Transgender Lucifer

**"Transgender Lucifer"** is a song by Negative Øhio. The track is a mix of punishing Extreme Metal, rhythmic harsh noise experimentation and social commentary. It is labeled as genres such as Avant-Garde Metal, Industrial Metal, Cybergrind and Queercore.

It was released on August 5th, 2020 digitally. It was later also released on the album *Never Mind The Gap*.

## Composition

The leads of the song are played on an electric bass guitar, using guitar amps and pitch shifting to make them sound like sludgy electric guitars. In some sections there is also an electric ukulele playing leads, as well as a solo during the bridge towards the end.

Other leads are created using MIDI synths and orchestration, virtual singers used as an instrument, and a solo played using a comb and a piece of paper to make a makeshift kazoo.

The track is composed in a 4/4 time signature at 140BPM. The rhythm section of the song is a mix of heavily distorted and affected MIDI drums, as well as absurdly big MIDI chords to create a rhythmic noise wall.

The vocals are a mix of growls and screams performed by the members of the band and virtual vocalists doing clean vocals and joining in on the gang vocals in the hook.

## Lyrical Themes

The lyrics tackle transphobia head on, using information from religious texts and science alike to dispel talking points used to justify discrimination and othering of trans people.

The character of Transgender Lucifer is meant to represent the bogeymen and strawmen created by bigots to demonize trans people.

## Lyrics

```
[Hook]
Transgender Lucifer doesn’t exist
The only true evil is your own prejudice
Transgender Lucifer doesn’t exist
The only true evil is your own prejudice

Gooooooooo!

[Verse 1A]
Adam was assigned androgynous at birth
Both Adam and Eve transitioned from their original form
The parents of humanity were the first trans people
We’re not abominations, we’re as blessed as you are

Uuuuurgh!

[Verse 1B]
If you think we’re devils, then welcome to Hell
Because if so you’re all demon spawn as well
If God is real and God loves all
Then your hatred will be your downfall

God would want Their children to prosper
But in Their name you take away our needs
You use edits to rewrite the scripture
To justify your sick, blind hatred

[Comb & Paper Solo]
God created trans people
Deal with it!

[Blasting]
AHHHHHHHH!!!

[Verse 2]
If God’s not your thing, or if science is your game
Then we’ve got news for you, too
It’s been proven we all have the same hormones
And that “male” or “female” are not the only options

There are plenty of people who fall under neither
And your chromosomes do not decide your privates
Scientifically speaking all our brains are similar
So use yours, and finally graduate 3rd grade biology

[Bridge & Ukulele Solo]
Trans rights are human rights

Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights

Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights

Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights

Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights

Science confirms the existence of trans people
Deal with it!

[Outro]
Transgender Lucifer doesn’t exist
The only true evil is your own prejudice
Transgender Lucifer doesn’t exist
The only true evil is your own prejudice

Transgender Lucifer doesn’t exist
The only true evil is your own prejudice
Transgender Lucifer doesn’t exist
The only true evil is your own prejudice

```

## Trivia

* Due to Transgender Lucifer not being real, the setting in the video and album cover is a fictional backdrop, explaining how so many characters from different dimensions and timelines can be in the same place.

## See also

* Transgender Lucifer (the character)
* Transgender Lucifer (fictional TV show)

## Sources

1. ↑ https://negativeohio.bandcamp.com/track/transgender-lucifer
2. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/negativeohio/transgender-lucifer
3. ↑ https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/people/main-articles/adam
4. ↑ https://www.learnreligions.com/what-was-the-androgyne-2076659
5. ↑ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/stop-using-phony-science-to-justify-transphobia/