Semblance of a Beard is one of a small number of songs I've written since starting my journey on Testosterone. It's about my experience with my changing body, and how it's strange that the changes I've been dreaming of for years feel the best kind of weird.
As a few of you will be aware, I now live in Glasgow and will be diving back into music as I learn more about my deepening voice!
Lyrics:
Me, I've always been me
The thing that has changed
Is now I take Vitamin T
And I, I have a semblance of a beard
Me, I've always been me
The voice in my head
Now matches the voice in your ears
And I'm finding these changes good but weird
I look in the mirror
And I can see clear
A body that matches my brain
But there might be a little rain
And it's okay if there's a little rain, ohh
Things, things they will change
But what stays the same
Is how much I've suited my name
And it, it makes me feel like I could fly
Gender is just a game
That I need to play
And some people don't but that is okay
Some people let it pass them by
I look in the mirror
And I can see clear
A body that matches my brain
But there might be a little rain
And it's okay if there's a little rain, ohh
Me, I've always been me
I don't look the same
But I feel more like me than ever, ohh
