Who Am I?

2 weeks ago by @gmcgath

Who Am I?

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Liner Notes

This song has been demanding for a while that I write it, and watching the new video of "We Are Who We Are" gave me the push. It's a reaction to the pushing of people into categories and thinking that reveals everything there is to know about them, of treating "identity" as a single physical characteristic.
#filk

Lyrics

Who Am I?
Lyrics and Music: Gary McGath, Copyright 2024

You ask me to let you know who I am.
You want it in just one word.
How can I explain that it can't be done?
What you want is absurd.

Am I my nation, am I my skin?
Those are one little part.
Though I can't deny that they shape my life,
There's much more since the start.

Am I all the groups which I have joined?
They help me live and thrive,
But can I agree with their every word?
We're not a Borg beehive.

Am I those who mean the most to me?
Without them, I'd be glum.
Still each of them is a life apart.
We aren't each other's sum.

What I am is what I say and think,
The things I feel and do.
Please look at the ways I am unique,
I'll do the same for you.

That is my identity, all I am,
The ways I'm weak or strong.
I am not a label, a single word,
So do not see me wrong.

For everyone is one of a kind,
Each has a private quest,
And everyone's road is a different way,
Apart from all the rest.

Come join me a while if our paths should meet,
And maybe you'll want to stay,
But let's celebrate our difference.
We each have our own way.

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