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Lovesong

by The Truants

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Happy Trans Day of Visibility. Stay alive.

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I find it hard to sing about my love.
I find it hard to know what I should say--
Should I write about the lashes dark as soot against their cheek,
Or about the war zone that they walk through every day?

My love they have such courage in their heart.
My love they have such spirit in their eyes.
My love they have such pride in the head they hold up high,
Every day they live and do not die.

So listen to me, love--
The person that I might become without you
Is someone I am deeply frightened of.
I do not want to go on living
In a world that does not want you,
So I beg you: stay alive, my love.

My love stared down the barrel of a gun,
Gripped tightly in the frigid hand of hate.
My love they turned and ran, and escaped that icy hand,
And by some queer grace they lived another day.

My love they had to say goodbye one night.
My love they could not live with both our fear.
I hope to hell it doesn't always have to be this way,
But maybe it's just part of being queer.

I'm sorry that I failed you, O my love!
I want you to be happy, strong and free.
The truth is that I never could have loved you well enough
When I loved you so much more than I loved me.

credits

released April 1, 2020
Guitar: Khalil Sullivan
Bass: Colin Wild
Drums: Estaybahn
Vocals: Johnny Truant

Words and melody by Johnny Truant, music by The Truants.

For Charlotte, who lived it.

Recorded and mixed by Bob Simmons.

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The Truants San Francisco, California

The Truants are:
Guitar: Khalil Sullivan
Drums: Estaybahn
Bass & vocals: Johnny Truant

Rock n roll should be cathartic and subversive-- and that's the way we play it. We flirt with genres promiscuously and refuse to commit to a category. Our music comes with a healthy dose of queerness and a side of androgyny.

This is post-traumatic post-punk. ... more

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