Cisgender

Embracing Identity: Shamir's Powerful Message on Non-Binary Existence
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Lyrics

You wanna kill me? Well here's your chance

You're expressing a desire to harm me, and now's your opportunity

I can barely get around now as it fucking stands

I struggle to move around in my current state

You wanna see me, but you just can't get past

You claim to want to see me, but you're unable to look beyond my appearance or mannerisms

How I look or talk or think or walk and it's fucking sad

Your judgment is based on how I appear, speak, think, or walk, and it's disheartening


I don't know what I can do, to make you comfortable

I don't know what actions I can take to make you at ease

With what you see before you so let me let you know that

I want to make it clear what you see is who I am


I'm not cisgender, I'm not binary trans

I don't conform to the cisgender identity, and I'm not strictly binary trans

I don't wanna be a girl, I don't wanna be a man

I don't identify as a girl or a man

I'm just existing on this godforsaken land

I'm simply existing in this challenging world

And you can take it or leave it, or you can just stay back

You can accept me as I am or choose to distance yourself


Stay back

A repetition emphasizing the idea of keeping a distance


I'm not gonna pass for you

I won't try to fit your expectations

You gotta get past

You need to move beyond preconceived notions

I'm not gonna pass for you

Reiterating that I won't conform to societal expectations

You gotta get past

You must overcome your biases

I'm not gonna pass for you

I won't pretend to be something I'm not for your comfort

You gotta get past

Emphasizing the need for acceptance rather than judgment

I'm not gonna pass for you

I won't conform to your expectations

You gotta get past

Reiterating the need to move past preconceived notions


I don't know what I can do, to make you comfortable

Similar to line 6, expressing uncertainty about how to make you comfortable

With what you see before you so let me let you know that

Reiterating the desire to convey that what you see is who I am


I'm not cisgender, I'm not binary trans

Repeating the rejection of cisgender and binary trans labels

I don't wanna be a girl, I don't wanna be a man

Declaring a lack of desire to conform to gender norms

I'm just existing on this godforsaken land

Stating the reality of simply existing in a challenging world

And you can take it or leave it, or you can just stay back

Reiterating the choice others have to accept or distance themselves


Just stay back

A final insistence on maintaining a distance from judgmental perspectives

The lyrics of this song contain explicit content.
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