I've found that since I've come out songs that I've listened to for years suddenly have radically different meaning to me personally.
I invite all you girls to post songs in this thread that you have connected with specifically pertaining to our transexuality, whether or not the song is really about it.
I know that I had a bunch in mind, but can only recall one as of this moment, so I'll just have to write them down as I find them. I'll just start with this one by my favourite band:
Well, I can't find a vid for this one I discovered about 15 years ago.
David Byrne - Now I'm your mom
He is a boy You are a girl And you will always stay that way But there are people In this world Who'd like to change what nature made
And if you take that decision Then they will make that incision - down below
The birds and the bees Are singin' for me And this is the song I heard them singin' Goin' tweedle dee dee Tweedle dee dee But I never heard a word they're tellin' me
Oh little girl Please understand And listen to the words I say I was your dad Now I'm your mom I hope you'll comprehend someday
I didn't mean to confuse you And now I know that it's hard to understand
The birds and the bees Are singin' for me But I never heard a word they're sayin' Goin' tweedle dee dee Tweedle dee dee Freedom of choice is what they're bringin'
And when Columbus sailed Upon that mighty sea Well, we are just like him Yes, we are pioneers
Into the great unknown The wild uncharted lands There ain't no turning back Ain't gonna be no chains on me
Who would ever believe Caterpillars like me Turning into a butterfly Well, I was suddenly free
The birds and the bees Are singin' for me And this is the song I heard them singin' Tweedle dee dee Tweedle dee dee Freedom of choice is what they're bringin'
You know I'm man enough Ain't gonna run and hide My love is mighty tough My love is mighty wild
I got a pair o' wings And I'm gonna fly away Too late to turn back now Tomorrow came today - for me
I don't know if this Qualifies as a TS relevant song. "The Damage Done" by Neil Young? OK then how about "The Crying Game" Even though I Like Aerosmith The Song "Dude looks like a lady" just didn't do it for me.
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If you can't be good. Then at least be good at what you do.
I don't know if this Qualifies as a TS relevant song. "The Damage Done" by Neil Young? OK then how about "The Crying Game" Even though I Like Aerosmith The Song "Dude looks like a lady" just didn't do it for me.
Yeah I have to agree about "Dude looks like a lady"
I figure so long as you personally interpreted it as a TS song it is.
Oooh! The Kinks! One of my all time favorite rock bands.
Anyway, funny story: When I was young (probably 12 or so, I can't remember) my mother asked me what my favorite song was. I told her that it was "Lola." Of course I really meant Lala by Eric Clapton, but oh well. I got the Kinks album "One for the Road" a couple weeks later and I have been hooked since.
May I present to the court exhibit A as to why it's all Mom's fault?
Hope_WA
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Registered: 08/14/07
Loc: Eastern Washington state, U.S....
I can see why she got confused, the song is Layla by Derek and the Dominos.
Here's my contribution to the thread:
Counting Crows I Wish I Was Girl -
The devil's in the dreamin' He tells you I'm not sleepin' In my motel room alone With nothing to believe in You dive into the traffic rising up And it's so quiet You're surprised and then you wake For all the things you're losing You might as well resign yourself to try and make a change And I'm going down to Hollywood They're gonna make a movie from the things That they find crawling round my brain I wish I was a girl So that you could believe me And I could shake this static every time I try to sleep I wish for all the world That I could say Hey, Elizabeth, you know I'm doing all right These days The devil's in the dreamin' You see yourself descending From the building to the ground And you watch the sky receding And you spin to see the traffic Rising up and it's so quiet And you're surprised and then you wake For all the things I'm losing I might as well resign myself to try and make a change And I'm going down to Hollywood They're gonna make a movie from the things That they find crawling round my brain I wish I was a girl So that you could believe me And I could shake this static every time I try to sleep I wish for all the world That I could say Hey, Elizabeth, you know I'm doing all right These days And one of these dreams You forgive me It makes me think of the bad decisions That keep you at home How could anyone else have changed But these are wrong conclusions That leave you alone How could everyone rearrange How could everyone else have changed What I see I believe For all the things I'm losing I might as well resign myself to try and make a change And I'm going down to Hollywood They're gonna make a movie from the things That they find crawling round my brain Well I can't sleep at night
_________________________ "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." Henry David Thoreau
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. " John 9:2-3
Mahatma Ghandi, though a devout Hindu, was widely known to admire Jesus; Ghandi often quoted from the Sermon on the Mount, in fact. Once when the missionary E. Stanley Jones met with Ghandi he asked him, "Mr. Ghandi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower?" Ghandi replied, "Oh, I don't reject your Christ. I love your Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike your Christ."
This is not quite spot on, but allegedly has such meaning.
The Damned - Jet Boy, Jet Girl
Can you tell what's on my mind She's with him it's driving me wild I'd like to hit him on the head until he's dead The sight of blood is such a high Ooooohhhh He gives me head
We made it on a Ballroom Blitz I took his arms and kissed his lips He looked at me with such a smile my face turned red We booked a room into the Ritz Ooooohhhh He gives me head
Jet boy jet girl I'm gonna take you 'round the world Jet boy I'm gonna make you penetrate I'm gonna make you be a girl Ooooohhhh Jet boy jet girl
I know I'm only just fifteen I like to kick I like to scream And even if I had a kink or two in bed with him You know it's just a dream Ooooohhhh He gives me head
Jet boy jet girl I'm gonna take you 'round the world Jet boy I'm gonna make you penetrate I'm gonna make you be a girl Ooooohhhh Jet boy jet girl
The other day what a surprise I saw him with some other guys God he was dressed up with a girl around his neck I could have cried with both my eyes Ooooohhhh He gives me head
And if and when I make it though Or if my brain is stuck on glue And when the world tries to forget all that I said You know I'll still remember you Ooooohhhh You gave me head
Jet boy jet girl I'm gonna take you 'round the world Jet boy I'm gonna make you penetrate I'm gonna make you be a girl Ooooohhhh Jet boy jet girl
Hope_WA
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/14/07
Loc: Eastern Washington state, U.S....
This one isn't specifically about being trans, but with a little interpretation....
Three Doors Down Be Like That
He spends his nights in California, Watching the stars on the big screen, Then he lies awake and he wonders, Why can't that be me Cause in his life he is filled With all these good intentions He's left a lot of things He'd rather not mention right now But just before he says goodnight, He looks up with a little smile at me, And he says,
If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, What would I do, What would I do
Now and dreams we run She spends her days up in the north park, Watching the people as they pass And all she wants is just A little piece of this dream, Is that too much to ask With a safe home, and a warm bed, On a quiet little street All she wants is just that something to Hold onto, that's all she needs Yeah!
If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do
I'm falling into this, dreams, We run away
If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do
If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do
If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes
If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do Falling in I feel I am falling in, to this again
_________________________ "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." Henry David Thoreau
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. " John 9:2-3
Mahatma Ghandi, though a devout Hindu, was widely known to admire Jesus; Ghandi often quoted from the Sermon on the Mount, in fact. Once when the missionary E. Stanley Jones met with Ghandi he asked him, "Mr. Ghandi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower?" Ghandi replied, "Oh, I don't reject your Christ. I love your Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike your Christ."
Hope_WA
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/14/07
Loc: Eastern Washington state, U.S....
Here are a couple more, both from Linkin Park (please read the lyrics with trans colored glasses on)
Numb
I'm tired of being what you want me to be Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface, Don't know what you're expecting of me Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes [Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow] Every step that I take is another mistake to you [Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there, I've become so tired, so much more aware I'm becoming this All I want to do is be more like me And be less like you
Can't you see that you're smothering me? Holding too tightly; afraid to lose control 'Cause everything that you thought I would be Has fallen apart right in front of you [Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow] Every step that I take is another mistake to you [Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow] And every second I waste is more than I can take
I've become so numb I can't feel you there I've become so tired, so much more aware, I'm becoming this All I want to do is be more like me And be less like you
And I know I may end up failing too, But I know you were just like me with someone disappointed in you
I've become so numb I can't feel you there, I've become so tired, so much more aware I'm becoming this All I want to do is be more like me And be less like you
I've become so numb I can't feel you there, I'm tired of being what you want me to be I've become so numb I can't feel you there I'm tired of being what you want me to be
In The End
It starts with one thing; I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind; I designed this rhyme To explain, in due time, all I know Time is a valuable thing Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch it count down to the end of the day The clock ticks life away; it's so unreal Didn't look out below Watched the time go right out the window Tried to hold on, but didn't even know I wasted it all just to watch you go I kept everything inside And even though I tried, it all fell apart What it meant to me will eventually be A memory of a time when
I tried so hard and got so far But, in the end, it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But, in the end, it doesn't even matter
One thing; I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind; I designed this rhyme To remind myself how I tried so hard In spite of the way you were mocking me Acting like I was part of your property Remembering all the times you fought with me I'm surprised that it got so far Things aren't the way they were before You wouldn't even recognize me anymore Not that you knew me back then But it all comes back to me in the end I kept everything inside And even though I tried, it all fell apart What it meant to me will eventually be A memory of a time when
I tried so hard and got so far But, in the end, it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But, in the end, it doesn't even matter
I put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this, there's only one thing you should know
I put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this, there's only one thing you should know
I tried so hard and got so far But, in the end, it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But, in the end, it doesn't even matter
_________________________ "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." Henry David Thoreau
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. " John 9:2-3
Mahatma Ghandi, though a devout Hindu, was widely known to admire Jesus; Ghandi often quoted from the Sermon on the Mount, in fact. Once when the missionary E. Stanley Jones met with Ghandi he asked him, "Mr. Ghandi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower?" Ghandi replied, "Oh, I don't reject your Christ. I love your Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike your Christ."
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