Steam Powered Giraffe - Transform

The song "Transform" by Steam Powered Giraffe
From the album 1896!

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-Music Video Cast & Crew-

Rabbit: Isabella Bunny Bennett
The Spine’s Voice: David Michael Bennett
Creepy Announcer Voice: Isabella Bunny Bennett
Unenthusiastic Announcer Voice: David Michael Bennett

Directed by Isabella Bunny Bennett
Video editing by David Michael Bennett & Isabella Bunny Bennett
Camera operator: David Michael Bennett

-Song Credits & Lyrics-

Transform by Steam Powered Giraffe
Written by Isabella Bunny Bennett
Copyright 2019 Steam Powered Giraffe LLC.

Lead vocals: Isabella Bunny Bennett
Harmonies: Bryan Barbarin, David Michael Bennett
Production, Recording, Mixing, Mastering: David Michael Bennett
Single Art: Isabella Bunny Bennett

Can you make it go away
Can you make me right
Can you make the thoughts all stop
So I can hide them out of sight

Am I naive for wanting
Something better
If we can’t build peace can we at least rebuild me

If you loved me
I wouldn’t have to wonder
I wouldn’t have to blunder
Though this life

If you loved me
I wouldn’t have to run away
I wouldn’t have to hide away
Through this life

If I could Transform
And change the way I am right now
I’d be
Exactly what you want to see

If you loved me
I wouldn’t have to be sad
I could smile and you’d be glad
That I’m from this life

If I could transform
I wouldn’t have to be afraid
I wouldn’t have to be unmade
From this life

I don’t want special treatment
I don’t want attention
I just want to coexist
On the realm that you play on

Open up your heart
Take me as I am
Love me, hate me, break my heart
Just let me live

Well if you loved me
I wouldn’t have to be sad
I could smile and you’d be glad
That I’m from this life

(If I could) Transform
And I don’t have to be afraid
I wouldn’t have to be unmade
From this life

Well if you loved me
I wouldn’t have to be sad
I could smile and you’d be glad
That I’m from this life

If I could transform
I wouldn’t have to be afraid
I wouldn’t have to be unmade
From this life

Life
Transform
Yrsh wlcn tu the kuhkay vol
Iginnsinga Pompeii

Give yourself a combo plate (combo plate)
Transform
Transform transform everybody transform

If we could transform
We wouldn’t have to be afraid
We wouldn’t have to be unmade
From this life

(If we could transform)
You didn’t have to offer your hand
(We wouldn’t have to be afraid)
‘Cause since you’ve kissed it I am at your command
(We wouldn’t have to be unmade)
But you did, yes you did
(From this life)

If we could transform
And change the way we are right now
It’d be
Much, much, too easy

Can you take those thoughts away
Can’t you see I'm fine
Warm your heart, don’t you see
It's just the same as mine

Am I naive

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[cecsteele]

spg be like: “we will release a song about being trans and you will cry like a baby” and we are all like yes ma’am as many songs as you want ma’am

[gigamesh]

"i don't want special treatment, i just want to co-exist"

[PhantomFoxStar]

Bunny's just out here living her best life and i am so happy for her.

[BellasBoneyard]

No matter what you become, you will always be you.
And you deserve to grow and change and evolve.
People are not rigid like robots, so it always puzzles me why humans are all so stubborn with change!

[cup_halfempty]

"I don’t want special treatment
, I don’t want attention. I just want to coexist on the realm that you play on."
I am a trans person myself, and I find this to be an incredibly good lyric. Though I haven't been called an attention-seeker at this point in my life, I know several trans + nb people HAVE, and because of this I feel it's really good Bunny included this lyric in a song about being Transgender.

[aneesacues]

A tiny, little detail that I love is that when she did Honeybee at the end, it seems so playful and flirty rather than sad and painful. I love that touch.

[Louis-kdbn]

Why is no one talking about the fact that in the beginning, Bunny is surrounded by pictures from before she came out and in the end the pictures show her now? I love this little detail

[alexanderthorne]

"But it's not as scary as not living authentically as yourself" I am deceased. I laughed so damn hard at that it caught me completely off guard

[lucycatherine]

Omg the bit of honeybee at the end I'm GOING TO CRY

[AmnRavenloft]

I'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS BAND FOR 5 MINUTES, BUT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO THEM, OR ANY OF YOU, I WOULD GO STRAIGHT UP SHE-HULK ON SOCIETY

I DON'T KNOW WHO NEEDS TO HEAR THIS TODAY, BUT IF YOU'RE FAMILY DOESN'T ACCEPT YOU, I'M YOUR MOM NOW AND I LOVE YOU.
I'M PROUD OF YOU, AND I WILL BRAG TO ALL MY FRIENDS ABOUT YOU.

[Amoechick]

Y’know. This is the on-brand level of insanity we’ve come to love from Rabbit. What a nice retrospective on the evolution of the character and, by extension, the band to close out the year.

[wakawakatakeover]

I legit got teary-eyed at the end when we come back to the room full of pictures, but instead of all these old pictures of Rabbit when she still looked male, they're all new pictures. New memories. Of her living her best, authentic life.

[TuffLikeToph]

As someone who has been a fan of this band for almost 10 years, this video made me feel many things. I was called "not a real girl" and "a robot" for most of my life so the connection I have to this song is complicated. Mostly, it made me so proud of Bunny and where she is now in her life. The world needs more love and understanding

[havenm]

I was deeply entrenched in my parents conservative belief for most of my life. They were abusive. I finally was able to leave, but I still had a lot of deconstruction. This band was the first thing that really got me acquainted with trans people, and showed me that all they wanted to do was be people, just like everyone else. It made me start to examine my own sense of gender. After many years of questioning, I'm finally out as a trans man. There were many factors as to what encouraged me, but this band is probably a main contributor. So thank you all, from the bottom of my heart.

[AsylumMisfit]

You know, I have to say this. When I came out to my best friend he sent me this song and told me "not so long ago rabbit wasnt in her right form either." I listen to it every morning now because Rabbit is such a huge idol for me and this song has really given me the courage to put myself out there because I want everyone to know the true me. I want people to love me for who I actually am. Today I changed my profile picture on facebook and changed my name to represent the true me. Thank you Rabbit, you are everything I have ever wanted to be. Strong, proud and true.

-Sabrina Rose Blackwell.

[lauh]

"Non-binary" Rabbit will forever hold a special place in my heart, because that version of the character helped tremendously in figuring out my own gender identity. But I'm really happy that Rabbit herself seems so comfortable and happy with who she is right now. She's had quite the journey and I love that she can be herself.

[bluebottle]

this might just be me but, the original sounded so sad and defeated and this one sounds so upbeat and happy and i am LIVING for it, bunny thank you for being you and for giving courage and hope to a lot of us

[kairisenya]

Rabbits vocal range is really incredible, I cannot get over it

[jonmikolajewski]

I'll be honest, I randomly checked back in on this band after 10 years having no idea about the dynamics. I respect the hell out of this song. I love how you embrace who you are and who you have been to become more you.

[HeronCoyote]

My stepson has been on T for a year now. It’s been interesting and amazing watching him change and grow, and feel more comfortable in who he truly is. I’m going to share this video with him.