Songfacts®:

• "Two Things Can Be True" finds Miranda Lambert in classic heartbreak territory, blending steel guitar and strings with the kind of emotional contradiction country music has handled for decades. The singer knows her partner is falling for somebody else, yet she's still there, still holding on. The chorus boils the whole mess down to one uncomfortable truth:
  
  I know you're fallin' for her, but you're still mine
  Two things can be true at the same time
• "Two Things Can Be True" was released September 18, 2026, as a single from Lambert's Crisco album. Earlier singles like "Sunset Marquis" and the title track explore the disco-leaning side of the record's country-meets-disco theme, but this song heads in the opposite direction, embracing Lambert's traditional country instincts and the aching balladry of classic Nashville.
  
  "'Two Things Can Be True' is probably my favorite song on the record right now," Lambert said. "There's something about it that feels almost like singing a duet with the steel and strings, and it's country through and through with an old-school Patsy Cline feeling. I love that it found its own little corner of the Crisco world."
  
  Patsy Cline made a career of turning devastating heartbreak into something poised, elegant, and controlled. Lambert has frequently tipped her hat to Cline over the years, most notably performing an understated version of "Crazy."
• While it is easy to read a song like this as an autobiographical diary entry, the writing credits tell a very different story. Lambert married Brendan McLoughlin in 2019, and her husband is one of the track's co-writers. McLoughlin previously co-wrote "Dammit Randy" for Lambert's 2024 album Postcards from Texas, making "Two Things Can Be True" an ongoing creative partnership between the couple instead of a sign of marital trouble.
• The rest of the writing team are Jesse Frasure, Kris Wilkinson, Natalie Hemby, and Ilya Toshinsky. Frasure co-produced the track with Lambert.
  
  It was Frasure, a frequent Lambert collaborator, who actively encouraged McLoughlin to write. When McLoughlin jokingly brushed off the songwriting process as "just words," Frasure countered, "Nope, we're gonna book a writing session." That push directly sparked the writing sessions that produced their collaborations.
  
  Wilkinson arranged the strings and helped shape the lush, retro sound heard throughout Crisco.
  
  Hemby's history with Lambert runs deep. Their partnership dates back to Lambert's 2009 album Revolution, where they co-wrote four tracks, including "White Liar." Hemby went on to co-write several of Lambert's biggest hits, such as "Only Prettier," "Baggage Claim," "Automatic," and "Bluebird." The two later joined forces in the country supergroup The Highwomen.
  
  Rounding out the team is Ilya Toshinsky, a prolific Nashville session multi-instrumentalist who plays banjo, mandolin, and acoustic guitar. His songwriting credits also include Olivia Lane's "Steal Me Away" and Martina McBride's "House Of A Thousand Dreams."