I'm Here - Merkules

How do you still remember? My mind and memories young I want you January to December Another trip around the sun A lifetime of sunshine Enough time to know that you're You're keeping your eyes on me Keeping your eyes on me, no doubt Dressing my wounds for me Giving me courage if I fall down Keeping you close to me I know you'll be here when I look 'round Keeping your eyes on me These fears, no longer weapons These tears are just tears Not longing for direction Now that I'm here When my shadow finds perfection Only then you're truly mine Every day 'til then I'll have questions Must be a fault in my design A lifetime, a lifeline Enough time to know that you're You're keeping your eyes on me Keeping your eyes on me, no doubt Dressing my wounds for me Giving me courage if I fall down Keeping you close to me I know you'll be here when I look round Keeping your eyes on me These fears, no longer weapons These tears are just tears Not longing for direction Now that I'm here

I remember the shag carpet growing higher than the trees And the orange brown and yellow couch that I used to sleep on A trailer in the middle of a field of wheat A cavity digging in my teeth I remember the boys who used to holler day and night I was only 8, but my body wasn't mine I decided to be a boy, scare the other boys away And I haven't been the same since that day I remember being 13 and being oh so confused Who's the man in the relationship, why do we have to choose That's when I got my heart broken, felt quiet and small In my mind I still felt like something was wrong So I got with my current partner, the only one I'll ever have He helped me realize why my whole life I've been feeling really mad I was myself for the first time in forever I can't wait to be with you for forever I'm here, I'm queer "My election, gave somebody else, one more person, hope. And that's what it's about. It's not about personal Gain, not about ego, not about power, it's about giving those young people out there, the Altoona Pennsylvanias, hope. Gotta give 'em hope"