Transreal (acoustic)

by Fear Not Ourselves Alone

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price

about

A stripped down acoustic version of "Transreal" we recorded to submit to NPR's 2019 Tiny Desk Contest! You can watch the video here youtu.be/_Ive8C3Sjk4 and download the audio if you would like!

lyrics

You were born yourself alone with the name that your parents gave you.
It does not agree with the way that society reads you.
You were given a gendered experience since your name it provides gendered experience.
The world it is broken in heartbreaking ways, it is hard to be hopeful in a productive way.
It’s because if you go by they/them my god they will judge you, it’s because when I go by she/her you do not stop looking.

It all starts at 15 when the bells start ringing in my head, it is called gender dysphoria.
It’s when I know it is not my fault and I know it is not your fault either.
When I am in love with a he/him or a she/her, it feels confusing to call them that now.
But would it be worse to say I want their body parts?
Or the world should reflect the way that their body works?

The world should reflect the way that their body works, and my god’s not real, she is transreal she is my bestfriend. She carries knives into the shower, she is screaming her lungs out we sing, “rest in power”.

credits

released June 18, 2019

license

about

Fear Not Ourselves Alone Queens, New York

The last punk band from Queens, New York.

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Fear Not Ourselves Alone

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Fear Not Ourselves Alone recommends:

welcoming / burial
by sana sana

everything you see in yourself, reflected and distorted Fear Not Ourselves Alone
go to album
Where We've Always Been
by Career Day

staring out the window of the car, thinking about how the world could be different Fear Not Ourselves Alone
go to album
Intake Occupation
by Ultra Deluxe

address the tension, headfirst into action Fear Not Ourselves Alone
go to album

If you like Fear Not Ourselves Alone, you may also like:

The Tower of Light
by The Tower of Light

A dark, silver screen-worthy, gothic mix of instrumentation and subtle electronics back TTOL's swirling vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 4, 2014
go to album
No Fun
by Crooks & Nannies

This post-punk Philadelphia duo tackle gender dysphoria, transitioning, and anxiety on their debut album. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 13, 2023
go to album
Liminal Fields
by Vulture Feather

Hypnotic and texturally dense post-punk wound around elemental grooves from Vulture Feather, featuring members of Wilderness. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 13, 2023
go to album