the song feels so familiar.
Lambert herself described it as “country through and through with an old-school Patsy Cline feeling.” She also revealed that it is probably her favorite song on the record right now, saying the steel and strings almost feel like they are singing a duet with her.
That influence can be felt throughout the track without making it sound like a copy of the past. Instead, Miranda takes that emotional, timeless country sound and gives it her own voice.
A heartbreak story that feels painfully real
At the center of “Two Things Can Be True” is a relationship caught between love and loss.
The narrator knows something has changed. She can feel that the person she loves is emotionally drifting away, yet she still isn’t ready to let go.
That contradiction is exactly what gives the song its emotional punch.
Two things really can be true at the same time.
You can love someone and know they’re slipping away. You can understand that a relationship is changing while still wanting to hold onto what it once was.
Instead of turning the story into an explosive breakup anthem, Lambert lets the sadness sit there quietly — and somehow that makes it hit even harder.
And the timing couldn’t be better
“Two Things Can Be True” arrives just one day before the official release of Crisco, Lambert’s 12-track album coming October 2 through MCA.
The album has already shown that Lambert isn’t interested in staying inside one musical box. Crisco moves through heartbreak, hope, honky-tonks, highways, romance and more, while also playing with the connections between country and disco.
But “Two Things Can Be True” feels like it occupies its own special corner of that world.
It’s slower. It’s moodier. It’s more traditional.
And that may be exactly why so many country fans are going to connect with it.
The song has already attracted attention for its vintage sound, with critics highlighting the steel guitar, strings and classic-country atmosphere.
Miranda Lambert sounds completely at home here
There’s something especially effective about hearing Lambert pull back and let the song breathe.
She doesn’t need an oversized production or a huge vocal climax. Her voice sits right inside the arrangement, while the steel guitar and strings carry much of the emotion around her.
It feels intimate.
It feels old-fashioned in the best possible way.
And it feels like the kind of country heartbreak song that could have lived on a jukebox decades ago while still making perfect sense to someone listening today.
With Crisco arriving October 2, “Two Things Can Be True” gives fans another intriguing look at what Lambert has created this time around. The album also features previously released songs including “Sunset Marquis,” “Till The Going’s Gone,” the Chris Stapleton duet “A Song To Sing,” and the title track.
And if Miranda’s description is any indication, she knows exactly what makes this particular song different.
“Two Things Can Be True” isn’t trying to sound like yesterday. It simply remembers what made classic country heartbreak so powerful in the first place.
With its Patsy Cline-inspired atmosphere, aching story and unmistakably Miranda Lambert vocal, this is the kind of song that deserves to be heard more than once.
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And tomorrow, when Crisco officially arrives, fans will finally get to hear where this beautiful, unexpected song fits into the bigger story.
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John Simmon
John Simmon is a music journalist and entertainment writer with a passion for country music culture, artist stories, and the moments that happen off the stage. He has been following the country music scene for over a decade, covering everything from chart-breaking newcomers to the legends who shaped the genre. John believes the best stories in country music aren't always found in the music, they're found in the lives behind it.
