I Survived the Change (Live) Lyrics

I survived the change

I survived the change

It was grueling on my body

And worse on my brain

But I survived the change

The planet that I come from

Looks a lot like Earth

We've got trees and houses

And love and death and birth

My people are a strong one

We toughen after youth

A biological ritual

Your body speaks the truth

(My gills got heavy and my nails got huge

My nostrils stretched into a tube

My scales came in and my bezoars blew

And worst of all I grew some boobs!)

I survived the change

I survived the change

It was grueling on my body

And worse on my brain

But I survived the change

Though I am indebted

To nature's steady course

(She's indebted to her world)

I regret how hard it was

To feel my body morph

(Hard to feel my body)

Now I'm in a new world

Where no one knows my plight

I wish humans had something

then we'd co-sympathize

(I sprouted wings and flew about

Then my wings grew from slim to stout

My eyes go red I cry and pout

And every month I bleed it out!)

I survived the change

I survived the change

It was grueling on my body

And worse on my brain

But I survived the change

My talons finally came in just a year ago

My momma sat me down and told me all I need to know

It's a shame she said that you've evolved to need these claws

But there are people out to get you because of who you are

It's not right and I'd fix it if I could

She said baby girl

Am I understood?

I survived the change

I survived the change

It was grueling on my body

And worse on my brain

But I survived the change

If I can do it so can you

If I can do it so can you

If I can do it so can you

If I can do it so can you

If I can do it so can you

I survived the change

I survived the change

It was grueling on my body

And worse on my brain

But I survived the change

I survived it

So can you