In Your Place

This world was never meant to hold you

It does not recognize your face

It twists and it tries to control you

In one and one there is no shade

So you speak in other tongues

March to every drum they’re beating to hide in view

But sometimes you forget

And nearly break your neck, the whiplash is killing you

‘Cause you don’t feel safe

Unless you stay in your place

When kisses are turned into weapons

You’re not safe in your own bed

The politics of love and self-acceptance

Too many voices in your head

Meanwhile some politicians

Who never even met you tell you you don’t exist

Even though unlike the so-called

God they say condemns you, well there’s proof of it

‘Cause here you are showing up

To a life those men could not survive even a day

Oh, if they were in your place

Now traveling the lines of liberation

It’s hard to know how far you’ve come

How scars could be an inspiration

For everything you could become

Surviving with a hope

Thriving with a chosen family surrounding you

Oh, you may not see it now, but

Everyone who’s gone before you is living proof

Oh, you can be like them

‘Cause they’ve all been in your place

You’re not alone in your place