Eternal

(Intro)
Lost at sea through these dark and stormy waters,
Many a sailor has lost their soul to the call of the sea's daughters.


(chorus)
But the siren’s song doesn’t tempt me when I’m sailing home to you,
The stars chart a course in my heart that I know is true.

For in your embrace, I find my sanctuary,
A love so profound, it feels like pure destiny.

(verse 1)
No temptress can sway me from the path I’ve chosen,
In your arms, my heart remains unbroken, unfrozen.

Through tempests and trials, my love remains strong,
For it’s you, my love, who’s been my guiding song.

(verse 2)
With every wave, my devotion only grows,
For you are the beacon, the light that forever glows.

So let the sirens sing their haunting melody,
They hold no power over the love you’ve given me.

(verse 3)
My heart is anchored in the depths of your soul,
With you, my love, I finally feel whole.

Lost at sea, yet never far from you,
In this love, I’ve found a home forever true.


Siren Song.mp3

To be or not to be

To live in chains or set this spirit free.


I hold fractured brain in my hand         	 

It has lived many lives that no one understands.


(Chorus)

I want to escape from it all

Let the pain drift away as I leave this edge and fall

I want to run away and hide

open up my veins just to see there’s life inside.


Claw my way out of my skin

I fight this battle every day, but it’s one I cannot win.


To see myself within my eye,

I’d crawl out this old cocoon and emerge a butterfly


(Chorus)

I want to escape from it all

Let the pain drift away as I leave this edge and fall

I want to run away and hide

open up my veins just to see there’s life inside.


To be or not to be

To live in chains or set this spirit free.


(guitar solo)


(Chorus)

I want to escape from it all

Let the pain drift away as I leave this edge and fall

I want to run away and hide

open up my veins just to see there’s life inside.


To be or not to be

To live in chains or set this spirit free.



Leaving the Edge.mp3

Every day is a battle just to exist.

My War Paint is a song about fighting for identity, for autonomy, for the right to be seen as whole. It’s about the struggle of living in a world that demands you fit into a box you were never meant to be in.

The lyrics lay bare the reality of being intersex and transgender, of questioning, of navigating a body and a world that don’t always align. The lines between self and expectation blur, and every choice—every word, every appearance, every breath—becomes another act of defiance.

Some wear armor. Some wear scars. I wear my truth. And that’s my war paint.

Lyrics:
(Verse 1)
Every day I fight a war with myself in my mind
Every day I fight for something I can’t set right
Every day I’m in pain from scars from my fight
All day I’m at war in myself and all night

(Chorus)
I fight for something that can never be
I fight just to let my selves free
I’m tired of living in my mind
I just want to be alive… and not a lie.
Could you be your own brother
could I be my own sister
Are my wounds scars yet
or are they still blistered?
That’s not just makeup on my face,   it’s my war paint.

(Verse 2)
Every day I fight a fight just to be myself
Every day they told me I was something else
Every day in my mind I’m trapped somewhere
I will never be both of me; can I care?

(Chorus)
I fight for something that can never be
I fight just to let my selves free
I’m tired of living in my mind
I just want to be alive… and not a lie.
Could you be your own brother
could I be my own sister
Are my wounds scars yet
or are they still blistered?
That’s not just makeup on my face,   it’s my war paint.

My War Paint

They say God makes no mistakes—but when I was born they called me one.

The Devil Made Me is a song about being born intersex in a world that refuses to believe you exist—about growing up in a religious community that preaches that God only makes males and females and that anyone outside that binary must be a mistake, a test, or worse—a demon.

The lyrics confront the gaslighting, the rejection, the pain of being forced to question your own existence simply because others refuse to accept the truth. If their God only creates "perfect" bodies, then where does that leave those of us who don’t fit their mold? If a demon lives in my mind, why is that demon the only one showing me kindness, while the so-called righteous only show me cruelty?

This song is not about damnation—it’s about defiance. It’s about rejecting the shame forced upon us, about embracing the truth of who we are, about refusing to let others dictate the worth of our existence.


Based on this poem I wrote:

They said I would be a mistake,
But God doesn’t make mistakes.

They told me I was possessed by a demon,
But God doesn’t let demons into children.

If their God made me, I was something else,
But I was not something else.

If a demon lived in my mind,
Which one of me should I cast out?

If I were a demon, why is that demon kind,
And why are the children of God full of hate?

If I am a devil in my mind,
Who would I be without the devil?

Would I be kind,
Or cruel like His chosen ones?

The Devil controls demons,
If so, and I am kind, the Devil is kind also.

The Devil makes mistakes.
I am a mistake.

The Devil made me,
Yet I am here, an angel.

Lyrics:
(Verse 1)
They said I was a mistake, born out of sin,
Yet they claim that their God lets no darkness in.
If I am twisted, if I am flawed,
Then tell me, who made me? Was it their God?
If I’m a demon, why do I care,
When they look at me with empty stares?

(Chorus)
The Devil made me, a fault in design,
Yet kindness lives in this heart of mine.
They curse my name, call me untrue—
But if I am a devil, what does that make you?

(Verse 2)
They said a demon whispers in my mind,
But which self within me should I leave behind?
If I'm a devil, then why this grace?
A soul that refuses to hide its face.
If I’m a mistake, a flaw in their plan,
Then what kind of god makes love demand?

(Chorus)
The Devil made me, a fault in design,
Yet kindness lives in this heart of mine.
They curse my name, call me untrue—
But if I am a devil, what does that make you?

(Bridge)
They call me lost, but I’ve found my path,
Through the fire of judgment, the scorn and wrath.
Their God makes no mistakes, they say,
Yet here I stand, in defiance, in my own way.
If darkness formed me, then darkness knows
The love and light that in me grows.

(Chorus)
The Devil made me, a flaw in the mold,
But my heart is warm where theirs is cold.
I am a devil, they say, through and through—
Yet I love, while they condemn what’s true.

(Outro)
The Devil made me, but I walk this line,
A mistake, an angel with a shadowed spine.
If I am wrong, if I am strange—
Then let me be this “devil” they cannot change.

The Devil Made Me

We Rise is built on the words of those who fought before us, a song forged from the voices of Martin Luther King Jr., Harvey Milk, Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, Ida B. Wells, and every leader who dared to demand justice.

This is not just a song—it is a call to action, a torch passed from past generations to the present. The lyrics draw directly from the wisdom of civil rights leaders, revolutionaries, and truth tellers who knew that justice is not given—it is fought for.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“Only in darkness do the stars shine.”
“Your silence will not protect you.”

They tried to silence them. They tried to erase them. But their words live on in every march, every protest, every act of defiance against oppression.

This song is a reminder that the fight is not over—and that the arc of the universe bends toward justice, but only if we rise and pull it forward.



Quotes & Attributions Used in the Song:

    "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
    – Martin Luther King Jr. (Inspires the opening verse.)

    "Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars."
    – Martin Luther King Jr. (Referenced in the chorus.)

    "Hope will never be silent."
    – Harvey Milk (Directly referenced in the chorus.)

    "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I refuse to remain."
    – Angela Davis (Paraphrased and restructured in the chorus.)

    "Your silence will not protect you."
    – Audre Lorde (Referenced in the second verse.)

    "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light upon them."
    – Ida B. Wells (Influences the second verse.)

    "Denying freedom to others, you deserve it not for yourself."
    – Abraham Lincoln (Influences the second verse.)

    "The arc of the universe bends toward what’s right, but it bends by the hands of those who fight."
    – Inspired by Barack Obama, paraphrasing Martin Luther King Jr. (Used in the bridge.)

Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Injustice lingers, a shadow, a scar.
They carve their laws to keep us apart.
They silence the voice, they shackle the soul.
But fire still burns where the darkness grows cold.

They tighten their grip, but the cracks remain.
The weight of their chains will shatter in pain.
Only in night do the stars burn bright.
Dawn will rise when we claim our right.

Chorus:
We rise, we fight, we burn in the night.
No chains can hold us, no silence remains.
We rise, we fight, we stand for the light.
The stars shine brightest when lost in the dark.

Verse 2:
No woman is free if she’s bound by decree.
They carve their laws in stone we will break.
Your silence won’t save you, the echoes will call.
The louder we stand, the harder they fall.

The way to end darkness is bringing the light.
They cover their eyes and pray for the night.
Denying one freedom denies all the rest.
The weight of their towers will fall on their chests.

Chorus:
We rise, we fight, we burn in the night.
No chains can hold us, no silence remains.
We rise, we fight, we stand for the light.
The stars shine brightest when lost in the dark.

Bridge:
The arc of the universe bends toward what’s right.
But it bends by the hands of the ones who will fight.
If you strike us with silence, we carve out our space.
For freedom is ours, we rise in its place.

Final Chorus:
We rise, we fight, we burn in the night.
No chains can hold us, no silence remains.
We rise, we fight, we stand for the light.
The stars shine brightest when lost in the dark.

Outro:
The weak shall rise, the lost shall be found.
The chains will break, their towers fall down.
With hands unshaken, with voices untamed.
We write our own story, we carve our own name.

We Rise

A chilling modern adaptation of the famous Niemöller poem, First They Came… Again is a haunting, urgent warning about history repeating itself. With a slow, foreboding intro that builds into a defiant crescendo, the song captures the silence, complicity, and fear that allow oppression to spread.

Each verse calls out the targeting of different marginalized groups, showing how one by one, rights are stripped away while the world watches in hesitation. The lyrics don’t just recount the past—they hold up a mirror to the present political climate, warning of the dangers of inaction.

A stark, necessary reminder that fascism never truly dies—it waits in silence, creeping forward whenever we let it.

Lyrics:
(Verse 1)
First, they came for the teachers,
Banned their books, erased their past.
Silence reigned, no voice to fight,
History’s lessons fading fast.
They came for truth, they came for reason,
Stamped it out without a trace.
Not my struggle, not my burden,
So I turned and looked away.

(Chorus)
I did not speak, I did not stand,
Let the fire consume the land.
One by one, they tore us down,
Now there’s no one left around.
I see the chains, I hear the cries,
But now it's me beneath their eyes.
I did not fight, I did not flee—
Now there's no one left for me.

(Verse 2)
Then they came for the voices,
Silenced truth with fear and might.
Journalists and poets vanished,
Shrouded deep in endless night.
Protest crushed beneath their boots,
Laws were bent, the courts betrayed.
Still, I whispered, "Not my battle,"
As the world began to fade.
(Chorus)
I did not speak, I did not stand,
Let the fire consume the land.
One by one, they tore us down,
Now there’s no one left around.
I see the chains, I hear the cries,
But now it's me beneath their eyes.
I did not fight, I did not flee—
Now there's no one left for me.

(Verse 3)
Then they came for the outcasts,
Those who dared to live their way.
Ripped their rights and stole their voices,
Dragged their hopes into decay.
Came for women, came for workers,
Tore their futures at the seams.
Still, I turned my face in silence,
Drowning out their muffled screams.

(Bridge)
Now the dawn fades into black,
And their boots press down my spine.
I reach for hands no longer there,
Prayers unanswered, out of time.
If I had fought, if I had known,
Could we have broken from the chains?
Now the walls are closing in,
And I have only me to blame.

(Outro)
First they came, now they come,
No more breath, no more run.
Silence echoes, justice bleeds,
Buried under apathy.
I did not speak, I did not stand,
Now the fire takes my hand.
Scream for mercy, plead for grace—
But there's no one left to save my place.

First they Came... Again

Wisdom isn’t found in absolutes. It lives in the in-between, in the balance of light and shadow, in the moments of quiet reflection that others overlook.

Wisdom in Twilight is a song about rejecting black-and-white thinking and embracing the complexity of truth. The world isn’t divided into good and evil, right and wrong—it’s messy, nuanced, and full of contradictions. To truly understand, we must be willing to see beyond the surface, to hold both fire and darkness, to find meaning in the space where day and night meet.

The lyrics challenge the idea that righteousness belongs only to those who claim purity. There is wisdom in imperfection, in struggle, in doubt. The world will try to force you to pick a side, to see only what it wants you to see—but truth exists in the twilight.

Lyrics:
(Intro)
Evil is not born of darkness,
Just as good is not of light.
The stars reveal their beauty best
Against the blackest night.

Righteousness resides in balance;
To discern what's truly right,
We must embrace both light and shadow,
And find wisdom in twilight.

(Verse 1)
In the depths where shadows grow,
Light and darkness share their throne.
The blinding glare, the hidden truth—
We wear both like scars of youth.

(Chorus)
For we are bound by dusk and dawn,
By fire’s warmth and shadow’s song.
In each reflection, lies concealed
The light we fear, the dark we wield.

(Verse 2)
Each spark of hope, a fleeting pain,
Each darkened hour, a fiery chain.
In twilight’s grasp, we find our fate,
A dance of trust, a hand of hate.

(Chorus)
For we are bound by dusk and dawn,
By fire’s warmth and shadow’s song.
In each reflection, lies concealed
The light we fear, the dark we wield.

(Bridge)
To shatter truth, to mend the lie,
We walk where mortal spirits die.
For wisdom lies not in the glow,
But in the silence few will know.

(Verse 3)
So let the stars above ignite,
In the black embrace of night.
For in this space, no soul is pure,
And twilight is the only cure.

(Final Chorus)
For we are bound by dusk and dawn,
By fire’s warmth and shadow’s song.
In each reflection, lies concealed
The light we fear, the dark we wield.

(Outro)
In balance held, our voices meet,
The world between our hearts complete.
The stars reveal their beauty best,
In twilight’s cradle, dark and blessed.

Wisdom in Twilight

You Cannot Erase the US is a song about the erased history of America—the genocide of Indigenous people, the brutality of slavery, the exploitation of poor immigrants during the industrial revolution, and the way the wealthy still drain the lifeblood of the working class today.

They tell us to forget. They rewrite the narrative, silence the voices, strip away rights, and pretend that the suffering on which this nation was built never happened. But the truth cannot be buried.

The roads were paved by those they try to erase. The factories, the fields, the railroads, the wealth—it was never theirs to claim. And now, as the rich hoard power and turn the poor against each other, the same cycle continues.

This song is a reckoning. A call to remember. A call to fight back.

We are the people that built this nation. We are the ones they still bleed dry. We are the ones who dream the American dream. And we will not be erased.

This song intentionally mirrors the song You Cannot Erase US as a reminder to all that denying one group human rights affects all of us, and has been an unfortunate theme in American history.

Lyrics:
(Intro)
United we stand. Divided we fall.
Injustice for one is injustice for all.

(Verse 1)
They call this land the home of the free,
Yet paved the streets with stolen dreams.
Built on the bones of those they erased,
Yet still, we rise, still, we remain.

They broke our backs, they bought our hands,
Tilled labor’s blood into their land.
They chained our bodies, stole our breath,
Fed us to the industrial death.

(Pre-Chorus)
They preach of freedom, yet build the chains,
Turn dreamers into debt and pain.
But we are written in the stars,
No ruler’s hand can pull us apart.

(Chorus)
You cannot erase us, we are the proof,
The mark in your pages, the crack in your truth.
No blade, no law, no prayer, no shame,
Can strike us out, can steal our names.
We live, we breathe, we claim our space—
We will not be erased.

(Verse 2)
They steal our wages, they buy our laws,
Stack their wealth while we give it all.
They cut our rights, they raise the cost,
Say be grateful for what we’ve got.

They turn the people against themselves,
Keep power high upon their shelves.
Yet still, we gather, still, we rise,
Stand as one with fire inside.

(Pre-Chorus)
You can’t erase the blood, the fight,
Erase the pain, erase the light.
Erase the ones who won’t obey—
And still, we dream another day.

(Chorus)
You cannot erase us, we are the proof,
The mark in your pages, the crack in your truth.
No blade, no law, no prayer, no shame,
Can strike us out, can steal our names.
We live, we breathe, we claim our space—
We will not be erased.

(Bridge)
We are the voices, the hands, the fight,
The ones who stand for equal rights.
We are the dreamers who still believe,
In justice, mercy, and liberty.

We are the words that built this land,
The right to rise, to take a stand.
We hold these truths, we keep them bright,
No force can take away our light.

(Outro)
You cannot erase US.
You cannot erase US.
United, we remain.

You cannot Erase the US

Who really pulls the strings?

Strings of Puppetry is a song about control, manipulation, and the unseen hands that dictate our lives—from corrupt politicians and corporate overlords to the laws and systems designed to keep people in place.

The lyrics expose the way powerful elites mold belief, shape reality, and keep people divided, all while tightening the strings that bind us. They sell us lies, pit us against each other, and make us believe we are free—but freedom doesn’t exist when someone else controls your every move.

This song is a warning, a call to see the invisible forces at play and to cut the strings before it’s too late. Because the more we obey, the tighter the grip becomes. And in the end, a puppet who never fights back will never be free.

Lyrics:
(Verse 1)
The puppet masters ready their strings,
Chains of power controlling things.
They search for souls who willingly give
Everything masters need to live.
They bind us tight, we cannot see,
Our freedom lost invisibly.
Pulled away into illusion,
Victims of their dark intrusion.

(Chorus)
But I won't dance upon their strings,
No slave to wealthy puppet kings.
They promise riches, ringing bells,
Yet tolling death, their greed compels.
They've burned the pillars, torn apart,
Democracy stabbed through the heart.
I'll starve before I'll ever be
A puppet bound in slavery.

(Verse 2)
With corporate chains, they tie us tight,
Force-fed lies blur wrong from right.
In schools and homes, they mold belief,
Teach us scorn, sow seeds of grief.
Threads of hope choke silently,
Wrapped around our dignity.
Masters lead us far astray,
Freedom lost a bit each day.

(Chorus)
But I won't dance upon their strings,
No slave to wealthy puppet kings.
They promise riches, ringing bells,
Yet tolling death, their greed compels.
They've burned the pillars, torn apart,
Democracy stabbed through the heart.
I'll starve before I'll ever be
A puppet bound in slavery.

(Bridge)
When truth shines clear before your eyes,
Will you awaken or trust their lies?
Freedom's power in your hand,
Will you rise or kneel on command?
Break the strings that bind your fate,
Reclaim freedom before it's too late.

(Outro)
Refuse to dance upon their strings,
Resist the poison that greed brings.
See the darkness, fight the cost,
Restore the freedoms we have lost.
Rebuild the pillars strong and free,
Rise up, reclaim democracy.

Strings of Puppetry

Life Gets Better is a song about holding on, about choosing to see the good in the world, and about embracing joy—not because life is easy, but because we deserve happiness, even in the face of struggle.

The lyrics are a reminder that kindness, love, and human connection matter, that our worth isn’t defined by wealth, and that no matter how dark things may seem, there is always light to be found.

Lyrics:
There’s a lot in this world that can get you down.
You see darkness, evil, hate all around.
You want to rise out from the garbage mounds
Well, sometimes you just need to take time to 
Explore the world and look beyond

 and

You’ll notice Life gets better when you can
See the good’n every one
Where’er they’re from 
Or what they have done
No matter what life brings
You can find the good, find the good.

Don’t fill your life with things
The heart needs love, your heart needs love
When you fall then just get up
‘cause life is good, this life is good
And you can’t change that.

So

See the good in everything,
What life may bring.
Just let your heart sing

And see the good.

Life Gets Better

My mother was born during World War II in England. This song recounts only a small fraction of her story.

She was born into a world lit by fire and shaken by bombs, where sirens screamed in the night and survival meant running to the shelters. She was carried in a wicker basket, ready to be rushed to safety at a moment’s notice.

She grew up in the aftermath—walking past bombed-out homes, sifting through rubble, learning to live with ration books and the echoes of war that never fully faded. She learned to recognize the wounds war left behind—not just in broken buildings and missing limbs, but in the haunted eyes of those who had seen too much.

She told me about the prejudice, the scars, the lessons history tried to teach but too many refused to learn. About how hatred is planted young, how people carry the past in their hearts, how some wounds take decades to heal—and how some never do.

She told me that history repeats when people choose to forget. That silence is dangerous, that the worst horrors start with people looking away.

And now, I see what she warned me about. I hear the same rhetoric, the same propaganda, the same hatred rising again.

She told me to pay attention.

So I am.

And I refuse to let her words be ignored.

Lyrics:
Verse 1)
She was born in fire, the sky burned red,
Bombs fell like thunder, a cradle of dread.
Wrapped in wicker, carried through the night,
To the shelters where they hid from the fight.
War now over, but the scars remained,
Craters of silence where the houses once lay.
The ghosts of sirens rang in her chest,
Long after the world had called it "past."

(Chorus)
Do you hear the echoes calling? Do you see the lines they crossed?
History is watching—tell me, remember what we lost?"
The past was written in ashes and flames,
And silence will dig us the very same graves.

(Verse 2)

Ration books clutched in small, steady hands,
Counting each meal by the weight it demands.
She spoke of apples, a gift from the sea,
A kindness sent from a land she’d not seen.
Of men missing faces, of wounds that won't fade,
Learning to love past the scars war had made.
She spoke of the labor, the struggle to rise,
And the ghosts of the war still etched in their lives.

(Chorus)
Do you hear the echoes calling? Do you see the lines they crossed?
History is watching—tell me, remember what we lost?"
The past was written in ashes and flames,
And silence will dig us the very same graves.

(Verse 3)
She watched the screens as the reels unwound,
Her father’s voice heavy, his eyes cast down.
"You must see this, though it cuts like a knife,
Or one day they'll tell you it was all a lie."
The faces were hollow, the bones stacked high,
The horrors that played seared into her eyes.
She learned hate was planted, it grows in the blind,
And those who don’t question will follow behind.

(Bridge)
You close your eyes, you turn away,
Say "that was then, this isn't today."
But hatred is marching, the flags still wave,
And silence is how we dig our own graves.
What will you do when the sirens return?
When the books are burned, when the lessons unlearned?
Will you stand, or will you kneel?
History waits—and it’s turning its wheel.

(Final Chorus)
Do you hear the echoes calling? Do you see the lines they crossed?
History is watching—tell me, remember what we lost?"
The past was written in ashes and flames,
And silence will dig us the very same graves.

(Outro)
She told me her story so I would know,
That history returns in the silence we sow.

Do you hear the echoes calling? Do you see the lines they crossed?
History is watching—tell me, remember what we lost?"
The past was written in ashes and flames,
And silence will dig us the very same graves.

Mother's Words

The Second Crucifixion is told through the eyes of a transgender homeless teen, abandoned by family, by faith, by a society that claims to follow a God of love—yet shuts its doors to those who need it most.

This song is about rejection, survival, and the painful hypocrisy of so-called righteousness. It asks: Would Jesus walk past me too? Would He tell me to go?

The lyrics hold a mirror to modern Christianity, exposing how faith is twisted into a weapon against the very people Jesus stood for—the poor, the sick, the outcasts, the queer. Those He embraced are now the ones cast aside in His name.

They claim to follow Him, but they crucify Him every day by ignoring His teachings of love and mercy and by refusing to help those in need.

Lyrics:
(Intro)
I used to think churches
felt like home.
Now I sleep outside one,
watching the stained glass glow.

Would He walk past me too?
Would He tell me to go?

(Verse 1)
Mama used to hold my hands,
taught me how to pray.
Said “Jesus loves you, no exceptions.”
I believed her...
until the day I said my name.

She stood there silent,
hands clenched tight.
Then whispered, “No.”
By morning, all my things were gone.
A lock on the door. A daughter lost.

(Chorus)
You crucify Him every day,
With laws of hate and wars you wage.
You claim His name, yet curse the meek,
Silence the outcasts, starve the weak.
He healed the sick, you let them die,
A Second Crucifixion, built on lies.

(Verse 2)
I learned quick how to disappear,
how to hold my breath when men get near.
How to keep my voice real low,
so no one asks what I was before.

Shelter’s full—or so they say.
They check my ID, turn me away.
Said "Try the men’s," like that’s a choice.
Like I won’t die if they hear my voice.

(Chorus)
You crucify Him every day,
With laws of hate and wars you wage.
You claim His name, yet curse the meek,
Silence the outcasts, starve the weak.
He healed the sick, you let them die,
A Second Crucifixion, built on lies.

(Bridge)
They say He walked with sinners,
sat with thieves,
touched the hands
of those like me.

If He could heal the blind,
make the dead breathe...
Then maybe He
could still love me.

(Chorus)
You crucify Him every day,
With laws of hate and wars you wage.
You claim His name, yet curse the meek,
Silence the outcasts, starve the weak.
He healed the sick, you let them die,
A Second Crucifixion, built on lies.

(Outro)
I may not kneel, I may not pray,
But I know His voice, I know His way.
Not in temples, not in thrones,
But in the streets, among His own.

You crucify Him every day,
With laws of hate and wars you wage.
You claim His name, yet curse the meek,
Silence the outcasts, starve the weak.
He healed the sick, you let them die,
A Second Crucifixion, built on lies.

(Outro)
I may not kneel, I may not pray,
But I know His voice, I know His way.
Not in temples, not in thrones,
But in the streets, among His own.

The Second Crucifixion

As an intersex person, I put a lot of myself and my own life into this song.

You Cannot Erase US is a direct response to the erasure, medical abuse, and political attacks on intersex people in today’s world. This song rips through the silence, refusing to let lawmakers, doctors, religions, or society dictate what it means to exist.

The lyrics call out the forced surgeries, forcing intersex people to identify as male or female, the gaslighting, and the constant fight for social and legal recognition. Each verse strikes at the heart of policies, practices and beliefs that attempt to erase intersex bodies and identities.

We seek only bodily autonomy, legal recognition and protection, access to medical care, and the right to simply be. It is a song of survival, of resistance, and of refusing to be rewritten into silence.

We are here. We have always been here. And no one can erase us.

While being intersex and transgender are two different things, many intersex people are also transgender. The fight for intersex rights and trans rights are not exclusive. 

The right wing government has made it clear that in its attempt to erase transgender people, it also seeks to erase intersex people as well: people who, let's be clear, are just born physically or genetically different.

Denying one group their basic human rights will rob us all of our rights in the end.

Lyrics:
(Verse 1)
I was born between the lines you drew,
A body you feared, veiled from view.
Not one, not two, but something more—
A child of nature you all ignore.
You carve the world in black and white,
But flesh was never made so tight.
Your hands shape laws, your tongues decree,
Yet still, my blood betrays your creed.

(Pre-Chorus)
You gathered round and crowned a thief,
To guard the walls of your belief.
But we are written in the stars,
No ruler’s hand can pull us apart.

(Chorus)
You cannot erase us, we are the proof,
The mark in your pages, the crack in your truth.
No blade, no law, no prayer, no shame,
Can strike us out, can steal our names.
We live, we breathe, we claim our space—
We will not be erased.

(Verse 2)
Your tyrant signs, his hand is cold,
To rewrite flesh, to cast the mold.
Yet I am both, yet I am none,
Not yours to name, not yours to shun.
I was not meant to split in two,
To be a girl or a boy for you.
But nature wove me in-between,
A living truth you wish unseen.

(Pre-Chorus)
You can’t erase the light or the sky,
Erase the child who dares defy.
Erase the wound, erase our pain,
And you cannot unmake this flame.

(Chorus)
You cannot erase us, we are the proof,
The mark in your pages, the crack in your truth.
No blade, no law, no prayer, no shame,
Can strike us out, can steal our names.
We live, we breathe, we claim our space—
We will not be erased.

(Bridge)
You see two doors, but I walk through three.
Your world is small, too small for me.
I am whole, I am real, I am free.
You cannot erase us.
You cannot erase me.

(Outro)
You cannot erase us.
We remain.

Raven Dracali

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