Embracing the Open Showers (song)

Song: Embracing the Open Showers
Lyrics: ai & g0yboy
Music & Voices: ai

[verse1]
He grips the towel, a flimsy shield,
and steps into a world revealed:
a public space of concrete gray,
where strangers move and hold their sway.

Each corner offers little solace,
a rite of passage to face.
His eyes dart low, avoiding gazes,
a maze of awkward, silent phases.

[chorus]
The rigid walls begin to softly fade,
A simple honesty, unafraid.
In shared environment, a gentle sigh,
Accepting self beneath the open sky

Of showers flowing, cleansing and clear,
A strength in showing, banishing fear.
Once ashamed of his naked skin,
Now open to his masculine kin.

[verse2]
He finds a spot, tucked in the corner,
wishing he were miles, miles coroner.
The sounds surround him, a sudden roar,
a curtain for his shy alarm, and more.

He moves in haste, a nervous dash,
each glance around a sudden crash.
Aware of bodies, movement, sound,
the most exposed he's ever found.

[chorus]
The rigid walls begin to softly fade,
A simple honesty, unafraid.
In shared environment, a gentle sigh,
Accepting self beneath the open sky

Of showers flowing, cleansing and clear,
A strength in showing, banishing fear.
Once ashamed of his naked skin,
Now open to his masculine kin.

[verse3]
A quick retreat, no time to linger,
his awkwardness can't help but wonder
Then out, a wrap, a sigh profound,
back on less public, solid ground.

A victory small, but purely earned,
a lesson in the raw to be learned.
In tiled expanse, where steam ascends,
A man finds courage, boundaries transcend.

[chorus]
The rigid walls begin to softly fade,
A simple honesty, unafraid.
In shared environment, a gentle sigh,
Accepting self beneath the open sky

Of showers flowing, cleansing and clear,
A strength in showing, banishing fear.
Once ashamed of his naked skin,
Now open to his masculine kin.

[verse4]
Every return to the locker-room,
Entering showers is less like doom,
Exposing his manhood without shame,
Learning all are different but the same.

No hidden shame, no need to conceal,
In open space, his truest self to feel.
Amidst the spray, a quiet release,
Finding vulnerability brings inner peace.

[chorus]
The rigid walls begin to softly fade,
A simple honesty, unafraid.
In shared environment, a gentle sigh,
Accepting self beneath the open sky

Of showers flowing, cleansing and clear,
A strength in showing, banishing fear.
Once ashamed of his naked skin,
Now open to his masculine kin.