Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues Lyrics
Your tells are so obvious,
Shoulders too broad for a girl.
It keeps you reminded,
Helps you remember where you come from.
The ragged ends of your summer dress.
You want them to see you
Like they see every other girl.
They just see a faggot.
They'll hold their breath not to catch the sick.
Rough surf on the coast,
I wish I could've spent the whole day alone
Rough surf on the coast,
I wish I could've spent the whole day alone
I wish I could've spent the whole day alone
With you.
With you.
You've got no cunt in your strut.
You've got no hips to shake.
And you know it's obvious,
But we can't choose how we're made.
You want them to notice,
The ragged ends of your summer dress.
You want them to see you
Like they see every other girl.
They just see a faggot.
They'll hold their breath not to catch the sick.
Rough surf on the coast
I wish I could've spent the whole day alone
Rough surf on the coast
I wish I could've spent the whole day alone
Rough surf on the coast
I wish I could've spent the whole day alone
With you.
With you.
You want them to notice,
The ragged ends of your summer dress.
You want them to see you
Like they see every other girl.
They just see a faggot.
They'll hold their breath not to catch the sick.
Rough surf on the coast
I wish I could've spent the whole day alone
Rough surf on the coast
I wish I could've spent the whole day alone
Rough surf on the coast
I wish I could've spent the whole day alone
With you.
With you.
With you.
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Against Me! - Up The Cuts
- Against Me! - Suffocation
- Against Me! - We're Breaking Up
- Against Me! - High Pressure Low
- Against Me! - Ache With Me
- Against Me! - Spanish Moss
- Against Me! - Rapid Decompression
- Against Me! - Bamboo Bones
- Against Me! - One By One
- Against Me! - Bob Dylan Dream
- Against Me! - Lehigh Acres
- Against Me! - Bitter Divisions
- Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
- Against Me! - True Trans Soul Rebel
- Against Me! - Unconditional Love
- Against Me! - Because Of The Shame
- Against Me! - I Was A Teenage Anarchist
- Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
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Against Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues Comments
ive been realizing I might be non-binary these past few months. things from my childhood and now are starting to make sense. ive never been comfortable as a female or male. gah help
I stumbled upon this. Great album. This is why music is an important vehicle of culture. I am an e heterosexual man and this album allows me to delve somewhat into the lifetime struggle of those who are vexed and discriminated only for being what they actuality are and feel. 💪💪
fucking love this album!!!!
I am a heterosexual male who enjoys listening to this album.
This is fcking cancer. Nothing rebellious about trans. It is literally promoted by big media corporations and the education system. Guess it's trending to sing about propaganda now. Sad to see this band sell out.
ok boomer
Bruh moment
idk I think being trans is a pretty punk thing to be
Not really. There is government agendas behind enforced pronouns. Trans false sense of victimhood emboldens the government to try and pass crazy laws around free speech & restrooms. Gender identity is conformity.
Listening to "true trans soul rebel" properly and reading the lyrics made me cry.
"all dressed up and nowhere to go"
"walking the streets all alone"
This is literally what it's like to be trans. You're alienated everywhere by just about everyone except other trans people. I think this why this album is so important to so many of us. Because it reminds us that even when life is a living hell and we feel completely isolated and distant from everyone around us, Laura reminds us there's someone who gets it. Who's been through all this shit just like us. And it reminds us that there is an "us". There are other trans people out there just like you and me who get it and can relate to you. And as a trans girl, I know that first hand all we have have sometimes is eachother
we're all in this fucking mess, this shit is fucking gold, do what you do, fuck opinions, this is punk, so much strength in these mother fuckers, this is fucking music
*WE'RE HERE WE'RE QUEER GET FUCKING USED TO IT*
I wonder if everyone listen to this album people would become more tolerant and open minded
OH IM HELLA HYPED FOR RIOT FEST 2019 they gonna play thIS SONG HELL YEA🤘
hello everyone they lie about existing. were actually a good percentage of the population when we're not forced into closets. howdy
Listening to this brings me back to an earlier, more painful time in my transition. But in a good way. Reminds me of all I've been through and to be sympathetic to myself for all I've endured, and continue to endure. It connects me.
A shame that I don’t like this style of music...
Maybe someone will make a metal equivalent to this, maybe I’ll even do it myself after college
Honestly, i feel a metal cover of Two Coffins might sorta ruin the vibe, seeing as unless im mistaken, this was written for her daughter. Otherwise, hell yeah, some metal covers of these tracks would be kickass
Ashlynn Preston I wasn’t talking about a cover tho, more like an album with the same idea and themes
Ah, alright, yeah. That would be awesome
I can't decide if this album makes my dysphoria better or worse...
I've decided, it makes everything better!
@Cassidy Theoret i feel that, tbh. Normally, ive just sorta adapted to my dysphoria, like i have with the constant headache that comes with being in high school, but this album, honestly just a whole rollercoaster
@Ashlynn Preston yeah, from radical self acceptance to deep dysphoric suicidal depression. This was like my weekly cycle in early transition. Weirdly? "Shapeshift With Me" is also full of anthems, but more like what my second year has been like so far.
This album caught me off guard, I'm crying over it, and is significant enough for me to buy a physical cd copy.
Also a good, wholesome comment section on Youtube!?
Дааааззз год блэээсдд Йор транзекшуааааллл харт. 😹
cool tit
I really needed this right now.
laura jane grace is such a fuckin icon i would die for her
Thanks for uploading. x
Enjoy being part of the 40%
That is actually an attempted suicide rate of trans identified people under 18, one that drops to 5% when the parents are supportive. Enjoy being a fucking idiot
of cops beat their wives?
:( gotta go get that estrogen
Is it bad that I'm a trans guy yet I love this whole album
Not in the slightest
Got a prageru ad in the middle of this. Fuck that and fuck prageru and fuck Dennis Prager.
i want to kill myself
Hope to see them live some time
i was having a whole panic attack and this just?? calmed me the fuck down
thanks laura
This will never not make me cry
how am i just finding themmmm <3
i wanna boob job
Do you have to be Trans anything to like this album? Cause I'm not and I do. Get a grip people. Against Me forever the best punk band in the land.
I love that she is such a talented singer, but still keeps that grungy punk feeling. Reminds me of rise against. I don't mind the usual punk screaming, but having someone who combines that with great singing technique is even better!!
there's nothing more punk than being Yourself, no bullshit and no apologies. kudos to laura jane grace for being the absolute stone-cold-badass queen of angels that she is, and also for this album because fuck me it's good!!!
ya ever just trans and wanna sob to this album
Just did
The first track reduced me to bottom-of-the-heart weeping this afternoon - more than when I came out as trans to my wife, more than when each of my parents died, more than I can remember for decades. I'll have to ration my listening to avoid emotional overload.
I saw Against Me! live last year. The day after the show, I was like "Fuck it, I'm gonna transition".
I'm not trans, so sometimes it feels funny to love the songs so much, but at the end of the day, you can apply the lyrics to so much. It may be about something specific on the surface, but really, anyone can relate to feelings of not fitting in (cliche, sorry) and not being "normal", and things like that. So thanks to this band for being so versatile.
Petition to have laira jane grace memorialized
My little closetted (except on the internet) trans heart. Thank fuck for heroins like her
Wow! Brilliant... yay team!!
this whole album is really powerful, i can empathize with it hard. not to mention it's just good ass music to get down with
Its been a little under a year since i listened to this album last. I really liked it but it didnt really click with me. At that point i was an LGBTQ+ ally and since then I've realized that I'm nonbinary and not straight but unsure how to classify myself. I'm listening to it again for my second time in a row today and its giving me hella goosebumps and making me tear up a bit. For an album under 30 minutes it sure packs a heavy punch.
First time listening to Against Me!, first thought was 'man this drummer uses the snare a lot'.
And the singer's voice reminds me of David Bowie for some reason, I dunno why.
omg now that you mention it, her voice does vaugely remind me of bowie. It's a kinda old arena rock type of sound.
Sorry , but i can't lisen to this album ... in work, because i would flood entire floor. I'm searching for who am I, and most of lyrics are hitting damn to close, and damn to hard.
I grew up to Marilyn Manson and Tool and now I am growing old with Against Me!
Such a great album. Hard to find trans related music
Oh, I didn't know their lead singer was trans! This gives me so much more love for this band <3
ah yes, my favorite song; FUCKMYLIFE666
Someone upload a higher quality version please.
I just realized I'm a girl recently, and this is the most empowering music for me.
@Ms Nzbody you sound cis lmao. leave trans women alone. trans people can realize we're trans at any age, and unfortunately many cis people don't realize they should shut the fuck up until much later on in life, if at all. very sad :-( get well soon cis scum :-)
You go girl!
@Ms Nzbody -_-
@Orion Jetzer I love your reply 😍
@Ms Nzbody fuck off asshole. you don't know our widely varying experiences. some people never even realize it's an option till later in life, then it just clicks.
You people are all very sick and need help. I feel so sorry for each and every one of you.
transphobes aren't welcome here. get outta here.
*Sniff*... I miss MY dead friend. :-(
Being a young trans girl who was to scared to transition i considered goin back into the closet. Im so damn glad i didn’t and it’s thanks in part to this album
Emma McGinley Never give up!!!
Gonna do a review of this soon
This album goes HARD
Fuck TERFs
Fuck all fascists but terfs in particular
@Agent Smith I have news for you. Feminism is left wing fascism. No doubt college indoctrination.
The trans and gender identity movements were created by government. Progressives are just modern fascists who only think they oppose fascism while in actuality they promote it.
Noah Noneyobusiness ok sk8er boy
@Agent Smith YES I LOVE HOW YOU SAID FACISTS THAT'S WHAT THEY FUCKIN' ARE I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER!!! MORE POWER TO YOU BOTHER/SISTER/SIBLING!!!
This album gets me through the day
Another thing that would help is finally being able to afford hormones, after years of struggling to save. Help?
http://www.plumfund.com/medical-fund/help-lucie-finally-get-on-hormones
Listening for the Transgender Day of Remembrance. RIP the 25 brothers, sisters, and siblings who senselessly lost their lives to violent hatred. You will never be forgotten.
Man this chick has always had the best tunes. Her experience has resonated as such a powerful story. Love the music, love the lyrics, great stuff!
Who else is here because of Blaire White?
Daniel Halverson I saw it on her Snapchat
ew, she's a truscum. laura wouldn't approve of this
My wife hates me being trans and won't let me come out and makes me feel shitty about it !!! but i dont wanna loose her FML help..........................
you don't need such a toxic person in your life. go be true to yourself
leave her. she's not good for you if she's going to be so toxic.
I'm so sorry hon. That must be heart wrenching
I like it, I like it a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is disgusting! How can you listen to music of the trans oppressors? I'm here to oppose trans privilege! Have you forgotten when they Trans Empire colonized the world and made slaves! Remember when they put us to work in the Trans mines! Did you know Laura Jane Grace kills 20 out of 5 children every year! First they made they movie Transformers about trans robots blowing us all up and now this! This is almost as bad as that other trans punk band The Transplants!
ohmygod XD
Wtf is wrong with your brain dude
fuck, this album is incredible start to finish.
i want her to do a cover of dancing with myself(also fUCK YEAH TRANS PRIDE)
This is not punk this is some garbage
said the children eating demon
there is nothing original or punk about being trans in 2017. the fact "she" and all of you are using it as a sign to show how punk "she" is and how original she is, is the exact moment i knew punk is in fact, dead as fuck.
All your music is being covered up by metallica first if we look it up on UG.
this album bumps hard. an eternal album for me. never change, laura, never change. i cry everytime i listen to this album it brings such visceral emotion to the surface and it vents to my heart. god bless Against Me
Hello fellow Laura Jane Grace fans! I'm a non op trans guy. Recently did a cover of transgender dysphoria blues with my girlfriend.
If you get a chance, plz check it out! Thanks!
Much love.
https://youtu.be/gPrVq4OWXro
I try so hard not to cry why listening to this
Amazing!
So I'm not trans but I am part of the LGBT community (pansexual) and this just hits me really hard. like I'm not out to my family at all, and knowing there are so many people out there like me who have to hide who they are or who they love is both comforting and repulsive because no one should have to have the fear of being rejected by the ones they love. my heart goes out to all of you, and Against Me! is fucking awesome.
Another fellow trans loving this album
I'm not a transgender.I'm a straight male. I'm extremely against homophobia and hate and believe no matter what you are, you're a human being and we all need to love and respect one another.I can't "relate" to some songs...but, know the bullshit trans and homosexuals put up with and i admire your strength to stand up foe who you are...however...I've been listening to against me! For years. I'll always love this band.
I remember when Laura spoke about coming out as trans and her surprise how unreceptive the punk community was. I think she's changed punk for the better because there have been many punk trans rockers
Being a trans woman who loves punk music (i'm an audiophile in general), this album is one of my favorites
I'm a cisgendered white male and IMHO paralytic states is a song I've been listening to since the release of this album paralytic states is the best song on this album hands down
There is no such thing as gender identity. If I said that Females had the identity of a woman that would be sexist. Because gender identity is sexist. You can't identify with a sexist social construct and not be playing into sexism. I get that it's real trendy for white males to say they are transgender, but all they are doing is A, playing into sexist gender identity stereotypes, and B, defining what it means to be a woman through mimicy. I think perhaps this band found themselves playing stadiums with Green Day and decided they needed a new edge. Regardless, playing into sexist stereotypes doesn't make them real.
I'm sorry but i don't think Laura transitioning has anything to do with playing big stadiums with Green Day. It's about her being true to herself and truly accepting herself. Gender identity isn't constructed by society, only stereotypes are. The dysphoria trans people feel when they aren't born in the right body makes them hate the features that they have which make it hard for them to pass as the gender they identify with and when the right pronouns aren't used. These aren't things just made up by society, it's a genuinely diagnosable mental disorder that can basically can be fixed with hormones and surgery.
terfs not welcome.
I love the instrumentals, but the vocals hurt my ears.
I wish i discovered this album when i was younger and just came out, it only cane out a few months after i came out too. This would have helped me get through so much of highschool
I don't get why we have to preface gender with trans, aren't so called trans boys just boys etc.?
yea, but it's an adjective that describe what type of of boy he is. if he's gay, he's a gay boy, if he's trans, he's a trans boy etc.
love it so much omg
i love the messages in paralytic states about transitioning and dysphoria, sad, but it shows what a great writer Laura is
Listening and crying right now my human
This is awesome
paralytic states made me cry
punks not dead, its just protected from y'all gender elitist type. Punks far too offensive for the emos
best album ever.
this album...paralytic states..ohh
I listen to this album every week when I do my testosterone shot. A+ confidence booster.
SAME I listen to this to give me the courage to come out!!
i might have to give it a go!. done plenty of meth, coke, ket, xtc and ghb whilst this album has been on. always up for new experiences...sign me up!
@yeah nah I laughed way too fucking hard at this
I need me some Boy Juice :(
I do the same when I get my estrogen!
I'm nonbinary. But this album is my life
I just recently came out as mtf trans before finding this album. I work in the music industry and was feeling very confused about how I was going to transition in a field so dominated by males (live sound engineering). I'm only 19, and have been a musician my whole life this far. I spent so much time feeling like being a trans woman would make it impossible to pursue my live sound/musical careers to the extent I want to. Thank you Laura Jane Grace.
Shit i came out like 2 years ago at 17 and still cant even get a job
where is the fucking super love button?
TDB and Black Me Out are perfect bookends for this album.
This may not be my favourite album by AM but it is definitely the most important one.
laura jane grace invented music
She helped invent it, along with Billie Joe Armstrong.
fuck yeah.
I love this album it's nice to find a band where the lead singer is trans. She seems so strong and I hope I can be strong when I transition
One of the most important albums in my life.
+Dorky Transboy - I so want that on a T-shirt.
Just so INCREDIBLE <3