#semler

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? - Job 34:29

Psalm 102 - Semler / Half-light: Collected Poems - Frank Bidart / The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath - Sylvia Plath / Greywaren - Maggie Stiefvater

[araekni]

The Mountain Goats, Hair Match

Jeanette Winterson, The Powerbook

gentle.earth

Semler, Posture

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Eminem, Spend Some Time

@dykeyphantom (x)

gentle.earth

Nate Pritts, Endless Summer

Sufjan Stevens, The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!

Sue Zhao (x)

[connieaaa]

I remember being 17 and working at a retirement community. I made a casual comment to an 84 year old man about his ADHD.

He replied a very confused, "What?"

Me: "ADHD, it used to be called hyperkinesis back in the day." *proceeds to explain ADHD*

Him: *in shock nearly crying* "There is a name for it? I always thought I was broken"

Variations of this scene have played out for me again, and again, and again. The last time was less than 10 days ago.

Quirky kids who declare that they are just like me. Parents of Autistic kids in shock that I can have a "normal" conversation but still occasionally head bang in frustration. Explaining a specific learning disability, and having someone shout "That's a thing?! I was told I was stupid".

This is what I think about when I hear Semler's Thank God For That lyrics, "Hallelujah, we are all fucking weird, and there is a place for you at the table, honey, here."

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

St. Teresa's Church, Anacostia, Washington, D.C. (between 1909 and 1940) - National Photo Company Collection // Youth Group - Semler

[thatwasthenightthingschanged]

@lgbtqcreators creator bingo → [3/4] lgbtq+ people in music: Jesus from Texas, SEMLER

my best friend found God, so we lost touch / I guess a Savior beats a friend who thinks you're good enough

[fuck-you-upmusicbracket]

Jesus From Texas (Semler)

My Mom turn eighteen in the 1960's and she doesn't remember Stonewall/To be fair, she can't have known I'd be her kid/That the bricks launched at police would compel me to exist/And I think about that now down the ballot/Of the ones I love and I don't know yet/I voted for you/Oh what a terrible honor it is/To watch the sky fall as a character witness

"The song is about being gay in a conservative Christian family/community and, if you're someone who had a similar experience growing up, every line is like a punch in the gut. It's addressed to the next generation of lgbt kids, and every time the singer is describing this visceral hurt of seeing people every day who say they hate people like her, she ends the stanza with a promise that she will fight to make sure "you" (the next generation) won't have to experience what she did. It balances the anger and sorrow of living in a world so hostile towards you with a genuine love for humanity as a whole and a stubborn refusal to stop fighting. The song came out in 2021, and has only gotten more relevant since then."

The Light Behind Your Eyes (My Chemical Romance)

If I could be with you tonight/I would sing you to sleep/Never let them take the light behind your eyes/I'll fail and lose this fight/Never fade in the dark/Just remember you will always burn as bright

"It's someone telling you they're going away and telling you to not give up. It's like a lullaby of sorts, but in a fucked up way."

"This song is a swan song, it’s like. The singer is gone, or dying, and leaving this behind as a way to inspire the generation coming after them, inspiring them to keep going even when things are completely bleak and hopeless. This is a song you fucking cry to at like 2 in the morning because the entire world is against you but it’s also a song you’d listen to to keep you from killing yourself. Completely agonizing to listen to."

Poll Runner: I'm not the biggest MCR fan in the world, but this one is a gem.

[zukothelasthonorbender]

in honor of seeing @wheatbeats and @marmorjorts tomorrow (!!) here’s the “five songs you’re obsessed with” thing that i was tagged in:

“Love After You” by Madds Buckley (very fun song to sing in the car)

“Raise Up” by Semler (gorgeous chorus, fantastic lyrics)

“Wine and Wheat” by Madds Buckley (the bridge of ‘dona nobis pacem / miserere nobis’ gets me EVERY TIME)

“You’re Not My Friend” by Semler (so fun to think of my ex-friend and high school classmates while i sing it)

“Be Like Jesus” by Semler (biting indictment of the evangelical church set to solid instrumentals)

…can you tell i hyperfixate on certain artists? bc i totally do. i’m still a FOB stan and BVB trash but these have been running around in my head for weeks

gonna go ahead and tag @tiddytrashcan , @noooo-mybonesssss , and @cataclysmcrows for funsies

[snazzystarlight]

This was fun! This is “Sometimes” by Semler as I see it because of synesthesia!

[purehelium]

Late Bloomer by Semler // Blessed Art Thou Among Women by Gertrude Käsebier

[escaping-amish]

I love Semler on TT !! Lesbian Christian still but they get ittttttt

[god-loves-gays]

A positive playlist for queer christians! <333

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

Queerness is next to Godliness

Colourblind - Taylor Janzen / God Must Hate Me - Catie Turner / Daughter of God - Phemiec / Youth Group - Semler / Faggot - Sam Vance Law / God is a Woman - Rett Madison / Devotion - Taylor Janzen / Sun Bleached Flies - Ethel Cain / Pray it Away - Alex G / Hey Jesus - Trey Pearson

[currently-becoming-potatoes]

You know your mental health is at an all-time low when the line “Hallelujah, we’re all fucking weird, there’s a place at the table, for you, honey, here” makes you break down and cry like a baby

[chaos-in-the-making]

SEMLER DID IT. WE DID IT. FIRST OPENLY QUEER ARTIST TO BE #1 ON ITUNES FOR CHRISTIAN MUSIC. WE FUCKING DID IT.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME?! TO HEAR AN OPENLY GAY NONBINARY CHRISTIAN AND SPECIFICALLY THIS SONG TO REACH #1.

HAPPY PRIDE CHURCH QUEERS. WE BELONG.

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

A Gathering of the Gods in the Clouds - Cornelius van Poelenburgh // The Combat of Mars and Minerva - Jacques-Louis David (detail) // Bethlehem - Semler

[alloutofgoddesses]

Hey you!!!

Are you queer? We’re you raised evangelical and have complicated feelings about it?

Then boy do I have the song for you!!

The artist Semler is a queer Christian artist who wants to get this song on the top #100 of Billboard during pride month. It’s an ambitious task, but I believe we can make it happen.

#streamfaith !!!!