Happy National Coming Out Day Everyone

In honor of the twentieth anniversary of National Coming Out Day I leave you with this song by Jay Brannan called EVER AFTER HAPPILY, and the HRC Tribute Video Along with another young mans Coming Out Story, followed by a special surprise. Enjoy!



The Human Rights Campaign Tribute Video


And Sergie's Coming Out Story


Finally this is Jay's latest video GODDAMNED


Here are the words for both songs

Ever After Happily

verse
the smell of a candle freshly blown out the light of the clock shines on my skin like a sickly green moonlight on a pale white day's decay i try to wipe you from my memory but your face won't fade away

another boy kissed me today i laughed in his mouth it's not funny that i'm not kissing you i'm not laughing because we fell through it's the stories they told us when we were younger about life and love how our happiness lies in the hands of another who'd fly in on the wings of a dove

chorus
well, that's the way the fairy tale goes boy meets girl and they wed with roses but that's not the way it seems to be and i'm pissed that they lied to me cuz boy meets boy and boy runs away or girl meets girl and she's afraid to stay we end up home alone watching court tv not living ever after happily

verse
you're right you are prince charming onto the next princess when he's bored with the last he's the hero of every story he's got his chapter in every girl's book he walks away with all the honor and glory but i wonder what else he took

goodbye, prince charming and drown sleeping beauty shove cinderella's slipper where the sun don't shine toss the little mermaid back out to sea cuz the fairy godmother had to perform another abortion today and the seven dwarves live in the forest, of course, cuz they were driven away but this part of the story could spark a cultural rage so at the sound of the tone we just turn the page

chorus

outro
starting today we'll tell the story my way the king of imperfection takes back the prince of mistakes

music and lyrics by jay brannan © 2004 Great Depression Publishing (BMI)

Goddamned

i'm marching to zion a camera in my hand i hear people cryin' dyin' for this blood-stained land the streets of old jerusalem are lined with souvenirs and those buying them it sounds cold, but i cannot see how this theme park has shaped history

chorus
cuz virgins don't have babies and water isn't wine and there's a holy spirit maybe but she would never rent a room with walls built by mankind mary and mohammed are screaming through the clouds for you to lay your goddamned arms down rip your bigot roots up from the earth and salt the goddamned ground

stand in line patiently to supercharge your rosary or stuff your prayers inside this wall we once had god trapped in this great hall but we've been cast out from this place they say a prophet floated from here to outer space am i crazy? maybe it's me but this all sounds like mythology

chorus

bridge
zeus was afraid of his girlfriend so he swallowed her in bed then he bore forth athena when they cracked open his head her brother tried to rape her athena got away and when his seed hit the ground the grass gave birth that day now we all freely admit this story's clearly bullshit no one would lay down their life or start a war for it so throw your stones and pray you'll be rewarded someday i hope it all goes your way but something tells me no one's coming to save you no one's coming to save you no one's coming to save you save yourselves from turning earth into hell

outro
no one's coming to save you no one's coming to save you no one's coming to save you no one's coming to save you mary and mohammed are screaming through the clouds for you to lay your goddamned arms down rip your bigot roots up from the earth and salt the goddamned ground

music and lyrics by jay brannan © 2007 Great Depression Publishing (BMI)