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Beautiful, aren't you?
What shall we name you?
There's something about you
And what you've already been through
This wrath wrought upon us
Is it war declared on us? No,
A gift from above
My little love
I don't know what I would do without you
It's already true
I'll always come through for you
Just as I ought to
Just as I must do
Because I love you, even now
In these first little minutes
Despite the state we're in,
It's true, true love
Welcome, little one
Every moment of all the years
When I was 'one of the guys'
Wishing I was a woman
With a face just like mine
Now you're here beside me
Did they call you ugly? No!
Your beauty will show
And what do they know?
The room got very quiet
As you came into the world
Doctors and nurses whisked you away
I asked your mother what was wrong
And she said "I don't know"
Every disfigured, disabled trans kid is worthy of love!
I don't know what I thought of you
What a surprise
All those curves and contours
And those eyes
Oh, those eyes, so beautiful
I fell in love
And we named you 'Beauty'
And Beauty, we don't know
What we'd do
Without you
And
I don't know what I would do without you
I don't know what I would do without you
I don't know what I would do without you
Beauty, Beauty
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Not Today (It's Okay)
02:42
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Hands, touch
Voice in my ear
Your kiss
Silent, together, near
It's not
What I've got
Not today
It's okay
When it's not
What I've got
Just today
It's okay
Hands, touch
Voice in my ear
Your kiss
Silent, together, near
It's not
What I've got
Not today
It's okay
When it's not
What I've got
Just today
It's okay
Sunset, head above the clouds
And I'm thinking of the daylight
In the morning, head above the clouds
And I'm listening for the daylight
It's not
What I've got
Not today
It's okay
When it's not
What I've got
Just today
It's okay
It's not
What I've got
Not today
It's okay
When it's not
What I've got
Just today
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Unrequited
03:04
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Unrequited, in a mess
The things you do don't help me
Every day I take the test
And find that I'm not healthy
And I know
That I'm getting it wrong
But as long as you're not interested, I'll come on strong
In my head at least, I'm Action Man
Please don't ignore me
I thought I deserved your love
I believe you owe me
For the life I've been dreaming of
I know you'll save me
From the life
That was getting me down
All the needles, pins and plasters, fireworks and clowns
All I need is the love you seeded
Have some respect for me
Where did that come from?
Where will it go?
I'm a creep, I'm a creep
Put me to sleep
Not worth the price of this horror show
Reshape my attitude
Send me away
Don't let me be this monstrosity
Don't let me slip away
Unrequited, uninvited
I just wanted to...
I thought I deserved your love
I believed you owed me
For the love I've been dreaming of
I know you'd save me
From the life
That was pulling me under
Sometimes it's merely me, no conspired conundrum
Only entitlement and toxicity
Please don't requite me
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4. |
You Don't Have to Worry
04:03
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The bridge is out today
Watch the people on the banks
They bow their heads to pray
Are they scared or are they giving thanks?
While we hide our heads down low
With the lone wolves on the prowl
The man at the top says 'go'
And the lone wolves start to howl
It's like summer's gone, with our hopes
All in a day
Is this the road we're on?
Will we all be okay?
It's so easy to think you know what you're doing
Makes it easy for the world to keep on screwing
And everybody keeps telling me
"You don't have to worry!"
Specify the hate
Know who you're talking to
If you wanna get in before it's too late
You know what you have to do
You gotta be white, cis and abled
And probably hetero
Don't lay your cards on the table
Or they'll say it ain't so
It's so easy to think you know what you're doing
Makes it easy for the world to keep on screwing
And everybody keeps telling me
"You don't have to worry!"
And every ladder I try, I gotta go round
'Cause every time that I climb, I just fall down
And the voice in my head keeps going on:
"You don't have to worry!"
The best revenge on the people
Who keep trying to kill us
Is our capacity to raise the roof
And I'll keep singing still
It's so easy to think you know what you're doing
Makes it easy for the world to keep on screwing
And everybody keeps telling me
"You don't have to worry!"
And every ladder I try, I gotta go round
'Cause every time that I climb, I just fall down
And the voice in my head keeps going on:
"You don't have to worry!"
And it's always the same, it's always the same
It's always the same, it's always the same
It's always the same, same, same, same...
"You don't have to worry!"
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You're gazing out at no-one's sky
No new horizon for you and I
I tuck myself into a future you can't join me for
While you ask why
You're not prepared for what's in store
I carve myself another door
Let in the heat to burn away the last few years of our lives
Please don't die
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6. |
The Tragedy of Guy
04:24
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What do you say, when you know there's a better way
Can't I help you choose, my love?
All the wars of the self don't have to be fought alone
Thousands of miles between us
Still, can't we build a home?
How can you do what you do to someone you love
Not just me but you, my love?
When all is said and done, I know that you must roam
But all I have to hope is that you'll always come home
You said that you won't die
But all you left behind was me
And if you don't decide
To try and trust your heart to come home
Maybe realise
That your life doesn't have to be
The tragedy of Guy
And I won't wait forever for some selfish sacrifice
Don't die
All of the promises you said you'd give to me
Every one of them made honestly
But all I want is your hand in mine and your heart to beat
Softly against my back, as we sleep under our sheets
You said that you won't fly
But a dragon may decide to snatch you
Glinting in their eye
For all the treasure in the world
I wouldn't roll a die
But for you, I'd take a million chances
Risk a thousand tries
And I don't even watch the rugby
Thank God you came home
Thank God you came home
You said that you won't die
But all you left behind was me
And if you don't decide
To try and trust your heart to come home
Maybe realise
That your life doesn't have to be
The tragedy of Guy
And all you left behind is me and you
And you decide
What's wrong and what is right for you,
And if you don't decide
To try and trust your heart to come home
Maybe realise
That I won't wait forever for some selfish sacrifice
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8. |
Another Country
03:52
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My girlfriend lives in another country
I'm like a possum up a gum tree
She fills me with a sense of gumption
And she forgives me for executive dysfunction
She flies me over every weekend
(Oh how I wish that were true)
She saves me from drowning in the deep end
So I can bring my tales back to you
She lives in a place with very hot weather
We've already been through a lot together
She is the sun and I'm the moon
Hanging in the sky
I predict an eclipse is coming soon
And over the ocean I'll fly, high
She is the sun and I'm another star
And the whole universe is ours
When we're together in the very same country
We're like two possums
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
In a gum tree
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Commuters
04:43
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10. |
She Holds My Hand
04:27
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When your heart beats
Tapping tempo, rising lines of anticipation
Every chord played
Crescendos every second bar, octaves of elation
She says,
"Love,"
What?
"Are we going too fast?"
Can't you see that I'll be there until my life has passed?
She holds my hand, the girl
She holds my hand
And I know
That if I can only get the time I need to let it bloom and grow
I'll know how good it is to be loved
Every moment
Loosened tongues and secret smiles and amazing confusion
Reaching for a time
Months and miles and years away, when we find some conclusion
Will you say
"Love,"
What?
"Did we ever go too fast?"
Can't you see that I'll be there until my life has passed?
Hold my hand, oh
You hold my hand
And I know
That if we give ourselves the time we need to find the way to go
We'll know how good it is to be loved
Oh
Did we ever go too fast?
You know, there's nowhere else I'd go until my life is passed
You hold my hand, the world
In the palm of your hand
And I know
That if we have luck and the time we need, we'll always know
How good it is to be loved
How good it is to be loved
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Mikaela Moody England, UK
Mikaela
Disfigured, deaf, trans, queer (she/her).
Inspired by Blur, the Clash, the Damned, elbow, Nerina Pallot, Scritti Politti, XTC, her queer/trans/disabled community, and her girlfriend.
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