For so long Ive obeyed
That feminine decree
Ive always contained
Your desire to hurt me
But when will I turn
And cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
My eyes are coral
Absorbing your dreams
My skin is a surface
To push to extremes
My heart is a record
Of dangerous scenes
But when will I turn
And cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
Antony & The Johnsons
Cut The World
For so long I've obeyed that feminine decree
I've always contained your desire to hurt me
But when will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
My eyes are corals, absorbing your dreams
My skin is a surface to push to extremes
My heart is a record of dangerous scenes
But when will I turn and hurt the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
I encounterd the music of Anthony a few years ago and was mesmerised by the power and the courage of this wonderful person. Not alone a beautiful voice, but also the courage to put him/herself out there. Take or leave it, this is ME. And I love you for that and for your music, it touches my heart everyvtime I listen to it. Thank you and please continue...
for so long i've obeyed that feminine decree
i've always contained your desire to hurt me
but when will i turn and cut the world?
my eyes are coral, absorbing your dreams
my heart is a record of dangerous scenes
my skin is a surface to push to extremes
but when will i turn and cut the world?
For so long I've obeyed
That feminine decree
I've always contained
Your desire to hurt me
But when will I turn
And cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
My eyes are coral
Absorbing your dreams
My skin is a surface
To push to extremes
My heart is a record
Of dangerous scenes
But when will I turn
And cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
When will I turn and cut the world?
Antony is transgender, so I think it's entirely reasonable to read this entire thing as a metaphor for her transcendence of cultural gender norms, which confined Antony in her expression as a female.
I don't think this has to do with feminism at all. It has to do with the singers masculine and feminine side and the feminine taking over violently and afterwards she's disoriented because of the change and death of her masculine side.