Photos by Artemis Haftendorn
Edited by Riley Alexandra Dedio

Warpaint

With blood, sweat and tears
Our cheeks are stained.
You think weakness? No,
This is Warpaint.

I was raised with the certain knowledge,
Of who I am and what I am owed.
To be part of man’s order and his vision toward her
And enjoy all the boons it bestowed.

To this day I do remember,
The wrongs that seemed perfectly fine.
For boys will be boys, so hush, not a noise,
It’s a man’s world and it would be mine.

In a moment of profound transition.
I beheld a splendid vision
Of what was to be, and always had been.
Full of beauty and love and pain and sin.

And thus I tore myself asunder.
As my womanhood, I claimed
And on that day perished all that I had cherished,
As I rose to don my Warpaint.

Now I am a woman in rebellion
And I have had enough of this shit.
Dreams and nightmares, call me hellion!
You’d best be afraid of it.

I may be still new to this party
But already had enough of your shit!
Dreams and nightmares, call me hellion!
You’d best be afraid of it.

I’ll take death over detransition,
But I won’t go gently or meek!
So fuck your advice, your scorn and your lies,
Of nothing but hatred they reek.

You thought to steal our souls and splendor,
Took patience for complete surrender.
You’ve gone too far, for legion we are,
And you made us don our paint of war.

You stand in our way at your peril,
As you look down on us from above.
We shall stoke the fire of your funeral pyre
And toast with a Cosmo-polotov!

And we’re far more than just women in rebellion
But all have had enough of this shit.
Dreams and nightmares, we are hellion
You’d best be afraid of it.

Every day, there’s more who join our rebellion
Because they have had enough of your shit.
Dreams and nightmares, we are hellion
You’d best be afraid of it.

All of us have bled and been broken
Our vengeance, we will see it through
Our fury shall break, our rage shall remake
This order of yours anew.

Here’s to the pick-me’s who turn on their kin
For trickle down spoils they never can win
Know where your place is, enjoy their embraces,
You bet your ass those leopards eat faces

In spite of you, we are fearless
And all of us tempered, untamed
Is that all that you’ve got? What’s a little more blood,
To those who have donned their Warpaint!

So come now and join us in this rebellion
If you’ve had had enough of this shit.
One big intersectional battalion.
They are fucking scared of it.

Woman up, be part of the rebellion
If you’ve had had enough of this shit.
One big intersectional battalion.
They are fucking scared of it.

Burn! Ashes!
Burn! Ashes!
Burn! Ashes!
Burn! Ashes!
Burn! Leave nothing but ashes!
Burn! Leave nothing but ashes!
Burn! Leave nothing but ashes!
Burn! Leave nothing but ashes!
Burn all the fascists leave nothing but ashes!
Burn all the fascists leave nothing but ashes!
Burn all the fascists leave nothing but ashes!
Burn all the fascists leave nothing but ashes!

Welcome, darlings, this is the rebellion
I know you’ve had enough of this shit.
One big intersectional battalion.
They are fucking scared of it.

Here’s to us all, here’s to rebellion,
We have had enough of your shit.
One big intersectional battalion.
They are fucking scared of it!

We are the future!
Forever unashamed!
And your sweet man blood,
Shall be our Warpaint!

Stills (c) Artemis Haftendorn

Taken at Flying Earrings live in concert at Bandhaus Leipzig on March 27th, 2025.

Music & Lyrics (c) OeA Music 2025, all rights reserved.