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You have my birth name I hear it and want to die Stop raising your hand

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Sep 12, 2015

Sep 12, 2015 at 3:13 AM UTC

You have my birth name I hear it and want to die Stop raising your hand

You murdered your daughter and you show no remorse Then you hide behind a cross, of course ‘Cause you think your religion is a license to hate And an excuse to discriminate Her short life was done Before it had begun ‘Cause you murdered your daughter But you still call her your son You sent her to monsters dressed in therapist’s clothes ‘Cause her comfort is something you oppose When she told you her secret, you replied, “It’s a phase And you’ll feel like a man one of these days” But of course, she did not Now I won’t let it be forgot That you murdered your daughter Without a second thought And she was beautiful Yes, she was so beautiful But she had no chance with parents like you Though she was beautiful Though she was so beautiful You cut off her wings long before she flew With the guise of a gay man as a small stepping stone She hoped she would not feel so alone But instead, you denied her all her friends at her school How can you be so selfishly cruel? You locked her within walls But her gender’s not your call Yes, you murdered your daughter You drove her to end it all But she was beautiful Yes, Leelah was beautiful And yet, you denied her identity She was so beautiful She was so **** beautiful But you were too hateful to let her be Now, Douglas and Carla, let the world know your names And the sins of which you’re not ashamed You did not love your daughter, don’t you act like you did You probably didn’t see her as your kid Don’t pretend that you’re sad You’re not a mom and dad ‘Cause you murdered your daughter For the son you never had

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Jan 7, 2015

Jan 7, 2015 at 9:30 PM UTC

You Murdered Your Daughter (The Ballad Of Leelah Alcorn)

You murdered your daughter and you show no remorse Then you hide behind a cross, of course ‘Cause you think your religion is a license to hate And an excuse to discriminate Her short life was done Before it had begun ‘Cause you murdered your daughter But you still call her your son You sent her to monsters dressed in therapist’s clothes ‘Cause her comfort is something you oppose When she told you her secret, you replied, “It’s a phase And you’ll feel like a man one of these days” But of course, she did not Now I won’t let it be forgot That you murdered your daughter Without a second thought And she was beautiful Yes, she was so beautiful But she had no chance with parents like you Though she was beautiful Though she was so beautiful You cut off her wings long before she flew With the guise of a gay man as a small stepping stone She hoped she would not feel so alone But instead, you denied her all her friends at her school How can you be so selfishly cruel? You locked her within walls But her gender’s not your call Yes, you murdered your daughter You drove her to end it all But she was beautiful Yes, Leelah was beautiful And yet, you denied her identity She was so beautiful She was so **** beautiful But you were too hateful to let her be Now, Douglas and Carla, let the world know your names And the sins of which you’re not ashamed You did not love your daughter, don’t you act like you did You probably didn’t see her as your kid Don’t pretend that you’re sad You’re not a mom and dad ‘Cause you murdered your daughter For the son you never had

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Suburbs filled with people filled with dreams Humble lives are grander than they seem Children laughing, playing, having fun In our little old blue cottage ‘neath the sun Homeless, but not heartless, but not loved Lives in Hell, but lives for God above No one loves him, he loves everyone In our little old blue cottage ‘neath the sun Love ought to be bright and shining In all of our hearts For what it’s worth It is in mine We are all brothers and sisters The sons and daughters Of Mother Earth And Father Time High Schools make the students make the grade Teenage love is broken and it’s made They may whine, but they’ll cry when it’s done In our little old blue cottage ‘neath the sun Young man in a tizzy, in a trance Seeing in a lady new romance Thinking to himself, “She is the one” In our little old blue cottage ‘neath the sun Love ought to be bright and shining In all of our hearts For what it’s worth It is in mine We are all brothers and sisters The sons and daughters Of Mother Earth And Father Time Love ought to be bright and shining In all of our hearts For what it’s worth It is in mine We are all brothers and sisters The sons and daughters Of Mother Earth And Father Time A smile is not something to be worn And certainly not something to be scorned For hatred is not something you can feel Once you see that love is all that is real Don’t believe the lies Open up your eyes Even when it seems that hatred is your friend There is so much more Just outside your door That will greet you if you never hate again And if you simply open up your heart You’ll see yourself given a fresh new start For angels are down here not just above And no matter how it seems you are loved

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Jan 7, 2015

Jan 7, 2015 at 9:21 PM UTC

In Our Little Old Blue Cottage 'Neath The Sun

Suburbs filled with people filled with dreams Humble lives are grander than they seem Children laughing, playing, having fun In our little old blue cottage ‘neath the sun Homeless, but not heartless, but not loved Lives in Hell, but lives for God above No one loves him, he loves everyone In our little old blue cottage ‘neath the sun Love ought to be bright and shining In all of our hearts For what it’s worth It is in mine We are all brothers and sisters The sons and daughters Of Mother Earth And Father Time High Schools make the students make the grade Teenage love is broken and it’s made They may whine, but they’ll cry when it’s done In our little old blue cottage ‘neath the sun Young man in a tizzy, in a trance Seeing in a lady new romance Thinking to himself, “She is the one” In our little old blue cottage ‘neath the sun Love ought to be bright and shining In all of our hearts For what it’s worth It is in mine We are all brothers and sisters The sons and daughters Of Mother Earth And Father Time Love ought to be bright and shining In all of our hearts For what it’s worth It is in mine We are all brothers and sisters The sons and daughters Of Mother Earth And Father Time A smile is not something to be worn And certainly not something to be scorned For hatred is not something you can feel Once you see that love is all that is real Don’t believe the lies Open up your eyes Even when it seems that hatred is your friend There is so much more Just outside your door That will greet you if you never hate again And if you simply open up your heart You’ll see yourself given a fresh new start For angels are down here not just above And no matter how it seems you are loved

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Give it all to me, lord You know I deserve it I owe time for my crime, lord And it’s time I serve it Fill me with pain so no one else can feel it Earth has a wound and I just want to heal it Give it all to me Lock me up, set them free Hang your head no more, child Now the clouds have parted The old world is gone now, child And a new one’s started Radiant stars shine in marvelous colors Watch as the strangers slowly become brothers Hang your head no more Close your eyes, start to soar The boy you knew has changed He’s acting very strange You know it wasn’t long ago When you could look him in the eye But then he broke your trust Gave in to pangs of lust And now that you have let him go He has the nerve to ask you why Turn your back no more, kid That’s not who you are now I know sometimes it’s hard, kid But you’ll get there somehow That flower in your peripheral vision Will help guide you to make the right decision Turn your back no more That’s not what life is for The boy you knew has changed His body’s rearranged You know some might look down on her But that is just not who you are You treat her just the same You call her by her name Some others might call her a slur But you just think that is bizarre Give it all to me, lord You know I deserve it I owe time for my crime, lord And it’s time I serve it Fill me with pain so no one else can feel it Earth has a wound and I just got to heal it Give it all to me Give it all to me Give it all to me Lock me up, set them free

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Jan 7, 2015

Jan 7, 2015 at 9:15 PM UTC

Give It All To Me

Give it all to me, lord You know I deserve it I owe time for my crime, lord And it’s time I serve it Fill me with pain so no one else can feel it Earth has a wound and I just want to heal it Give it all to me Lock me up, set them free Hang your head no more, child Now the clouds have parted The old world is gone now, child And a new one’s started Radiant stars shine in marvelous colors Watch as the strangers slowly become brothers Hang your head no more Close your eyes, start to soar The boy you knew has changed He’s acting very strange You know it wasn’t long ago When you could look him in the eye But then he broke your trust Gave in to pangs of lust And now that you have let him go He has the nerve to ask you why Turn your back no more, kid That’s not who you are now I know sometimes it’s hard, kid But you’ll get there somehow That flower in your peripheral vision Will help guide you to make the right decision Turn your back no more That’s not what life is for The boy you knew has changed His body’s rearranged You know some might look down on her But that is just not who you are You treat her just the same You call her by her name Some others might call her a slur But you just think that is bizarre Give it all to me, lord You know I deserve it I owe time for my crime, lord And it’s time I serve it Fill me with pain so no one else can feel it Earth has a wound and I just got to heal it Give it all to me Give it all to me Give it all to me Lock me up, set them free

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I was walking around In a little town Inside my head Then I thought I could see What your lives would be If I were dead I thought that I knew everything I thought love wasn’t anything Oh no What did I know? All the things that I saw Cut me with their claws I could not heal So, I wrote some dumb songs About all the wrongs That were not real “I’ll calm down when the world shapes up” Oh, shut up, man, or I’ll throw up Oh God I was a sod People were all fools to me I walked around couldn’t see And thinking of it now makes me turn green But even as I was so blind And hatred tore apart my mind I wrote about everything that I’d seen Yeah, but now that brighter days are here I’ll change for the rest of my years To make up for those awful seventeen I was just not myself I was someone else I don’t know who You came into my life Thought you’d be my wife Then we were through I lost myself and I lost you Inside a labyrinth of blue Oh geez That wasn’t me But now those days are gone The curtains aren’t drawn Not anymore No, now they’re open wide The light shines inside More than before And now the smile on my face Is one that cannot be erased Oh no That much I know But sometimes that smile shrinks As I sit there and start to think About all of the things I’ve said and done All of the garbage that I wrote Those stupid songs that had no notes And treating human kindness like a gun You know, looking back, how could I doubt That love was what the world’s about? But now I see that all people are one

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Jan 7, 2015

Jan 7, 2015 at 9:11 PM UTC

Ancient Memories

I was walking around In a little town Inside my head Then I thought I could see What your lives would be If I were dead I thought that I knew everything I thought love wasn’t anything Oh no What did I know? All the things that I saw Cut me with their claws I could not heal So, I wrote some dumb songs About all the wrongs That were not real “I’ll calm down when the world shapes up” Oh, shut up, man, or I’ll throw up Oh God I was a sod People were all fools to me I walked around couldn’t see And thinking of it now makes me turn green But even as I was so blind And hatred tore apart my mind I wrote about everything that I’d seen Yeah, but now that brighter days are here I’ll change for the rest of my years To make up for those awful seventeen I was just not myself I was someone else I don’t know who You came into my life Thought you’d be my wife Then we were through I lost myself and I lost you Inside a labyrinth of blue Oh geez That wasn’t me But now those days are gone The curtains aren’t drawn Not anymore No, now they’re open wide The light shines inside More than before And now the smile on my face Is one that cannot be erased Oh no That much I know But sometimes that smile shrinks As I sit there and start to think About all of the things I’ve said and done All of the garbage that I wrote Those stupid songs that had no notes And treating human kindness like a gun You know, looking back, how could I doubt That love was what the world’s about? But now I see that all people are one

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Pictures are for things that don’t last Pictures are for things that don’t last You will never go away Everyone is here to stay Pictures are for things that don’t last Pictures are for things that don’t last These days will always be here There’s no need for us to fear Pictures are for things that don’t last So put away the camera I don’t want to believe these days will ever end Don’t go You’ll always be right here forever, friend Don’t go, don’t go, don’t go Pictures are for things that don’t last Pictures are for things that don’t last You will never go away Everyone is here to stay Pictures are for things that don’t last So put away the camera I don’t want to believe these days will ever end Don’t go You’ll always be right here forever, friend Don’t go, don’t go, don’t go I cannot lie Although I try It’s time for me to stop pretending I look around And I feel down I know these days will soon be ending Pictures are for things that don’t last Pictures are for things that don’t last Take the picture while we’re here Smile ‘til we disappear Pictures are for things that don’t last

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Jan 7, 2015

Jan 7, 2015 at 9:08 PM UTC

Pictures

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Sometimes you must climb Very far to see how far you’ve fallen Don’t scream for your dreams If you close your mouth, you’ll hear them callin’ Mankind in my mind Is a loving thing with few exceptions Each face is a place Good or evil it’s just your perception There is no rock worth living under For the whole world is full of wonder For those who want to live a life of gold Time may pass by, we may be aging This may all be a play we’re staging We may turn gray, but we’ll never grow old That love from above May be real or not, but don’t **** for it Don’t fight for the light If you **** for love, then you abhor it There is no rock worth living under For the whole world is full of wonder For those who want to live a life of gold Time may pass by, we may be aging This may all be a play we’re staging We may turn gray, but we’ll never grow old

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Jan 7, 2015

Jan 7, 2015 at 9:02 PM UTC

Life Of Gold

Sometimes you must climb Very far to see how far you’ve fallen Don’t scream for your dreams If you close your mouth, you’ll hear them callin’ Mankind in my mind Is a loving thing with few exceptions Each face is a place Good or evil it’s just your perception There is no rock worth living under For the whole world is full of wonder For those who want to live a life of gold Time may pass by, we may be aging This may all be a play we’re staging We may turn gray, but we’ll never grow old That love from above May be real or not, but don’t **** for it Don’t fight for the light If you **** for love, then you abhor it There is no rock worth living under For the whole world is full of wonder For those who want to live a life of gold Time may pass by, we may be aging This may all be a play we’re staging We may turn gray, but we’ll never grow old

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Nobody loves me Everyone lies Not long ago That was the world in my eyes Love is suspicious Hate is for real They’re all the reason For the pain that I feel They are all guilty Until they die Not long ago That was the world in my eyes I am a genius You are all fools You are not human So you can’t say I’m cruel I am the victim How can you cry? Not long ago That was the world in my eyes In my eyes Love is true power Nothing’s as strong I look at my past How could I be so wrong? Hatred was my life My hate has died Now I can see Now that’s the world in my eyes

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Jan 7, 2015

Jan 7, 2015 at 8:58 PM UTC

The World In My Eyes

Nobody loves me Everyone lies Not long ago That was the world in my eyes Love is suspicious Hate is for real They’re all the reason For the pain that I feel They are all guilty Until they die Not long ago That was the world in my eyes I am a genius You are all fools You are not human So you can’t say I’m cruel I am the victim How can you cry? Not long ago That was the world in my eyes In my eyes Love is true power Nothing’s as strong I look at my past How could I be so wrong? Hatred was my life My hate has died Now I can see Now that’s the world in my eyes

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The world around me hurt Darkened by despair My mind was full of dirt So I didn’t care The dirt was piled high Covering my eyes I was blind I was blind But now that my past self lies in his grave The new me comes out of the womb Now that what I was is dead I can bloom The world was full of pain I cared about mine My life was full of rain Only in my mind The rain started a flood Mattered more than blood I was sick I was sick But now that my past self lies in his grave Trapped safely locked away his tomb Now that what I was is dead I can bloom My life was going great I could have had fun If not for all my hate Burning like the sun Burning so hard and bright Blocking what was right I was mad I was mad But now that my past self lies in his grave The new me comes out of the womb Now that what I was is dead I can bloom I can bloom

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Jan 7, 2015

Jan 7, 2015 at 8:53 PM UTC

Bloom

The world around me hurt Darkened by despair My mind was full of dirt So I didn’t care The dirt was piled high Covering my eyes I was blind I was blind But now that my past self lies in his grave The new me comes out of the womb Now that what I was is dead I can bloom The world was full of pain I cared about mine My life was full of rain Only in my mind The rain started a flood Mattered more than blood I was sick I was sick But now that my past self lies in his grave Trapped safely locked away his tomb Now that what I was is dead I can bloom My life was going great I could have had fun If not for all my hate Burning like the sun Burning so hard and bright Blocking what was right I was mad I was mad But now that my past self lies in his grave The new me comes out of the womb Now that what I was is dead I can bloom I can bloom

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I used to love you more than love I used to hate love more than hate You taught me that love wasn’t real You taught me not to tolerate Not nearly long enough ago When I was proud of my mistakes I said all of my hate filled songs Were made thanks to my girl’s name sake I feel sorry to have blamed her For what I did because of you I don’t feel hatred, I feel pity What made you do the things you do? I used to wish that I was you But that was before I was me Now it’s not something I would wish On even my worst enemy I used to think you were a God But now I’ve opened up my eyes You are the devil, nothing more In some kind of greasy disguise I must admit I was saddened To learn you died without a friend But the frightening thing about it Is I could have reached the same end But I must thank you for one thing Though thanking you seems very strange You made me the worst I could be And that showed me I had to change If not for you, all of this love Would still be just out of my reach And I have learned an awful lot By ignoring the things you teach I’ve stopped listening to your music It always leaves me feeling down But even though you’re the devil I’m awfully glad you came around I wish you could have changed like me Instead you drowned in your own hate But I guess I’m just very lucky And I have got a friend in fate

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Jan 7, 2015

Jan 7, 2015 at 8:49 PM UTC

I Used To

I used to love you more than love I used to hate love more than hate You taught me that love wasn’t real You taught me not to tolerate Not nearly long enough ago When I was proud of my mistakes I said all of my hate filled songs Were made thanks to my girl’s name sake I feel sorry to have blamed her For what I did because of you I don’t feel hatred, I feel pity What made you do the things you do? I used to wish that I was you But that was before I was me Now it’s not something I would wish On even my worst enemy I used to think you were a God But now I’ve opened up my eyes You are the devil, nothing more In some kind of greasy disguise I must admit I was saddened To learn you died without a friend But the frightening thing about it Is I could have reached the same end But I must thank you for one thing Though thanking you seems very strange You made me the worst I could be And that showed me I had to change If not for you, all of this love Would still be just out of my reach And I have learned an awful lot By ignoring the things you teach I’ve stopped listening to your music It always leaves me feeling down But even though you’re the devil I’m awfully glad you came around I wish you could have changed like me Instead you drowned in your own hate But I guess I’m just very lucky And I have got a friend in fate

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