when u were u (interlude)

A time in my life where I remember Being truly myself A memory I had where I felt the most Myself, my truest form A moment where I felt truly like myself A time in my life when I felt like my most authentic self Was really recently, actually Mmm, oú je me monsieur anse authentique moi The moment where I, where I Felt the most myself Uh, okay The one that comes to mind It was so early It was freezing cold, but like super clear And I was alone in London This record-long show that I did And I called it the good old days I was floating in the Mediterranean Sea And I walked into my garage I opened the door And the house was Very calm And that would probably the closest I've been To what true comfort feels like And it's extremely liberating I went to a, now, rap session Which is a small group of women Sitting around in a circle Talking about How they were Enlightened about their feminist feelings Honestly, whenever I'm with my little sister is I got to kinda bring people into my brain for a minute It felt like I was living In the world with no, like, lenses on me I'd acted on stage for the first time in five years It had like the perfect combination of people I was with And the things I was surrounded by And I was enlightened in that moment And it was Like a revalation in my life About what it means to be a woman It was a challenge to be vulnerable And open to a degree that I haven't really approached In a long, long time Everything was just, uh-immediately so familiar to me And it was a rush of comfort Any time I think of a moment where I've felt Completely myself, I Think of Almost every single moment I've had with my best friend ever, Tyler And I felt this Imaginary character that I've been chasing And romanticizing whole childhood It seems contradictory When playing someone else on stage But, really, It's not possible Without first providing a foundation That is genuinely present And genuinely listening Or else it's not gonna work