Coming into my newfound queerness and what that means for my sexuality. Re-learning how to move in my body for which I have an entirely new understanding. Getting older and how that affects how I perform my identity/queer identity. New feelings of embarrassment and shame. Confronting my internalized homophobia. Tongue-tied, trying to express my romantic/intimate desires, because they’re bubbling-up all at once, and I can connect a lot of them to things that happened in my youth, which feels so deeply embarrassing, even taboo. “Sheltering in place”, being smacked by how I really haven’t changed at all since I was a kid, at least not in the ways that I self-soothe.
lyrics
Alone inside my head I’m kicking down the door and throwing you onto our bed
But when I’m awake I’m neutered
I am terrified of what my body wants
I don’t speak that language anymore
I don’t speak that language anymore
Somewhere in 2003 I’m running through the woods
Well I must be dreaming cause there I am spilling over
Spilling over
Spilling over
Spilling over
credits
from I Swore I Heard You Laughing,
released September 15, 2023
Elizabeth de Lise: Vocals, Guitar, Vocal Looping, Synth
Mark Watter: Bass, Guitar
Alyssa Resh: Drums / Percussion, Prepared Piano
Andy Stack: Synth Bass, Prepared Piano
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