Do You Eat Benzos All Day Too? - Cloaca
The song “Do You Eat Benzos All Day Too?” by Cloaca addresses a few different issues in the queer community. The first is drug use. The song is titled “Do You Eat Benzos All Day Too?” which refers to using benzodiazepines such as Xanax or Ativan that are typically used for anxiety. Being queer is commonly associated with mental health issues and drug abuse implying that this title has a double meaning. In the second verse, Cloaca discusses their transgender identity:
“They met under the auspices of drug use.
He said he was a girl.
And so, she sucked his dick.
But he never really unlearnt
His male socialized
Privilege.”
These lyrics are a commentary on the common transmisognystic comments that get thrown at trans women. Transgender women are often told they still have male privilege, which invalidates their female gender identity. The lyrics are a parody of this transphobic comment.
The last two lines of the song read:
“Overcome with regret;
Alienated from faggotry.”
This is Cloaca’s expression of feeling in between the world of being a transgender woman and a gay male. They are alienated from both worlds because they are not “passing” as previously discussed.
