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The Weapon

by Babylamb

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This is a track about how bad actors in society make it out like you're dangerous just for being who you are. I wrote the lyrics as a reminder to myself that being queer is about being in love (for me).

lyrics

I was just a queer farm boy finding Jesus in the countryside

My father at the river, feel the water through my fingers in the summertime

That feeling don’t ya let go, like something deep in my soul

Hard to define and obscure, but even then I was sure that
If you need an enemy…

If you need an enemy
I am the weapon, I am the weapon
If you need an enemy
I am the weapon, I am the weapon

To teenage promiscuity and heteronormativity and everything
Got dirty looks and itchy feet, took every opportunity to ditch the scene

Oh, I think I feel a change I’ll have to hide away
Because what will they make of me?

The reason for all this pain?



I am the weapon, I am the weapon
If you need an enemy
I am the weapon, I am the weapon


I am the weapon, I am the weapon
(If you need an enemy)
If you need an enemy
Baby it’s a double-edged sword

So I’m all yours



Won’t somebody think of the children?

God forbid, we’re listening to them

Won’t somebody listen to reason?

Won’t somebody listen to my feelings?

Do you got permission to feel them?

They need a place to put all their fear
I’m growing out my suffragette’s beard

Ya, why you gotta make it so weird?


Cos I remember touching his face

The first time that I got to his place

Feeling like the time would stand still
Baby it’s something I’d die for

What was I living that lie for?

Yeah they’re never gonna learn the lesson

Oh we’re always gonna be the weapon


Oh, I think I feel a change almost every day 

She said don’t you hide a thing

That’s not the way you were raised

I am the weapon, I am the weapon
If you need an enemy
I am the weapon, I am the weapon

credits

released April 28, 2023
Written by Tobias Barry and Rían Stephens.
Lyrics by Tobias Barry.
Production by Tobias Barry and Rían Stephens.
Mixed by Michael Heffernan.
Mastered by Ivan Jackman.

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Babylamb Dublin, Ireland

We are an Irish pop duo and doing bits. xx

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