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It's not a blessing, it's biology
It's not "amazing," it's "a fact"
It's "opposites attract" on a cellular plane
C'mon, do I gotta explain?
"When a man and woman are in love..."
Aw, please!
Let's cut this romanticism shit and just step back a little bit
(Where's an eighth-grade science teacher when you need one?)
So there's some sperm, an egg, they make a zygote
Which may become an embryo
Which may become a fetus
Which may become a human being
OK, so I'll admit it's happened to me
We were both eighteen, acting irresponsibly
But you wake up quick when your partner wakes up sick
When you're staring at the future and all you can say is "Oh, shit!"
And so we sat down for a talk
Held hands and went out for a walk
Both of us knew that there was one right thing to do
(For she and I)
And so we made a call, and held on tightly through it all
And I tell you what, I'd do the same damn thing again
There's not a thing that I regret
Though there's a lesson that I never will forget
And a different sense of perspective when the Rescuers talk about "respect"
It makes me sick to see them with their signs
Fighting for the "rights" of some imaginary life
Claiming damnation and Hell Fire's the end result of our desires
And making what should be a natural option an ordeal
So how the fuck's she supposed to act when every side has strings attached?
A slut to fuck, a shame to bear, a murderer to take a care
For her well being, mind, and future hopes and plans
To dare to dream her fellow human beings'd understand
There's nothing there to be ashamed
No accusation so there isn't any blame
An awkward situation, but so isn't everything?

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from The Things That We Let Pass 10", released July 1, 2011

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