Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
LYRICS
Verse:
Always expected to wear makeup and to wear heels
If we don’t, it’s political, but we can’t appeal
Menstruation, masturbation, natural cycles are both shamed
Barely wearing clothes, had a drink, guilty is claimed
If you support women it’s white allocishets
If you help us once you say we owe you many debts
You like strong women unless they call out your behavior
You talk shit ‘bout women but would you say it to your mother
Pre-chorus:
There’s a reason we don’t go
To the bathroom alone
We could get attacked
For all we know
There’s safety in numbers
So we don’t end up in Ambers
We are the deer
Afraid of the hunters
Chorus:
You say you want to help
You say you’re on our side
You say you got our backs
But then you run and hide
Keep your pink balloons (and)
Keep your fancy signs (yeah)
We don’t want your pity (no)
We don’t want your lies
We want equal pay (and)
We want equal rights (yeah)
You ain’t fooling us (no)
You’re a fake ally
Verse:
We don’t get superheroes cause it offends men
They can be hot but not in the bullpen
Can’t have female leads or they’re called Mary Sues
You only support us when it benefits you
All ethnicities haven’t been able to vote
For a full century cause “men not women” they wrote
Men claim the two sexes have an alliance
But when we try to voice a thought you command silence
Pre-chorus:
Don’t like feminism
Cause it ain’t about men
But mark my words
We ain’t in a playpen
Since we’re not dudes
If we’re a slut or prude
We’re damned for life
And considered shrewd
Chorus:
You say you want to help
You say you’re on our side
You say you got our backs
But then you run and hide
Keep your pink balloons (and)
Keep your fancy signs (yeah)
We don’t want your pity (no)
We don’t want your lies
We want equal pay (and)
We want equal rights (yeah)
You ain’t fooling us (no)
You’re a fake ally
Bridge:
This ain’t for the cis men
Who think I’m trying to educate them
Cause they’re the bastards who made us
Have to deal with this and
This is for my fellow women who don’t realize the condition of the world we’re currently livin’ and what we need to be doin’ to secure our freedoms for all of time cause if we don’t work for a week the world would fall to crime
Since we hold that power
Let’s dethrone all the cowards
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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LYRICS
Verse:
Always expected to wear makeup and to wear heels
If we don’t, it’s political, but we can’t appeal
Menstruation, masturbation, natural cycles are both shamed
Barely wearing clothes, had a drink, guilty is claimed
If you support women it’s white allocishets
If you help us once you say we owe you many debts
You like strong women unless they call out your behavior
You talk shit ‘bout women but would you say it to your mother
Pre-chorus:
There’s a reason we don’t go
To the bathroom alone
We could get attacked
For all we know
There’s safety in numbers
So we don’t end up in Ambers
We are the deer
Afraid of the hunters
Chorus:
You say you want to help
You say you’re on our side
You say you got our backs
But then you run and hide
Keep your pink balloons (and)
Keep your fancy signs (yeah)
We don’t want your pity (no)
We don’t want your lies
We want equal pay (and)
We want equal rights (yeah)
You ain’t fooling us (no)
You’re a fake ally
Verse:
We don’t get superheroes cause it offends men
They can be hot but not in the bullpen
Can’t have female leads or they’re called Mary Sues
You only support us when it benefits you
All ethnicities haven’t been able to vote
For a full century cause “men not women” they wrote
Men claim the two sexes have an alliance
But when we try to voice a thought you command silence
Pre-chorus:
Don’t like feminism
Cause it ain’t about men
But mark my words
We ain’t in a playpen
Since we’re not dudes
If we’re a slut or prude
We’re damned for life
And considered shrewd
Chorus:
You say you want to help
You say you’re on our side
You say you got our backs
But then you run and hide
Keep your pink balloons (and)
Keep your fancy signs (yeah)
We don’t want your pity (no)
We don’t want your lies
We want equal pay (and)
We want equal rights (yeah)
You ain’t fooling us (no)
You’re a fake ally
Bridge:
This ain’t for the cis men
Who think I’m trying to educate them
Cause they’re the bastards who made us
Have to deal with this and
This is for my fellow women who don’t realize the condition of the world we’re currently livin’ and what we need to be doin’ to secure our freedoms for all of time cause if we don’t work for a week the world would fall to crime
Since we hold that power
Let’s dethrone all the cowards
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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![Calm My Fears [official lyrics]
Track 12 of my #percabethalbum #seaweedbrainandwisegirl Calm My Fears [official lyrics]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u9VUgggj9nE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Almost Strangers, Barely Friends [piano] - audio
Track 13 from FEEL MY AGE
LYRICS
VERSE
You left without a proper goodbye
So it hurt like hell when you caught your flight
For months and months I’ve seen it comin’
It still hurt like hell when you said nothin’
Friends for a while, connected for life
But you made your choice and threw your knife
It hit your target, stabbed me in herat
I watched my soul slowly depart
CHORUS
I stopped holding my breath
Finally accepted our death
I saw what we were through a new lens
Almost strangers, barely friends
When you held me, I wasn’t along
But now I seen just how you’ve grown
Should’ve known we couldn’t make amends
As almost strangers, barely friends
VERSE
Said I’d never leave you and I never did
Which is more than what you ever said
The last few years were writ with pain
No matter what you couldn’t explain
Loved you for a long time, loved you every night
Loved you no matter what and after every fight
As the weeks went on, my lungs filled with water
But my parents couldn’t lose their last daughter
CHORUS
I stopped holding my breath
Finally accepted our death
I saw what we were through a new lens
Almost strangers, barely friends
When you held me, I wasn’t along
But now I seen just how you’ve grown
Should’ve known we couldn’t make amends
As almost strangers, barely friends
BRIDGE
Don’t know what I was thinking
Tryin’ to save you from your ghosts
Don’t know what I was thinking
Only you can save you from yourself
I know what I was feeling
I let my ghosts possess me
I know what I was feeling
I couldn’t face reality
But I’ve been scared of drowning for so long
Couldn’t find a way to right what was wrong
Been falling apart limb by limb
I forgot I could learn how to swim
CHORUS
I stopped holding my breath
Finally accepted our death
I saw what we were through a new lens
Almost strangers, barely friends
When you held me, I wasn’t along
But now I seen just how you’ve grown
Should’ve known we couldn’t make amends
As almost strangers, barely friends
ENDING
You left without a proper goodbye
So it hurt like hell when you caught your flight
For months and months I’ve seen it comin’
It still hurts like hell when you said
Nothin’
https://open.spotify.com/album/1SszYn9stKW3fE00ToI8zU?si=n8YLJJpCRvqZXy_1zHXkhQ Almost Strangers, Barely Friends [piano] - audio](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u_G92VPMSp4/mqdefault.jpg)



![HAMILTON BOOK TAG
I FORGOT TO DO A BONUS QUESTIONS::: Ten Dual Commandments: favorite fight scene from a book: I recently read Throne of Glass and it had some pretty okay fight scenes
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-x6u9aFZC8
Stephs video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l4VducZSUo&list=WL&index=30&t=6s
QUESTIONS
1. The Room Where It Happens: Book world you would put yourself in
2. The Schuyler Sisters: Underrated Female Character
3. My Shot: A character that goes after what they want and doesnt let anything stop them
4. Stay Alive: A character you wish was still alive [warn for spoilers!]
5. Burn: The most heartbreaking end to a relationship you’ve ever read [warn for spoilers!]
6. Youll Be Back: Sassiest villain
7. The Reynolds Pamphlet - A book with a twist that you didn’t see coming [warn for spoilers!]
8. Non-stop: A series you marathoned
9. Satisfied: Favorite book with multiple POVs
10. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story: A book/series you feel like will be remembered throughout history
BONUS QUESTIONS:
1. Helpless: A relationship you were pulling for from the very start 2. Ten Duel Commandments: Favorite fight scene
3. Say No To This: Guilty pleasure read
4. What Comes Next: A series you wish had more books
5. Right Hand Man - Favorite BROTP
6. What’d I Miss: A book or series you were late to reading
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![Eulogy to My Past Self [official audio]
Track 1 from my album Turbulence
LYRICS
Verse:
In the land of rhododendrons
Of a much younger age
You would always laugh with friends
But now you just feel fake
You used to be a lot of things
Happy, innocent, content
You are still a lot of things though
Strong, brave, independent
Chorus:
In a eulogy to my past self
I’d apologize for how you felt
When the avalanche of rocks and pain
Fell and bruised and scraped your face
But you still held your head up high
Slowly started to defy
The world and its unavoidable hell
I’d commend you for it in a eulogy to my past self
Verse:
Welcomed most with shy little arms
But now your arms are crossed
Now nearly unbreakable, closed
With many iron locks
There are few that can unlock them
Few who can break inside
You’ve made extensive barriers
Forgot they’re on your side
Chorus:
In a eulogy to my past self
I’d apologize for how you felt
When the avalanche of rocks and pain
Fell and bruised and scraped your face
But you still held your head up high
Slowly started to defy
The world and its unavoidable hell
I’d commend you for it in a eulogy to my past self
Bridge:
You didn’t stay as long as you should have
Used to be forgiving, quiet and nice
You’re taken away at too young an age
Now yourself you have got to recreate
Never cruel or cowardly, never give up
Be honest and truthful, never give in
Got’ be qualified to be on your side
You put people through more tests, but still kind
Chorus:
In a eulogy to my past self
I’d apologize for how you felt
When the avalanche of rocks and pain
Fell and bruised and scraped your face
But you still held your head up high
Slowly started to defy
The world and its unavoidable hell
I’d commend you for it in a eulogy to my past self
Ending:
I’m sorry you are dead
You can be reborn now
Go recreate yourself
I promise it’s allowed
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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