Mother, Will I Ever Be A Girl? Lyrics

If bark is skin

And skin is thick

Is that why arms burn so easy

Is that why the cuts don't show so easy

If cuts are scars

And scars are ok

And why do I feel so uneasy

Why do the scars make me uneasy

If I am sick

And sick is fine

And why are my thoughts never simple

And where is the god to make me simple

If I have a brain

And my brain can think

Is this consciousness mine completely

Is the body I inhabit mine completely

I turn to my mother and hope she can hear

I turn to my father and hope he is there

and I ask them what causes the tide

and I ask them if they're afraid to die

If words are made

And made by us

Then how do we make up these changes

And how do babies think without language

And if this is it

And we all turn into shit

And then why do we join in this cycle

And then why do we hold on all the while

I turn to my mother and hope she can hear

I turn to my father and hope he is there

And I ask them what causes the tide

And I ask them if they're afraid to die

And imagine a me

Unlike any other me

Would their brain be just like mine as well

And would they dread what's coming in hell

As i cry on the stairs

A child lost from his mother

As my vision turns into a flare

A child invisible to the world

There's a pounding on my chest

As I slip into a dress

"Oh mother, will I ever be a girl"

"Was there a me that was a girl"

There's a pounding on my chest

As I slip into a dress

"Oh mother, will I ever be a girl"

"Was there a me that was a girl"

There's a pounding on my chest

As I slip into a dress

"Oh mother, will I ever be a girl"

"Was there a me that was a girl"

There's a pounding on my chest

As I slip into a dress

"Oh mother, will I ever be a girl"

"Was there a me that was a girl"