[Verse 1:]
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Hi mom,
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I'm really scared right now, but I have to...
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At age thirteen, my mom knew I wasn't straight
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She didn't understand, but she had so much to say
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She sat me on the couch, looked me straight in my face
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And said you'll burn in hell or probably die of AIDS
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It's funny now, but at thirteen it was pain
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To be almost sure of who you are and have it ripped away
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And I'm sorry if it's too real for some of you to fathom
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But hate for who you love is not exactly what you'd imagine
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And I guess it was disastrous
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Because everything that happened afterwards was just madness
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Locked away for two years to keep me on the inside
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Because she'd rather see a part of me die than me thrive
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And it's tougher when it's something you can't deny
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And ignorance teaches us it's something you decide
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You're driven by your choices, an optical illusion
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Here's to understanding it's not always confusion
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[Hook:]
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And I can't change
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Even if I tried, even if I wanted to
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And I can't change
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Even if I tried, even if I wanted to
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My love, my love, my love
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She keeps me warm
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She keeps me warm
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She keeps me warm
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She keeps me warm
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[Verse 2:]
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I've walked the halls of my school
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And I've seen kids hide behind walls and footballs and things like pride
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I've seen innocent children suffer beneath bruises
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Suffer beneath every single hand that chooses ignorance
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Fuck your religion
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Fuck constitutions
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Fuck superstitions
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There are no lakes of fire; they're here on earth
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And the only thing to do is put love first
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And so I stand for the boy who died by his hand
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To the sound of his father screaming "Woman loves man"
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"This is Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve"
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And I stand for the girl with the cuts up her sleeve
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And the heart in her hand and a chip on her shoulder
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And I stand for it all until ignorance is over
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This is for you, for knowing who you are
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For never letting your magic outside of your heart
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Be you, be brave, and understand that things do change
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I accept you for you when I don't understand
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And I love you for you because this is who I am
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I accepted you for you when I didn't understand
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Now love me for me 'cause this is who I am
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[Hook:]
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[Verse 3:]
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Here's a message to the people who just don't get it:
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Love is love
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There is no difference
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Not a medication to fix it
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There is no prescription
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No rehab to visit
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It is not an addiction
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It's love and it's selfless
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It's yours and everybody else's
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So don't badger and abuse the solemnly defenseless
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See us as yourself
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There's no equality in difference
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Until we all get it, we'll be drowning in the same blood
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Despite orientation, we all feel the same love
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We'll be drowning in the same blood
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Despite orientation, we all feel the same love
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[Hook:]
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[Outro/Talking - with harmonies in the background:]
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We are boxed in and labelled
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Before we're ever able to speak who we believe we are
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Or who we dream we'll become
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Like drum beats forever changing their rhythm
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I am living today as someone I had not yet become yesterday
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And tonight I'll only borrow pieces of who I am today
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To carry with me to tomorrow
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No, I'm not gay
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No, I'm not straight
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And I sure as hell am not bisexual
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Damn it I am whoever I am when I am it
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Loving whoever you are when the stars shine
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And whoever you'll be when the sun rises
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So here's to being able
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Here's to love
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Here's to loving just because
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Here's to acceptance
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Here's to never fearing the fear of rejection
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Here's to love and never neglecting who you feel you are
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Here's to bullies because beatings cannot last forever
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Here's to the moment you realize things do get better
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Here's to the parents who will get it when its too late
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Here's to second chances
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Here's to new fate
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Here's to every single moment you've ever had to hide you
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Here's to the single star shining bright inside you, asking you to guide you
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Here's to who you'll be when you figure it all out
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Here's to momentary doubt
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Here's to feeling, because we all feel it the same
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Here's to the moment that things will change
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| Because we all feel love, we all feel it the sa |
