Joni MItchell A Post Modern Poet, Singer, Songwriter - Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now

from the LP "Clouds", 1969

Bows and flows of angel hair

and ice cream castles in the air

and feather canyons everywhere,

I've looked at clouds that way

but now they only block the sun, 

they rain and snow on everyone

so many things I would have done

but clouds got in my way

Reality and illusion: Baudrillard - The Transparency of Evil when all illusion is gone.

I've looked at clouds from both sides now,

from up and down, and still somehow

it's cloud illusions I recall,

I really don't know clouds at all

Illusion again. She is so very much a philosopher. I never knew.

Moons and Junes and ferris wheels, 

the dizzy dancing way you feel

as every fairy tale comes real

I've looked at love that way

but now it's just another show,

you leave 'em laughing when you go

and if you care, don't let them know,

don't give yourself away

The "floating sign" of pretence: dissembling.

I've looked at love from both sides now,

from give and take, and still somehow

it's love's illusions I recall,

I really don't know love at all

What Zizek was saying about fucking in Reading Lacan, Eyes Wide Shut, p. 49-50

Tears and fears and feeling proud

to say "i love you" right out loud,

dreams and schemes and circus crowds,

I've looked at life that way.

But now old friends are acting strange,

they shake their heads, they say I've changed

well, somethings lost but somethings gained

in living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now,

from win and lose, and still somehow

it's life's illusions I recall,

I really don't know life at all.

The loss of illusion. Win and lose in the dialectic. 

Yes, Joni is a post modern poet who is a singer-songwriter.