I have been but will not live
Invisible

It's hard living when you're nonbinary
And you just aren't feeling so confrontational
On good days it seems like going outside
Could just be anothergreat way to waste it all
Got so many things we've gotta parce thru
Without having to defend ourselves to you
Without having to explain ourselves to you
It's not even explaining what we do
It's explaining our existence to you
And not listening to
The most hateful of views
And the haste that we make just to take space to live
Is a burden that I can't understand why you give but
It's okay
We're alright
Wake up every day
And we live this life
We're okay
We're alright
Wake up every day
And keep living this life like

I have been but will not live
Invisible

What I am and who I am
Is none of your concern
You should learn
To just let me be
Responsibility to teach
Doesn't fall on me
Take a step back and just let me breathe
My gender's not dependent on what you see
That's why I act irreverent and dip like "peace!"
I just want to believe that my friends are safe
Don't need to look cis just for safety's sake
I'm on stage feeling like my heart could break
Seeing my people sing along like its amazing grace
And I only play shows where the space is safe
Cause I don't write these songs for fake allies
Think they have enough
And we don't get too much
That's why I write all of these songs for us
Some people thinkthat I pander to a niche
I would make this for myself if it couldn't be released 'cause

It's not about pride
It's genocide
Forget marriage I just want all of my friends alive
Can we talk about what really matters?
Fact of the matter is it matters to me
I'm black. I'm queer
I'm not safe here
I can't just move
It's not just fear
It's the state of world that we live in
Thoughts and the standards that children are given
They want to talk about who's fault it isn't
When the truth is that they don't want it different
Saying that it hits your heart and it moves you
Won't admit or forfeit the ways it behooves you
We come together so we can try
To make sure each other make it home at night
We come together so we can try
To keep waking up everyday and living this life like

I have been but will not live
Invisible