CRUST AND GLOOM

Deny us justice, we'll turn to revenge! You do not own us, we will fight back, for every funeral, Of a trans kid, who should exist, but this world was just too cruel. Every breath that I will take just to spit in your face, Trans kids will always be here but TERFs we'll erase.

Let me feel the weight of my despair, Let me just hold it as my own, Let our sadness guide our future there, Your smile won't be found in your bones, Focus on the brighter side and times, While all around is up in flames, Enjoy your breakfast, brunches and wines, Yet I should hide my grief in shame? Acknowledge the problem before we can solve it, Never hide your pain. Content with injustice is rather all fucked when, You can't even give it a name, Toxic and obsessed with ignoring the stress, How I wish I could be in your shoes, Let's take a breath so that you can pretend, There's nothing we can do. Let me feel the weight of my despair, Let me just hold it as my own, We need not wallow or ignore our care, But our pain deserves to be known. Focus on the brighter side and times, As life is measured in net gains, Enjoy your breakfast, brunches and wines, If only you could die of shame.

Heir apparent to rotting soil, The taste of ash fresh on their tongue, The cracks of skin, the flow of their blood, Wastes of their heart pouring into my lungs. A flicker of fear, No guards left on watch, Our rites are made clear, Let the flames dance in the dusk. You would not withstand the strain, Of our lives, Scars carve paths on our flesh, And our minds, Have you the courage to suffer? Have you the fight? Our destiny is to transcend, Your confines. A flicker of fear, No guards left on watch, Our rites are made clear, Let the flames dance in the dusk. You will not stand in the way of our joy, Just because you denied your own, Poison seeps into your veins, it fuels your hate, Die in the wastes alone, such a fitting fate.

Thank god for the self appointed allies, We would be so lost without you all, Your grace is beyond our expectations, How you deign to clear the lowest bar Stand and claim your honour, This is all about you. Fight at your leisure, Armed with good intentions. I can't trust you to stand up when I'm not here, You don't understand or try to feel the fear, The gentlest of push will be called a smear, Yet all we still die. Blood fills the streets but at least you mean well, No fucking clue of the anger we must quell, If you want to be an ally when the fuck will you take up arms? RISE UP! And be counted. FIGHT BACK! For our fates. LISTEN! To the front lines. FORSAKE! All your comfort. Trust is not demanded, it is fucking earned, When will you realise how much we've been burned, Trying to snuff the flame of ignorance, My tongue still bleeds. Blood fills the streets but at least you mean well, No fucking clue of the anger we must quell, If you want to be an ally when the fuck will you take up arms? RISE UP! And be counted. FIGHT BACK! For our fates. LISTEN! To the front lines. FORSAKE! All your comfort.

One day these walls will come down And one day we will see you all And one day we will hold our hands, And one day it will be a new dawn One day these walls will come down And one day we will see you all And one day we will hold our hands, And one day it will be Struggle to find hope, struggle with my own mind, How did this world become so unkind? Fuck every border, fuck every cell cage, There's hope in our rage. Disappear people, disappear pain, Keep it behind doors, keep it in vain, Why does a world without bars, Seem so god damn strange? BURN THIS WORLD DOWN! Discipline, hate & punish, your new sense of injustice, A crooked smile with pointed teeth saying you should always trust us, Crimes of needs and crimes of hate, judged by a criminal state, Who rob and steal Indigenous land and then decide our fates, Community would keep us safe, no need for keys, locks or gates, “But what about all the rapes?” “You mean the ones who all walk free?” I will make no more false pretence about our need for self defence, But the jails have never worked, don't you fucking see?