so like a month ago I made a post here saying i think auf achse by franz ferdinand sounds like it’s about being trans and im going to explain myself now
You see her, you can't touch her
You hear her, you can't hold her
You want her, you can't have her
You want to, but she won't let you
You see her, you can't touch her
You hear her, you can't hold her
You want her, you can't have her
You want to, but she won't let you
verse: you are no longer her, but they still see her. she no longer exists, they can no longer have her, they can no longer hold her, no matter how much they want to.
She's not so special, so look what you've done, boy
She's not so special, so look what you've done, boy
She's not so special, so look what you've done, boy
She's not so special, so look what you've done
chorus: this could go one of two ways: you are the one saying the girl you presented as before is not some miracle, you’re still you, just different now. that is not something to ruin any kind of relationship over. OR, it could be the other party’s pov: do you really think you’re so special to change everything about yourself (the latter is not a thinking I prescribe to or encourage!)
And now you wish she'd never
Come back here again
Oh, never
Come back here again
post chorus: this is once again your point of view, you don’t want to go back to pretending to be something you aren’t.
And now I'm nailed above you gushing from my side
It's with your sins that you have killed me
Thinking of your sins, I die
Thinking how you'd let them touch you
How you'd never realise that I'm ripped and hang forsaken
Knowing never will I rise again
bridge: (before I get into this part, i’m clarifying that I personally am not religious, feel free to correct me if I get anything wrong) the religious aspect plays a big part in a lot of bigotry and misinformation, and this seems like some sort of argument against that. jesus was crucified because people didn’t believe what he said he was, and he was persecuted for that. then theres the aspect of sin. do people truly think us living our true lives is such a sin? whenever people speak about transness being sinful, I always think of this one quote i’ve seen a few times on tumblr: did god not create trans people for the same reason he created grapes but not wine, or grain but not bread, so we, too, could be involved in the divine act of creation? that quote attaches itself onto the lyric “thinking of your sins I die,” as we’ve already discussed the metaphorical death of the girl the people close to you thought they knew. as for the second half of the bridge, I feel like this could be about how no matter how much we try to explain it, cisgender people don’t understand how it feels to be trans. not even we fully understand how it is for everyone, since it’s something so unique to each and every person