For Today I Am a Boy
Embracing Tomorrow: A Journey of Self-Discovery Through Antony and the Johnsons' Melody
Lyrics
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful woman
Anticipation of growing up and becoming a beautiful woman.
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful girl
Repetition of the desire to grow up and be a beautiful girl.
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful woman
Continuation of the anticipation and desire to become a beautiful woman.
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful girl
Reiteration of the desire to grow up and be a beautiful girl.
But for today I am a child
Acknowledgment of the current state as a child.
For today I am a boy
Identification as a boy for the present moment.
For today I am a child
Reiteration of the acknowledgment of being a child for today.
For today I am a boy
Reiteration of the identification as a boy for the present moment.
One day I'll grow up, I'll feel the power in me
Anticipation of growing up and feeling powerful.
One day I'll grow up, of this I'm sure
Confidence in the certainty of growing up.
One day I'll grow up, I know a womb within me
Awareness of a womb within, hinting at femininity and motherhood.
One day I'll grow up, feel it full and pure
Expectation of feeling the womb full and pure as a grown-up.
But for today I am a child
Reiteration of the current state as a child.
For today I am a boy
Reaffirmation of identification as a boy in the present.
For today I am a child
Restatement of the acknowledgment of being a child for today.
For today I am a boy
Reiteration of the identification as a boy for the present moment.
For today I am a child
Repetition emphasizing the current state as a child.
For today I am a boy
Repetition emphasizing identification as a boy in the present.
For today I am a child
Repetition emphasizing the current state as a child.
For today I am a boy
Repetition emphasizing identification as a boy in the present.
For today I am a child (for today)
Final restatement of being a child for today.
For today I am a boy (for today)
Final reaffirmation of identification as a boy for the present.
For today I am a child (for today)
Final restatement of being a child for today.
For today I am a boy (for today)
Final reaffirmation of identification as a boy for the present.
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