Let there be a volume, that cannot, be denied.
Let there be an emotion, that you cannot fake.
Greatness, unanimously acknowleged.
Or a lie, that you just cannot tell.
Let them know hatred, fear, and war.
Let there be peace for us all.
With our goals one day met,
let us know a feeling of great accomplishment,
with our failures complete,
let us learn to survive.

Oh, your body will know,
if it's not the right way to go.
Just listen closely, to your heart and follow.
You must be willing, to abandon it all;
You must be willing to starve.

Let us challenge, the wait, for a day of reckoning.
Let us deny, shame and guilt.
Let us know with absolute certainty,

that we were fools to ever second, guess ourselves.
Let us know a feeling of invincibility.
As real, as our, fragile bones.
There's a truth to be learned, you know I'm sure of it.
Just like I know, there is nothing at all.

Oh, your body will know,
if it's not the right way to go.
Just listen closely, to your heart and follow.
You must be willing, to abandon it all;
You must be willing to starve.

Oh, your body will know,
if it's not the right way to go.
Just listen closely, to your heart and follow.
You must be willing, to abandon it all;
You must be willing to starve.


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    this deserves much more than being a b side, though as a record thrash unreal and this go just great together on their own.

    CowardOfTheYearon July 28, 2007   Link
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    Why was this not released on new wave? It's an amazing song.

    JelloWasRighton October 10, 2007   Link
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    i agree this should have been on the album instead of animal

    marsoon July 03, 2009   Link
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    To me this song seems about as obvous as can be without screaming "I'm transgender!" I mean the chorus and this other verse c'mon..

    Your body will know if it's not the right way to go Just listen closely to your heart and follow You must be willing to abandon it all You must be willing to starve

    The chorus is talking about transition, I feel like it's her questioning whether or not its the right decision. Last line of the chorus basically says "you must be willing to make sacrifices in life, (sometimes difficult sacrifices) in order to get what youre looking for"

    This part is a whole other story though.. Let us challenge the wait for a day of reckoning Let us deny shame and guilt Let us know with absolute certainty that we were fools to ever second guess ourselves... There's a truth to be learned, I'm sure of it, just like I know there is nothing at all

    To me, this seems like the closest thing to where Laura is directly talking about "coming to terms with herself". Especially that line "let us know with absolute certainty that we were fools to ever second guess ourselves".

    what111746on October 21, 2016   Link

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