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is my body yours, or is my body mine?
oh, why do I wonder every damn time?
when you touch my skin, do I lose the line?
is my body yours, or is my body mine?

does it ache today, or is it feeling free?
oh, when will it betray me?
will I faint on the train? will I shake by the sea?
or do I feel okay, temporarily?

CHORUS:
my body wants to feel so good
like I know it could, like I know it should
my body wants to be known
but I'm stuck inside, & I feel alone
so alone inside these muscles & these bones

is my body big, or is it really small?
am I too short, or am I too tall?
does it even matter? does it matter at all,
when at the end of the day, all our bodies fall?

does my body look cute in a selfie?
do they call me lazy or unhealthy?
think I just wanna be stealthy
& hide away, saying, "don't perceive me – don't perceive me"

(repeat chorus)

I am not my body, but my body's where I live
& when you're in my body, there's no more of me to give
I am not my body, but my body is my home
& when you're in my body, I can still feel alone
I can still feel alone

(repeat chorus)

is my body yours, or is my body mine?
oh, why do I wonder every damn time?

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from A Song A Week 2023: Part One, released November 21, 2023

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Thirtysomething from Toronto. Sex journalist by day, ukulele songstress by night. Writes songs about love, sex, fictional characters, and occasionally jellyfish.

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