The Hotelier - Life in Drag lyrics

I tried to keep a steady hand
Tumble blocks, start again
I held your side when you let go
And you came back well-rehearsed
In holding your own
A broken seal, a past self known
Retrieve my heart from Alamo
I need it here to touch your skin
Reconfigure, deconstruct, and begin

The centers shrunk between your eyes
Sharper corners, broader sides
And I felt weak in woman's wear
Genderfucked, dilated, stuck holding a stare
You taught me how to guard my self
To keep my heart unscathed in health
I think you got carried away
Reached out your hand it carried you away

Well, it's life in drag
Well, it's life in drag


You wore an armor that covered your face
It's life in drag
I wore hands high to show truce and embracing
It's life in drag

Who taught you how to hate your self?
Who forced you to confide in spell?
Mistook 'pathetic' for empathy
Cast a stone at the foe, and the stone hit me

I held your hand in ritual to show disarming
While you were a weapon inside your self
Inside your body, oh i can't pretend
I can't conceal my apprehension
When pressed against the callous of your palm
I reconciled
Because you couldn't feel me there

And you wore binary like a
Badge of fucking honor
While I struggled dealing with the
Loss of yet another life in drag