Embryo

Reclaiming Autonomy: VIAL's Powerful Commentary on Reproductive Rights
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Lyrics

Slide the rug out from under me

Feeling destabilized or unsettled

Take away my reproductive rights

Stripped of the right to make choices about reproduction

I'm just an incubator

Perceived as merely a place for nurturing a fetus

Yeah, a vessel to create unwanted human life

Viewed as a vessel for bringing unwanted life into existence

Yeah take back laws, why don’t you

Requesting the reversal of laws that restrict choices

I’m sure you didn't have to try

Suggesting ease in imposing restrictions without understanding

Doesn’t matter if you did, anyway

Indicating insignificance even if effort is made to comprehend

‘Cause living here still makes me wanna fucking die

Expressing extreme dissatisfaction with the current situation


I’ll (I’ll make you)

Intending to evoke self-hatred in someone for their actions

Make (make you hate)

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You (hate yourself)

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Hate yourself for what you do

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I’ll (I’ll make you)

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Make (make you hate)

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You (hate yourself)

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Hate yourself just like I do

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Wanna talk about adoption

Proposing a discussion on adoption despite personal experience

When you’ve only ever had your own

Highlighting limited exposure to alternatives

Carry to term and risk my life

Emphasizing the risk associated with childbirth

To put kids in a system that’s already overrun

Criticizing an overwhelmed foster care system

Old men in black suits and red ties

Referencing figures of authority and conservatism

Where bigotry is all they’ve known

Accusing them of perpetuating falsehoods and harm

telling lies, and ruining lives

Attributing trauma to their actions and policies

And causing post-traumatic stress for everyone

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I’ll (I’ll make you)

Continued attempt to instigate self-loathing in someone

Make (make you hate)

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You (hate yourself)

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Hate yourself for what you do

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I’ll (I’ll make you)

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Make (make you hate)

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You (hate yourself)

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Hate yourself just like I do

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Pastors and politicians shake hands, exchange their cards

Criticizing the alliance between religious and political authorities

My bodily autonomy met with total disregard

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A quote-unquote “democracy” when all I see are oligarchs

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Blur the lines ‘tween lord and leader

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ALL HAIL THE PATRIARCH!

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I’ll (I’ll make you)

Repetition of inciting self-revulsion in an individual

Make (make you hate)

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You (hate yourself)

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Hate yourself for what you do

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I’ll (I’ll make you)

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Make (make you hate)

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You (hate yourself)

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Hate yourself just like I do

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The lyrics of this song contain explicit content.
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