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why do they hate us?

from dissociation // dysphoria by a glass box

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this song is about resilience (and honoring those who came before us).
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lyrics

i can’t stand the way you look at me
your eyes tell me that i shouldn’t exist

what do you do when your friends are all dead?
what do you do when you know you might be next?
do you learn to love your body? drown in a lake?
or maybe sell yourself?

you are wound that will never close
you can’t feel your body anymore

half a person, half but whole, no one will tell you the toll of
always looking over your shoulder
dissociate, dysphoria, your body, your brain
are all still brave

you’re still brave
you’re still here

you’re still here
despite transphobia
you’re still here
despite violence
i have overcome
everything you taught me
like how to hate myself
or how to cut my skin
you’re still here
despite everything you’ve been through
you’re still here
despite everything they taught you
you’re still here
you got to keep on trying
you’re still here
you’re still here

when i close my eyes i still see the headlights on the car that almost took my life, or the time i OD’d on klonopin. i'm still scared that i’ll drink myself to death one day, or i’ll give into all of the hate - why do they hate us, why do they want to hurt us? i just want to live my life and love myself and all of my friends and all of the dead.

when nobody loves you
how could they ever love something like you?
when nobody loves you
how could they ever love you?

you hold yourself and you take a breath
you tell your skin you’re sorry

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from dissociation // dysphoria, released November 15, 2020
Delilah Luna (lyrics, music)

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a glass box New York, New York

a glass box is delilah luna (she/her)

a glass box is an exploration of mental illness, trauma, queerness, the east coast, youth, and everything that life has given me and taken from me

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