The Possible Police

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You say that this cannot be done
That you’re a fool to even try
You treat your prospects with disdain
A hundred thousand reasons why
You’re only ever bound to fail
You shoot your vision down in flames
You think your ideas are a mess
You think that dreams are pipedreams
No’s so much easier than yes
Send your ambition to the jail
Tell me, who are you
Who are you, the possible police

When you were just a hopeful child
Standing excited on the shore
Imagination running wild
It felt like you could fight a war
In that way that only children dream
But then the world came closing in
Debt, doubt, responsibility
You had to hold position
Much better not to set to sea
Than risk it all on some mad scheme
But tell me, who are you
Who are you, the possible police

Are you scared of what might lurk
In the dark corners of your mind?
Afraid of showing weakness
Terrified of what you’ll find
What if you’re nothing special after all?
But your champion is there
Still stood waiting on that beach
For you to give yourself permission
To push out way beyond your reach
And keep on even if you fall
So tell me, who are you
Who are you, the possible police

 

I Am

 

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Do you feel insignificant and lost?
Do you fear you’re wasting life just chasing par?
Take comfort knowing that the creature in the mirror
Is not necessarily the person that you are
Are trapped in a cocoon not of your making
Built from expectations heaped on you since accident of birth?
Break down the walls and let your wings unfold
And show the world exactly what you’re worth

And if they try to put you in your place
To put you in disgrace
You just look them in the eye and say,
I am!

I am amazing
I am fantastic
I am human
I am beautiful
You can’t control me
You won’t destroy me
I have strength, I have power
I’m on top of the world

Do you worry about what other people think?
Let no-one else dictate what you should be
A battle fought and lost can still be worth the cost
Respect is rarely given out for free
Do you compare yourself unfavourably to others?
Do you think yourself the ugly duckling shunned by all the rest?
Throw down your mask and show your real face
And make the world accept you at your best

And if they try to put you in your place
To put you in disgrace
And make you want to hide your face
If they try to put you in your place
You just look them in the eye
And you tell them with a smile,
These words:
I am!

I am amazing
I am fantastic
I am human
I am beautiful
You can’t control me
You won’t destroy me
I have strength, I have power
I’m on top of the world

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Solo acoustic version released for free download on International Transgender Day of Visibility (31st March 2016).