you questioned my sexuality
and I wanted to tell you that my sexuality
is long, soft, slow kisses
and the way a body feels pressed against mine
that for every star I see in the sky
I see two in my loverās eyes
and that sometimes itās the funniest thing
when people think we need to have definitions
but sometimes itās the saddest thing, too
because we define ourselves then keep it hidden
and I remember birds flying in the sky
I thought my oh my, I wonder if they judge each other
floating like clouds in the sky above
does one bird stop their flight to say
hey fuck you, I hate that youāre gay?
I just want to know becauseĀ
last week I met someone who made sense
mostly because they were a mess and you wouldnāt believe
the stories they had to tell but you would sooner
judge them by a book and condemn them to hell
Iām just wondering who it was that spoke
the first time out loud about being gay,
saying love is love but only this way
and if people actually thought it was a sin
or if this kid was cool and they wanted to fit in?
Here I am, questions polluting my mind
while you say love is patient love is kind but if that were true
why did the principle of my school
tell me it was wrong to hold my girlfriendās hand?
I just donāt understand but maybe Iām wrong
and loveās only pitched to one tune; one song
and maybe my whole life Iāve been hitting sharps
my career in music flopping becauseĀ love isnāt love
but then why is my mind spinning
and your god told you that I was wrong
but I tried to pray and he wasnāt listening
damn, you would think that he would tell me, then
why your love is love and my love is a sin
and if your all-father put the birds in the sky
and taught them to love then why the hell canāt I?
But I just sat back, tried to look relaxed
because you werenāt wondering because you were curious
you were wondering because you were judging me
your eyes were open but your mind couldnāt see
I could have told you my love was like endless night
but you could justify killing me
because you thought you were right
I just thought of the birds in the sky above
skipped my explanation and said
I donāt know how to love
you nodded like I was some wise monk
I donāt know, thatās pretty messed up, that itās
easier to accept that I canāt feel
than to grasp the concept that gay is real
and maybe we would be in the sky
if we used our love to let us fly
maybe youāre keeping me on the ground
because you make me ashamed
of the love Iāve found.