We May by Dani Lee Pearce
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well they see love as nothing more than just some song lyric
you withdraw inward biting a cloud
not thinking about when they may be done
yr friends say that their greatest trick was appearing in the guise of a god
dressing up hell like the heaven you never knew was always gone
and when the blood leaks out from under them
and they sweat the tears of the eyes they saw through
in comes their silver brass call singin
yr a Mary O. Nett, Girl
tyin strings to yr flesh now darlin
yr a Mary O. Nett, Girl
have you ever learned to say No
yr a Mary O. Nett, Girl
sequins overgrowing yr foresight
Mary O. Nett, Girl
have you ever told them No
get yr ass in the car and get it up to Juneau leave yr whole life behind like you did when you came out
like you did
like you did
like you did when you came out
they see you as an instrument
to be blown into and spat in
to stuff you in a suitcase and to hide you away til show-off day
you’ve got folks with testimonies
who all took care of themselves
cause in the end we’re our own best mother
hot moms of a feather
kick ass together
and when the blood leaks out from under them
and they sweat the tears of the eyes they saw through
in comes their silver brass call singin
yr a Mary O. Nett, Girl
tyin strings to yr flesh now darlin
yr a Mary O. Nett, Girl
have you ever learned to say No
yr a Mary O. Nett, Girl
sequins overgrowing yr foresight
Mary O. Nett, Girl
have you ever told them No
get yr ass in the car and get it up to Juneau leave yr whole life behind like you did when you came out
like you did
like you did
like you did when you came out
slammed by another thunderstorm
as my house sinkholes thru the ground
i escaped that noise in time
the tease is strong
and i admire the shade
i need to cool out from the sun’s view anyway
from trying to hold a solar flare in a plastic cup again
one day ill be blessed with the right ray of sunshine
i fall for every twinkle that comes toward me
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we may be sour
but we can cream
we may be dainty
but we sure can fuckin scream
we may look typical
and we may not
we may look easy
and we may be a lot
we may be trying to just
return safe to the one home we got
if you think that changes anything
fuck yourself and let it rot
we may be trans
but we can truck
we may be dry as desert
but we can suck
we may have goosed up
but we can duck
we may be faggots
but we can fuck
you may have tried us
ended up piss out of luck
you may have told us
we oughta tuck
you may have gone home
with yr jaw unstuck
watch yourself
cis man
don't throw what you don't understand
you don't seem to love yourself
you hate heaven
still scared of hell
watch yourself
cis woman
trying to live my life, you think I shouldn't
can't co-opt some
and damn the others
love yourself more
you're like my mother
watch yourself
cis woman
got to be inclusive
what are you doin
woman's rights is my rights too
cause if you cut one rope
we all fall through
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Only Divine The Queen
04:58
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everyones just bulging out
everyone wants to fuck my brains out
telling me i look so young
trying to pass off wrinkled as being hung
there’s a sign, no gays allowed
and here’s a white out marker now its just gays allowed
point yr shotgun at my face
ill put it in my throat give it face
its so long and good i could just suck it all night long
every brick i toss at you
has the strength of every dead sister cutting through
miss whyd you kill the president?
to remind everyone there’s a life worth livin in
no divine right
no divine wrong
no divine fight
only divine the queen
no divine light
no divine will
only divine the queen
no divine right
no divine wrong
no divine fight
only divine the queen
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A Kingdom Walking
07:05
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from the dark to the flame
to the incandescent
to the torch to the lamp
to the luminescent
returning back to the radiant breathing sun
that’s the revolving cycle holding everyone
have you heard
yr child’s words
from the genius inside
slowly building themself
and have you seen
the strength of their first dream
it should both scare
and comfort you
from the sweat falling into the soil beneath
to the seeds reaching upward ten fingers of wreaths
and to the fruit that it learns different ways how to bare
its the same process almost everywhere
every human
walks a kingdom
and every young one a galaxy
that’s stemming from
a singular beaming
crying Babystar
every crystal
we hold in our caves
reads nebulous to
first sight unsown
we daily harvest
from our own sources
of power to be our rightful own
black hole twist
into systems shining
a Kingdom Walking tall
soul universes
writing verses
of Kingdoms Walking arm in arm
can you hear
the path theyve cleared
never was audible
before they found the shears
can you feel
how quickly they learn to deal
displays confounding their master
from the sneeze to the exhaling
dust storm in me
and to the draft and the whip of a cloud on its knees
and to the child-like chaos of the hurricane breeze
that bring the East Witch a fate displeasing
does it show
the kind of worlds we’ll come to know
all from what they will soon uncover
the gates open
to a welcoming omen
behold what borne of our blood will soon discover
from the dry to the drip to the pond to the creek
and to the stream to the lake to the river and sea
returning back to the moon and her period pains
coming back onto us as the rain
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Aoo
05:46
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what are you that oblivious
look at the words youre speaking
you tend to hate being pigeonholed
with other men
not a fan of masculinity
you try to say yr unordinary
better than a man yet still insist yr one
ill give it a year at most
its gonna hit ya later on
ooh
look at the moon and
Aoo
youre sad and you dont know why
you think its cause thats yr place in life
you never felt like yourself
but didn’t wanna say yr something else
dont like whats on yr chest
dont like whats not on yr face
dont like what folks expect to see
it isn’t what you were meant to be
you want better ooh
look at the moon and
Aoo
you want better ooh
look at the moon and
Aoo
never felt really in yrself
yr kind is missing and yr all alone
dont give a fuck
make something up
its real cause you invent it
it gets delightfully fun
confusing the hell out of everyone
asking are you a boy or a girl or what
the real question is are you a toy or a twirl
ooh
look at the moon and
Aoo
you want better ooh
look at the moon and
Aoo
what a beautiful woman
and what a handsome man
what a gorgeous both and neither
what a fantastic human doing it their own way
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One Silver Watch
05:30
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listen up and listen well friends cradle my sacred voices
written in blood in the chamber halls because i could
(speaking in the only tones
most of you will understand)
everyone here and there has perished
it would behove of you to see
to understanding the concept of true love and living more socially
my lesbian wife mother nature she gets so upset witnessing everybody destroying the gift that i gave to you that she has often attempted to smite it and only backed down when i
calmed her down talked to her
calmed her down talked to her
i said theyll learn
theyll learn
the smart ones there can discern
that which to rightfully spurn
ive taken care of a few hundred years of a down home disgusting middle man
evil lies dead on the floor
may you show them the door
find what you're longing for
all thanks to
one silver watch
one silver watch
one learns that
politicians consume the most basic porn
you can tell from the kind they like what year they were born
this one looks 47 that one 55
this one tries to be 20 but truly its dazzling they're still alive
you know i should know
im god
im the gal you cant see
but you can feel it
if you believe in me
i barrel down I-80 doing round two and a fifth to the power of twelve but it feels like 70 as all the world is frozen in motion around me as i'm heading straight for
the maryland border
for a buck and a quarter
i dont break a sweat
and i dont get wet in the rain that hangs in mid air
i get there
i said theyll learn
theyll learn
the smart ones there can discern
that which to rightfully spurn
ive taken care of a few hundred years of a down home disgusting middle man
evil lies dead on the floor
may you show them the door
find what you're longing for
all thanks to
one silver watch
one silver watch
hey there charlie, you can never come back
hey charlie, you can never come back
hey there charlie, you can never come back
hey charlie, you can never come back
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This Is Where, Part I
06:28
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this is where i broke down when you told me you would never leave
this is where you burned the holes through when you bared yr soul to me
this is where we cried when we died
holding hands with granite tightness
and that’s where we both did turn to stone
this is where we melted both our candles to a blade of one
this is where we took the pictures
that vanished with the setting sun
this was when we said you bastard
if you leave i’ll just die faster
let’s try to last long in unison
all the fabrics will fly and well be all there but very gone
and every tongue will lie awaiting truly all
well return in corpsing roses
inter-tangled in the Uncle Tree
a dance beyond a flame to kiss to free
this is where i asked you are you sure
this is where i wondered what phase you’re on
this is where i questioned the whole continuum
you couldn’t possibly break it
are you really that determined to cast that spell
all yr blankets will sail with yr coils wailin hail mary
and every thrust will fire waves through the holy thaw
well twist in singing
the vines of an ember purity ring
dance of a fallen pollen angel
and other silly things
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Mustard Hair
04:19
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we grow younger as our houses grow older
we grow quieter as the paintings on the street get longer
home once let her hair down and 200 men cut it all off
there goes pretty mustard hair
in overalls and gloves to
go working in a bakery in town
mustard hair finds so fair a fellow fire mind
knows the magic’s faded so she leaves it all in kind for her sayin
O Home O Home Oh
You coulda been so good
O Home O Home Oh
You coulda been so good
the changing seasons splashing rainbows of appearance
to the point where the mirrors just a window
home is growing back her body hair quietly
no one say a word
no one say a word
there goes sweetie mustard hair
in baggy pants a strapless top and
with a black beret upon her head
mustard hair she dont care
shes of her own time
traversing the world knowing
where shy magic hides singing
(how lucky must a girl feel just to be by her side singing)
O Home O Home Oh
You coulda been so good
O Home O Home Oh
You coulda been so good
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9. |
What My Heart Looks Like
06:16
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and if my head is aching
whats the direct correlation
if my eyes cant open because they were for too long
ive lived unloved for 20 years and i can live another 20
i hope it doesn’t round out to be as long as i have
this is what my heart looks like
a pile of all the pills that i forgot to take
an acre of settlements with nothing on them as usual
a pair of cheekbones that end up starting another war
a bundle of normal sounding words that someones used before
this is what my heart looks like
the last place i saw every friend i ever had
the last time you fucked me over
and said i was the latest fad
a trail of all the little items
belongings i keep losing
never matters if i aged with you
my pockets were the never the best to get into
this is what my heart looks like
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i just wanna be what i can make myself out to being
embrace the lacey web i caught myself into
for the getter and receiver
for the smacked out loud perceiver in me
where the wild
where the wild things arent yet
the dreams they come to punch me in the gut
to drench in dim violet
offer comfort in distortion
offer up images
a taste of homages
stripe up stripe down
on my dream wedding gown
if im going to burn this bridge
why bother leaving fragments
ill grow around an empty place
and reclaim it for me
i changed once
i change again
again
ill believe were caught up
when there’s a clothing section for this
polynomous, polysemous
polly isnt
even a name i hear at all anymore
to have an insects eyes and see between the spectrum
i would likely find whats calling maybe
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Porcelain
04:39
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im a painting that broke out of their frame
im the silver rolls pawn playing on a different board game
she says if you never put a bullet through my painting
i would have never invented my umbrella
and the spiked battalion rams charge and crash through my mitochondrial ways of mindful dignity
i just can never tell the difference between stealing my organs and giving me a pillow to rest my burnt ass on
im a lionness thats made of grass
dance around a soul thats constructed of glass
and im off to see the wizard
let him know that im in charge now
he’s reigned enough
strained enough
ive been a witch for too long
bless my small porcelain heart on my journey there
another chip or crack wont bother me
my body needs the air
i come to on the couch and see you cookin for me
i came in you
but you came out of me
its not yet another ballroom
but im sneaking in just to get a few mindless taps in
im a lionness thats made of grass
dance around a soul thats constructed of glass
and im off to see the wizard
let him know that im in charge now
he’s reigned enough
strained enough
ive been a witch for too long
bless my small porcelain heart on my journey there
another chip or crack wont bother me
my body needs the air
a volcano of a human with a meadow's face
cannot bear to be a vulture watching blackbirds in a quiet place
eventually the flowers are consumed by the magma
and yr left with the slag heap
casting strong winds for the sweaty girls
the trees that will grow in a burnt forest nation in the attic realm
curled up in ocean sized quilts
they built themselves a blanket fortress
stuffies abound and they give you the password to fall into their arms again
bless my small porcelain heart cradled between yr legs
mighty as any dumb knight
that dared get in yr way
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12. |
Walking in a Skeleton
08:08
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never heard explosions
look that big but sound so soft
we roll down a single crooked rail
thats where before youd get off
i gave everything i had
and it barely caused a dent
wont you dance with me
when those 7 hurricanes come in
and take us away
walking in a skeleton
hand in hand with you
let me take you in my boat
down stream the venice like waterways of new york city
can you believe that we used to walk
way down there some 20 feet below
but wow i love you sore
i can just look in you and
it somehow just
makes it all seem somehow romantic
like i almost could get used to life
walking in a skeleton
hand in hand with you
take me to your camp
introduce me to your friends all gathered there
well chart a course to the island of forbes
and bring back classic piracy like we ought to
you give me hope when its now a joke
if im the last smiling human in the world
ill do it holding you
as we make up the best night we can have
walking in a skeleton
hand in hand with you
i gave everything i had
and it barely caused a dent
wont you dance with me
when those 7 hurricanes come in
and take us away
wow i love you sore
i can just look in you and
it somehow just
makes it all seem romantic
like i almost could get used to life
walking in a skeleton
hand in hand with you
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13. |
Sleep On Me
05:53
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sleep on me o harbingers of the ambrosia to your caves
sleep on me o lice on the blade with which yr master tainter shaves
sleep on me til the moons of andromeda eat us alive
sleep and fall from your parasthesiatic dream
sleep on me for your own lordosis behavior
sleep on me to quell the screams that fly out from the good sam's door
sleep on me for a terminal cure
to smite all that keep us from living pure
sleep and call yourself a major psychiatric dream
sleep on me to wipe the holy books of Webster clean
sleep on me to find the static missing from the x-ray screen
sleep on me o angel kittens like the catnip at the bar
sleep on me like the graveyard that drapes abreast yr car
sleep on me into a crystal evening at the palace hall
woven from the crochets of the serpents that always have come up small
sleep on me and cry out a storm
fall dead after the evening porn
sleep on me when your love is worn
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Dani Lee Pearce Denver, Colorado
nb trans songwriter orignally from the west coast
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