[LifeAftr] storytelling masterpost

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all of connor's storytelling is done via song, because i'm playing from a musical and i'm not about to let you forget it. click on any image to be taken to the corresponding song's comment, which contains the lyrics, a summary, and a link to the song that's been rewritten.

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WHO I AM

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Base Song: Not My Father's Son, Kinky Boots

Summary: Sometimes, uh. You're super queer? And you know your dad won't approve? And on top of every other stupid thing he doesn't approve of you for, you just. You think you can just get rid of this one! So you do. Only it doesn't actually work like that, it just makes you unhappy and depressed and suicidal - but then you end up on an island and uh. You're forced to admit that maybe you don't have to do that and maybe you should stop ignoring this problem.

When I was just a kid Everything I did, was to be like him Trying to win - My father always thought If I was tough and fought Forgot my albatross, I'd begin To fit in Look at me powerless and holding my breath Trying hard to repress what scared him to death It was never easy to be his type of man To breathe freely was not in his plan And the best parts of me are what he wouldn't see I'm not my father's son I'm not the image of what he dreamed of With the strength of Achilles and the spirit of Jack Still couldn't be the one To echo what he'd done And mirror what was not in me So I jumped in my dreams and found an escape And I learned to paint anything in my sight 'cause the world seemed brighter when laying paint down And the dark seemed lighter I was profound and I felt so proud To create out loud I'm not my father's son I'm not the image of what he dreamed of With the strength of Achilles and the spirit of Jack Still couldn't be the one To echo what he'd done And mirror what was not in me The endless story of expectations swirling inside my mind Wears me down I've come to a realization and I've finally turned around To see That I can just be me