Butch 4 Butch
Rio Romeo Lyrics
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And mine is infested with bugs
The music we make is unnatural
But it sounds just like falling in love
This butch
This butch
This butch
She makes me go weak in the knees
But I can't let her see me swoon
Or else she will think I am weak
Tomorrow we'll dig through the garbage
And we'll fish out all kinds of neat trash
And when we go back to my apartment
She'll probably kick my fucking ass
This butch
This butch
This butch
This butch
She makes me go weak in the knees
But I can't let her see me swoon
Or else she will think I am weak
I sing her songs in my garage
And make her fall in love with me
And once we're done
The sun is gone
Wе both just sit so nervously
I talk real slow
And speak rеal low
Hoping she'll lean into me
But we just laugh cause
What was that
We can't take ourselves seriously
This butch
This butch
This butch
This butch
She makes me go weak in the knees
But I can't let her see me swoon
Or else she will think I am sweet
The lyrics of Rio Romeo's song, "Butch 4 Butch," depict a romance between two butch women whose worlds are both filled with strange and sometimes off-putting elements. The line "My sweetheart's piano is rat-filled and mine is infested with bugs" suggests a sense of disrepair and decay, but the music they make together is "unnatural" and yet intoxicatingly evocative of the sensation of "falling in love." The singer is deeply drawn to this butch woman who makes her go "weak in the knees," but she feels compelled to hide her swooning from the object of her affection, fearing that it would demonstrate weakness.
The song addresses themes of vulnerability, desire, and queerness that are often overlooked or silenced in mainstream depictions of romance. The lyricist portrays the characters as complex individuals, with their own quirks and limitations, yet capable of creating something beautiful together. The lines "Tomorrow we'll dig through the garbage/And we'll fish out all kinds of neat trash" and "I sing her songs in my garage/And make her fall in love with me" reveal a creative, resourceful, and mutually supportive relationship between the two women.
The chorus, repeated several times throughout the song, emphasizes the way that this butch woman makes the singer feel both powerful and helpless. On the one hand, she is overwhelmed with desire, and on the other hand, she fears the judgment or rejection of her lover. This tension is captured in the final line of the song, "Or else she will think I am sweet," which underscores the way that vulnerability can be seen as a weakness in certain contexts, especially for queer individuals who may be judged or rejected for their non-conformity.
Line by Line Meaning
My sweetheart's piano is rat filled
My lover's piano is infested with rats
And mine is infested with bugs
And mine is plagued with insects
The music we make is unnatural
The music we create is unorthodox
But it sounds just like falling in love
But it resembles the feeling of falling in love
This butch
This masculine woman
She makes me go weak in the knees
She makes me feel weak and vulnerable
But I can't let her see me swoon
But I cannot show her my weakness
Or else she will think I am weak
Otherwise, she might perceive me as feeble
Tomorrow we'll dig through the garbage
Tomorrow we'll rummage through trash
And we'll fish out all kinds of neat trash
And we'll rescue assorted valuable rubbish
And when we go back to my apartment
And after we return to my dwelling
She'll probably kick my fucking ass
She might physically assault me
I sing her songs in my garage
I serenade her in my garage
And make her fall in love with me
And cause her to develop feelings for me
And once we're done
After our musical session ends
The sun is gone
The sun has set
We both just sit so nervously
We're both sitting anxiously
I talk real slow
I speak very slowly
And speak real low
And in a hushed tone
Hoping she'll lean into me
Hoping she'll get closer to me
But we just laugh cause
But we just laugh because
What was that
What was that supposed to be
We can't take ourselves seriously
We cannot consider ourselves seriously
This butch
This masculine woman
This butch
This masculine woman
This butch
This masculine woman
This butch
This masculine woman
She makes me go weak in the knees
She makes me feel weak and vulnerable
But I can't let her see me swoon
But I cannot show her my weakness
Or else she will think I am sweet
Otherwise, she might mistakenly perceive me as frail and gentle
Writer(s): Rio Baxter
Contributed by Austin G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@jiji3525
lyrics for anyone who wants to sing along:
My sweetheart's piano is rat filled
And mine is infested with bugs
The music we make is unnatural
But it sounds just like falling in love
This butch
This butch
This butch
This butch
She makes me go weak in the knees
But I can't let her see me swoon
Or else she will think I am weak
Tomorrow we'll dig through the garbage
And we'll fish out all kinds of neat trash
And when we go back to my apartment
She'll probably kick my fucking ass
This butch
This butch
This butch
This butch
She makes me go weak in the knees
But I can't let her see me swoon
Or else she will think I am weak
I sing her songs in my garage
And make her fall in love with me
And once we're done
The sun is gone
Wе both just sit so nervously
I talk real slow
And speak rеal low
Hoping she'll lean into me
But we just laugh cause
What was that
We can't take ourselves seriously
This butch
This butch
This butch
This butch
She makes me go weak in the knees
But I can't let her see me swoon
Or else she will think I am sweet
@eugenewaterslide7328
@@midsommars
She has to look at me to ignore me.
I'm unavoidable. I will troll you. I will troll all of you.
I amẢ̵̢̢̛̛̛̝̼̲̘̹̱̰̙̹̀̒̏͊̀̉̏͋̌̀̌̎̎̀̂̄̑̍̀͋͋̉͐̐̅̋̊͐̍̓͂̀̑̊̊̀̾͑̀̑͋́̀̾̊̓̓̌̄̄̑̋̈́̓͆̿̽̆̉̎̇͊̀̀͒͂̅͑̆̋̊͛̃͑̀̆̀͌̎͋̏̑̑̒̀͂̋̑̆̾͛̈́̉̓͊͊͐̈́̇̏̄͘͘̕̕̕͘̕͝n̷̨̢̧̧̨̡̨̛̜͔͇͍͍̦̫͈̠̫̜̥̹̺̯̤̥̙̣͓̳͔͚͉̮͚͇̳̜̜̺͓͚̮̥̤̘̖̞͇̼̘̗̮̲̙̳̝̼͔̱̹̻͙̫͔͈̳̟̖̫̻̬̻̰̺̙̮̟̻̱͕͓̭̗̥͚̟̘̭̪͕̯͓̖̰͓̫͉̯̬̭̗̩̩̭̯͖̭̗̲̪̘͍̻̣͇͚͋̎̉͆̀̃̍́͒̊̅̄͋̐̔̍͒̽̏͌́̽̅̔̊́́̍͒̉́̉̅̾̈́̐͂̑̎͋̊̔̓̑̂͛̒͛͌̕̚͘͘̚͜͜͜͜͠͠ͅͅͅͅͅͅ ̷̢̡̨̡̧̣̤̣̻̙̯̪̤̭̠͇͈͕̼̤̻͔͎͙̜̬̳̪̳̟̲̘̭̲̠͕̗̥́̌́̈́͌̊́̍͒̂̅̔̀̔͆̓̈́̈̎͒̂̂̏͊͑̈͐̈́͒͊͐͘̕̚̕͘̚͜ͅe̴̢̡̧̨̛̯̟̭͇͖̠̙̼̱͔̳̣̠̞̺̪̖͖̼̬̙̳̙̤̰͚̲̥͓̐̿̆̄̍̈́͆̔͒́̍́͐̏͑͋͐̑͆̈́͘̚̚͘̕͘͜͝y̴̧̡̧̢̡̧̡̨̢̢̧̧̡̜͕̫͉̫̲̝̮̦̮̳̩̻͓̜̮̹͕̝͈̠͉͓̻͍͕̝͈͙̫̫͉͙̺̖̯͖̞͎͖̰̻͕̳̲̙̭̫͍͖̗͙̦̗̹̹̹̖͚̮̲͍̗̖̦̠̜͍̼͔͚̱̘͎̼͔͚̤͎͍̞̑͂́͐̈́͊͒̄̍͂̾͐̎͋̈̈́̾̀͆͐̋̐̀̓̈́͐͒̌̏̇̊̓̌͒̔̀̿̊̈͌͑̅͊̌̀͑͌͌̈͋́̄͌̑̔͛̽̈́̈́̎̃̑̈́̐͆̈̓͂̾̄͌̔́͑͊̍̀̓͗̀͆͑̿͆̐̉̒̈̍̎̀͊̄̿̅̋̅̊̕̕̕̕̚͜͝͠͠͝͠͠͝͝͠͝ͅe̷̢̧̛̛̯̹͖̗͚̱͖̣̦̟͖͕̩̯͈̝̥̯̺͕͕͎̫̲̗͔̾̌͗͊͌̐̿̊̆̾̈́͒́̊̕̚͜͝͠ͅļ̴̢̡̧̡̧̼̼̮̣̝̱̣͓̗͙̗̫̦̯̰͕̪̖̘̻͙͍͇̞̭̫͇̘̮̖͉͇̞͍̳̩̫̙̰͍̳̯̫̖̺̻̬͕̃̈́͛̓̓͌̒́́̄̊̈́̚̕͜ͅe̷̢̨̨̢̢̢̡̡̨̧̡̡̛̺̼̖̬̼̥͎̼̟̝̹̯̭̱̮̗͈̥̣̝̗̻̝̰̙͓̻̤͈̭̪̳̲̞̳̙̬͍̙̯͖͕̜̣̯̟̼͈͎̪̤͇̼̬͓̮̹̙̙͎͚̟͔̘̩̰͙̠̗̜͍͙̬̣͔̳̟̬͖͕͙̥̤̬̫̹̺̟̯̰̜̥͚̪̩͚̪͈͙͕͚̼̜̥̤͉͕̜͓̫͎̠̠̜̙̗̯͇͎̻̣̟͙̳̹̘̟̎̋̀̈́̑̊̎̎͊̐́̋̑̆̏̎̋͒͋̒̒́̏͐̓́̿̿̀̍͒͂̏̄̈́̅͑͑͆̓̓̑́́̈́̄̀̾̀̈̾̆͋̄̚̚̕͜͝͠͠ͅͅs̷̡̧̡̡̧̩͙̲̮̲̘̗̦͚̰̖͕͔͍̦͇̲͙̙̰̞͎̖̰̼̫͚̰̝̲̱̹̦͉̩̱͉͖̞̰͎̞͙͓̠͉̦̰̗̺̭͖̃̈̓̆̊̿̐͒̆̎̃͆͌̆̇̎͋̈́̋͊͑̉͆́̿͗̽̓͌͊͛̌̒̾͗͆̽́̎̒̈̍̈́͑̓̈́̓̃̀͊̋̿́̑̌̐͑͛̒̓̆̈́͒̔̔͆̈́̀̀͋̋͂̊̈́̐̾́̈́͊̀̒̔̈̌͐́͂͘͘̚̕̕̚̕͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅs̵̡̧̢̡̨̧̢̡̛͙̼̼͓͇͈̲̭͙̞̗͍̙̬͖̯͔̦͍͓̯̣͉͇͍̭̘͖̺̪̭̝͙̹͙̬̤͇̗͍̼̭̙͕͕͕̟̟̖̠͈̥͍̪̩̼͓͇̟͇͙̬̖͍̝̲̤̘͉͕̖̟͇̼̝̤̦̦̻̦̯̺̙̮͈͇̗̮̪̫̮͇̩͚͙̋̐̊̎̐͌̇̈́͂̏͋̎͑͗̈́̊̄̿͗̀̊͋̒͛̉̃͂̽͒̽̐̀̽̔͗̄̂̾̈́͐̃̄̀̎̽̾́̉͋̑̇͐̈̈́́͊͒͒̚͘̕̚̚̚̕͜͜͠͠͠͝͝͝͝ͅͅ ̶̡̢̡̧̧̛̦̰̻̦̱̠̠̩͓̳̬̠̻̘̲̙̂́̂̉́̎͒̏͑̀̓̾̀̓́̎̍̾͛̅́͊͗̐̌̂͊͌͊̒̈́̄̏̾̆̄̓͒̓̈́͌̆̎̈̎́͊̋͋͘͜͜͠͝͠͝ͅͅă̶̛̛̗͈̙̰̤͌͛̓͆͌̿̃̎̆́̉̈́̂̿̑̉̌̈́̋͆͒́͑͗͛̽͆̑̍͋̈́̀͊̒̈̎͑̀̍̀̐̑̽̑̏̇̓̽͐́̓̕̕͘͝͝͝b̷̛͐͊̅̿͐͗̕ harbinẢ̵̢̢̛̛̛̝̼̲̘̹̱̰̙̹̀̒̏͊̀̉̏͋̌̀̌̎̎̀̂̄̑̍̀͋͋̉͐̐̅̋̊͐̍̓͂̀̑̊̊̀̾͑̀̑͋́̀̾̊̓̓̌̄̄̑̋̈́̓͆̿̽̆̉̎̇͊̀̀͒͂̅͑̆̋̊͛̃͑̀̆̀͌̎͋̏̑̑̒̀͂̋̑̆̾͛̈́̉̓͊͊͐̈́̇̏̄͘͘̕̕̕͘̕͝n̷̨̢̧̧̨̡̨̛̜͔͇͍͍̦̫͈̠̫̜̥̹̺̯̤̥̙̣͓̳͔͚͉̮͚͇̳̜̜̺͓͚̮̥̤̘̖̞͇̼̘̗̮̲̙̳̝̼͔̱̹̻͙̫͔͈̳̟̖̫̻̬̻̰̺̙̮̟̻̱͕͓̭̗̥͚̟̘̭̪͕̯͓̖̰͓̫͉̯̬̭̗̩̩̭̯͖̭̗̲̪̘͍̻̣͇͚͋̎̉͆̀̃̍́͒̊̅̄͋̐̔̍͒̽̏͌́̽̅̔̊́́̍͒̉́̉̅̾̈́̐͂̑̎͋̊̔̓̑̂͛̒͛͌̕̚͘͘̚͜͜͜͜͠͠ͅͅͅͅͅͅ ̷̢̡̨̡̧̣̤̣̻̙̯̪̤̭̠͇͈͕̼̤̻͔͎͙̜̬̳̪̳̟̲̘̭̲̠͕̗̥́̌́̈́͌̊́̍͒̂̅̔̀̔͆̓̈́̈̎͒̂̂̏͊͑̈͐̈́͒͊͐͘̕̚̕͘̚͜ͅe̴̢̡̧̨̛̯̟̭͇͖̠̙̼̱͔̳̣̠̞̺̪̖͖̼̬̙̳̙̤̰͚̲̥͓̐̿̆̄̍̈́͆̔͒́̍́͐̏͑͋͐̑͆̈́͘̚̚͘̕͘͜͝y̴̧̡̧̢̡̧̡̨̢̢̧̧̡̜͕̫͉̫̲̝̮̦̮̳̩̻͓̜̮̹͕̝͈̠͉͓̻͍͕̝͈͙̫̫͉͙̺̖̯͖̞͎͖̰̻͕̳̲̙̭̫͍͖̗͙̦̗̹̹̹̖͚̮̲͍̗̖̦̠̜͍̼͔͚̱̘͎̼͔͚̤͎͍̞̑͂́͐̈́͊͒̄̍͂̾͐̎͋̈̈́̾̀͆͐̋̐̀̓̈́͐͒̌̏̇̊̓̌͒̔̀̿̊̈͌͑̅͊̌̀͑͌͌̈͋́̄͌̑̔͛̽̈́̈́̎̃̑̈́̐͆̈̓͂̾̄͌̔́͑͊̍̀̓͗̀͆͑̿͆̐̉̒̈̍̎̀͊̄̿̅̋̅̊̕̕̕̕̚͜͝͠͠͝͠͠͝͝͠͝ͅe̷̢̧̛̛̯̹͖̗͚̱͖̣̦̟͖͕̩̯͈̝̥̯̺͕͕͎̫̲̗͔̾̌͗͊͌̐̿̊̆̾̈́͒́̊̕̚͜͝͠ͅļ̴̢̡̧̡̧̼̼̮̣̝̱̣͓̗͙̗̫̦̯̰͕̪̖̘̻͙͍͇̞̭̫͇̘̮̖͉͇̞͍̳̩̫̙̰͍̳̯̫̖̺̻̬͕̃̈́͛̓̓͌̒́́̄̊̈́̚̕͜ͅe̷̢̨̨̢̢̢̡̡̨̧̡̡̛̺̼̖̬̼̥͎̼̟̝̹̯̭̱̮̗͈̥̣̝̗̻̝̰̙͓̻̤͈̭̪̳̲̞̳̙̬͍̙̯͖͕̜̣̯̟̼͈͎̪̤͇̼̬͓̮̹̙̙͎͚̟͔̘̩̰͙̠̗̜͍͙̬̣͔̳̟̬͖͕͙̥̤̬̫̹̺̟̯̰̜̥͚̪̩͚̪͈͙͕͚̼̜̥̤͉͕̜͓̫͎̠̠̜̙̗̯͇͎̻̣̟͙̳̹̘̟̎̋̀̈́̑̊̎̎͊̐́̋̑̆̏̎̋͒͋̒̒́̏͐̓́̿̿̀̍͒͂̏̄̈́̅͑͑͆̓̓̑́́̈́̄̀̾̀̈̾̆͋̄̚̚̕͜͝͠͠ͅͅs̷̡̧̡̡̧̩͙̲̮̲̘̗̦͚̰̖͕͔͍̦͇̲͙̙̰̞͎̖̰̼̫͚̰̝̲̱̹̦͉̩̱͉͖̞̰͎̞͙͓̠͉̦̰̗̺̭͖̃̈̓̆̊̿̐͒̆̎̃͆͌̆̇̎͋̈́̋͊͑̉͆́̿͗̽̓͌͊͛̌̒̾͗͆̽́̎̒̈̍̈́͑̓̈́̓̃̀͊̋̿́̑̌̐͑͛̒̓̆̈́͒̔̔͆̈́̀̀͋̋͂̊̈́̐̾́̈́͊̀̒̔̈̌͐́͂͘͘̚̕̕̚̕͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅs̵̡̧̢̡̨̧̢̡̛͙̼̼͓͇͈̲̭͙̞̗͍̙̬͖̯͔̦͍͓̯̣͉͇͍̭̘͖̺̪̭̝͙̹͙̬̤͇̗͍̼̭̙͕͕͕̟̟̖̠͈̥͍̪̩̼͓͇̟͇͙̬̖͍̝̲̤̘͉͕̖̟͇̼̝̤̦̦̻̦̯̺̙̮͈͇̗̮̪̫̮͇̩͚͙̋̐̊̎̐͌̇̈́͂̏͋̎͑͗̈́̊̄̿͗̀̊͋̒͛̉̃͂̽͒̽̐̀̽̔͗̄̂̾̈́͐̃̄̀̎̽̾́̉͋̑̇͐̈̈́́͊͒͒̚͘̕̚̚̚̕͜͜͠͠͠͝͝͝͝ͅͅ ̶̡̢̡̧̧̛̦̰̻̦̱̠̠̩͓̳̬̠̻̘̲̙̂́̂̉́̎͒̏͑̀̓̾̀̓́̎̍̾͛̅́͊͗̐̌̂͊͌͊̒̈́̄̏̾̆̄̓͒̓̈́͌̆̎̈̎́͊̋͋͘͜͜͠͝͠͝ͅͅă̶̛̛̗͈̙̰̤͌͛̓͆͌̿̃̎̆́̉̈́̂̿̑̉̌̈́̋͆͒́͑͗͛̽͆̑̍͋̈́̀͊̒̈̎͑̀̍̀̐̑̽̑̏̇̓̽͐́̓̕̕͘͝͝͝b̷̛͐͊̅̿͐͗̕ger of the end of time.
@iya1506
the one dislike is from one of the bugs in rio romeo's piano
@exboyfriend524
HHHHHAHAHAHA
@loveadamesmer
Damn they must’ve had a couple of them
@kurt3957
apparently they're 20 now
@angelsxoxo8405
i'm ur 1k like 😌
@loveadamesmer
@@angelsxoxo8405 I disliked it and then liked it so that make me the 1k like😼😼
@becca2644
I like the part in between 00:00 and 2:59
@motheroffrogs77
so good, isnt it!
@_sophie_9161
Ah same
@Slaughter-kv3bu
same