Well, it’s every manner
We’ve been conditioned, that we’ve been shattered
Defined by our bodies, defined by our names
Defined by our illness, these systems maintain
And it’s every way that, they’ve made us believe
That we needed them, that we were weak
It’s our abusers, but also the cops
And also the borders, this shit never stops
And Hate, isn’t strong enough to proeperly describe the pain
We’ve felt in our hearts and our souls and our braisn
Letting go of the past, but never forgeting the shame
It’s all that remains, always the same
Well someone taught me, to hate all of me
And all of the ways that I wanted to be
Did someone teach, those same things to you?
Some bullshit system? a lover or two?
Well fuck all their bullshit, power and control
And fuck all the things, that they’ve done to you
Because we are trying, and loving and free
We are the sky, the salt of the sea
And love, ain’t strong enough to properlty describe what we’ve gained
In our hearts, our souls we’re figuring all the ways
Learning to unlearn, and breaking every single chain
Til nothing remains, and nothing’s the same
And so many of us have been broken but we’re building ourselves up on our own damn terms
And to those out there who’ve abused us, it sucks to suck, will they ever learn
What it truly means to be alive? And why we’re not afraid of when we’ll die?
Because we’ve learned how to just let it flow, and rage and fear is all they know
And love, ain’t strong enough to properlty describe what we’ve gained
In our hearts, our souls we’re figuring all the ways
Learning to unlearn, and breaking every single chain
Til nothing remains, and nothing’s the same
Shouty, embarrassingly sincere, and sometimes political, Qfolk has been compared to Tom Waits and Cookie Monster. Angery sad fast loud music against all the things that suck!
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