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Girlhood
03:08
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No Capo
Verses: D Am C G
Bridge: Am C G C
There’s a girlhood that I never had
A life I’ll never get to lead
A lament for a lack of nostalgia
A life where never learn to bleed
And you will never know how heavy this is
Like returning an unwanted gift
You will never know how heavy this is
And one day I might be a woman, but I’ll never ever have that
girlhood back
Though I know some things will never change
And that there are many things that may
Looking in the mirror, trying to see a girl
Is getting harder day by day
I will never ever be able to have those experiences back
And sometimes I wish I could miss it
Instead of thinking thoughts like that
There’s something in this darkness
waiting for some light to guide the way out
there’s something in this darkness
waiting to exist
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Capo 3
Everything: E G D Am
No one’s born a woman, though they’d disagree
I don’t need to prove anything to them,
they don’t treat us like we’re even real,
like there’s nothing outside women and men
get off my TERF!
get off my TERF!
get off my TERF!
get off my T-E-R-F!
Male socialised, according to them,
self-hatred taught as reality,
valuing people by how they look,
genital essentialist mentality
and yeah I’m fucking angry
but no I’m not put down
when you deny my humanhood
I turn it back around
Transgender
exclusionary
radical
feminist
you’re no
bet-ter
than a fuck-ing
misogynist!
T-E-R-F-FUCK YOU
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3. |
Dear Zoe
02:36
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No Capo
Main Verses: G C G C, G C D C
Chorus: G C E C
Dear Zoe, I’ve come to pay my respects.
Dear Zoe, dead with no regrets.
Your name, could have been mine,
and believe me, I think about it all the time.
Sure, I know that you’re just a name,
but that doesn’t stop me from feeling the same.
It might be catharsis wrapped up in a song,
but don’t you worry – I’m sure it won’t take long.
Dear Zoe,
I don’t know who I am.
I would really
like advice from you.
I hope when we meet,
that I am complete,
and I hope that you’re complete too.
Dear Zoe, should I grind down my skull?
Dear Zoe, should I put myself through hell?
Dear Zoe, what would you do in my place?
Dear Zoe, I’m dealing with a lot.
Dear Zoe, I’m giving all I’ve got.
Dear Zoe, do you think that it’s enough?
When we die, where will I be?
Will I be with you? Will you be with me?
Could I play you this song that I wrote?
Would you sing-a-long to every lyric and note?
Would you hold me and tell me it’s all okay
and when it’s all over, things can still change?
Will we both fade into obscurity?
Will my music fade along with me?
Dear Zoe
Dear Wren, I don’t know who you are.
But Wren, I know you’ve come so far.
You’ve struggled with the world built around you,
but you’re going to become something brand new.
I know that the future is big and unknown,
but you have much more room to grow.
You have a whole life ahead you see
to learn what person you want to be.
So, don’t you worry, I’ll waiting in the dark,
and by then I’m sure you’ll leave your mark
Dear Wren, no need to sing to me,
love from your friend,
Dear Zoe.
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Capo 2
Everything: G C
I don’t know what I am
but I sure know what I’m not
I don’t know what I am
but I sure know what I’m not
I’m not sexist
I’m not racist
I’m not hateful
I’m not hurtful
I’m not stupid
I’m not selfish
I don’t want
any validation
I don’t know what I am
but I sure know what I’m not
I don’t know what I am
but I sure know what I’m not
I’m not a boy
I’m not a girl
I’m not human
I’m not stable
I’m not happy
I’m not healthy
I’m not making it
any better
I don’t know what I am
but I sure know what I’m not
I don’t know what I am
but I sure know what I’m not
I’m not going
To be happy
With the life
That’s chosen for me
Now I know that
I’m not alright
I’m not okay
I’m not alright
I’m not okay
I’m not alright
I’m not okay
I don’t know what I am
but I sure know what I’m not
I don’t know what I am
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5. |
Uncertain Transitions
03:35
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Capo 5
Verses: Fm G Am Cm, Fm G Am
Chorus: Fm Am G
Bridge: Fm G, Am
When you’re down and out, you can sink further down,
so I’m making a choice, I don’t want to drown.
I know in the depths of despair there’s hope
I’ll keep on walking ‘til I’m out of sight
got to leave part of myself behind
uncertain transitions scare me away
Who will I be five years from today
uncertain transitions scare the shit out of me
uncertain transitions keep me awake
I don’t know how much more I can take
uncertain transitions scare the shit out of me
I’ve made mistakes and said my apologies.
I need to move on but I can’t.
and yet it all fades so fast.
Why do I do this to myself?
bury myself under self-hatred and guilt?
I’m damaging my mental health.
Uncertain transitions
uncertain transitions
uncertain transitions
I’m trying really hard to be happy
I’m trying, but it’s not taking hold,
It’s an illness I can’t shake.
Then one day I’ll work it through,
and on that day I won’t know what to do.
All that pain.
Uncertrain Transitions are the only thing I can see.
If I want to keep living… it’s the way it’s got to be.
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6. |
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Capo 1
Verse Type 1: C Am
Verse Type 2: C E Am Fm
These songs age so quick
A bit like me, a bit like me
These songs will never fit
A bit like me, a bit like me
Cos I’ve been polishing
These tracks for months
All the while I’ve grown beyond
their frustrated words
And I may never learn
What it means to be happy with myself
But I’ve come a long way
Yeah, I love myself more every day
I might not understand
Every part of myself
But I can learn to love
Every part of myself
Making music makes me feel
A little more like myself
even though it might not be heard
by anyone else
I think that I’m starting to understand
How much I’ve lived in the last few years
I fucked up, that’s for damn sure
But now I’m friends with a bunch of queers
And sometimes I might be unhappy
But I know there are people that love me
I’m proud of the person I’m becoming
And I know that in the future I’ll be playing
Brand new songs
Brand new songs
Yeah, I’ll be playing brand new songs
I’ll be playing brand new songs
Yeah, I’ll be playing brand new songs
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