“Flowing out of the tail of the previous song, Sandra paints scenes from the life of Australian activist Sandra Pankhurst and her experience growing up in Melbourne as a trans woman in the 60s and 70s. The song is inspired and informed by Sandra’s biography ‘The Trauma Cleaner’ and is released with...
[Verse 1]
When we were children you would say I was the strangest one
Never the way you wished I'd be, never the son you want
I could not define what was there in me
Pulling like the moon pulling at the sea
I was just a child
[Pre-Chorus]
Took off my face packed it into my bag
Out on the streets, I'm anybody's man
Wearing my jeans and this shirt a disguise
When the blue light came I was always out of there
I couldn't make it, couldn't make it this far
If you remake me no I couldn't be wrong
I was a lifetime out of my way
But I know my mind and I know my mind again
[Chorus]
I can't be in here
I'm not who I feel
It's now change or die
I need this to be
I can't go on now
Come as far as I
Can go in this shell
I need this to be
[Post-Chorus]
Took off my face packed it into my bag
Out on the streets, I'm anybody's man
Wearing my jeans and this shirt a disguise
When the blue light came I was always out of there
I couldn't make it, couldn't make it this far
If you remake me no I couldn't be wrong
I was a lifetime out of my way
But I know my mind and I know my mind again
[Verse 2]
When I arrived into this skin
I was a trophy wife
And the idea of loving you
Act in this play of life
Then I could stand myself at last
Watch my reflection in the glass
She's looking back
[Chorus]
I can't be in here
I'm not who I feel
It's now change or die
I need this to be
I can't go on now
Come as far as I
Can go in this shell
I need this to be
I can't be in here
I'm not who I feel
It's now change or die
I need this to be
I can't go on now
Come as far as I
Can go in this shell
I need this to be
Sandra was written by Timothy Carroll (AUS) & Ryan Peter Strathie & Oscar Dawson.
Sandra was produced by Oscar Dawson & Timothy Carroll (AUS).