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I'm Dorian and I use the pronouns he/him.

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(upbeat music) (audience applauds) ("Toy Boy") ♪ I'm a wind-up toy in an up-down world ♪ ♪ If you leave me all alone I'll make a mess for sure ♪ ♪ I've a heart of gold in the smallest size ♪ ♪ Leave me in the dark, you never hear me cry ♪ ♪ More than an illustration ♪ ♪ I've got points of articulation ♪ ♪ Come to life on a brass spring ♪ ♪ Such a wonderful plaything ♪ ♪ It's a cruel cross that I have to bear ♪ ♪ If you come a little close I'm going to pull your hair ♪ ♪ More than just a toy in a patched blue suit ♪ ♪ Hold me in your arms, I'm just a boy like you ♪ ♪ But your momma thought there was something wrong ♪ ♪ Didn't want you sleeping with a boy too long ♪ ♪ It's a serious thing in a grown-up world ♪ ♪ Maybe you'd be better with a Barbie girl ♪ ♪ You knew that I adored ya ♪ ♪ But you left me in Georgia ♪ ♪ Toys are not sentimental ♪ ♪ How could I be for rental ♪ ♪ She's the meanest hag that has ever been ♪ ♪ She pulled out my insides with an old safety pin ♪ ♪ I'm the sorest sight, now I feel like trash ♪ ♪ My clothes are made of rags and they don't even match ♪ ♪ So she dressed me up as the man she loved ♪ ♪ And threw me in a box when she had had enough ♪ ♪ Now the light of day I no longer see ♪ ♪ She stuck her voodoo pins where my eyes used to be ♪ ♪ Accidentally tragic ♪ ♪ Victim of her black magic ♪ ♪ I had a boy once who loved me ♪ ♪ Now he's so afraid of me ♪ ♪ On a long lost day, when you're gray and old ♪ ♪ You'll be there remembering your old toy boy ♪ ♪ When your only son's wondering what to be ♪ ♪ Tell him the story of a boy like me ♪ (audience applauds) ("Underwater") ♪ Bursting through a blood red sky, a slow landslide ♪ ♪ And the world I've left behind ♪ ♪ It's enough to lose your head, disappear ♪ ♪ And leave it all behind ♪ ♪ When I fall to my feet wearin' my heart on my sleeve ♪ ♪ All I see just don't make sense ♪ ♪ You are the port of my call, you shot and leavin' me raw ♪ ♪ Now I know you're amazing ♪ ♪ 'Cause all I need is the love you breathe ♪ ♪ Put your lips on me and I can live ♪ ♪ Underwater, underwater, underwater ♪ ♪ I can breathe underwater ♪ ♪ Flying through a bright blue sky with a space boy high ♪ ♪ From the world I've left behind ♪ ♪ It's enough to lose your head, disappear ♪ ♪ And not be seen again ♪ ♪ When I fall to my feet wearin' my heart on my sleeve ♪ ♪ All I see just don't make sense ♪ ♪ You are the port of my call, you shot and leavin' me raw ♪ ♪ Now I know you're amazing ♪ ♪ 'Cause all I need is the love you breathe ♪ ♪ Put your lips on me and I can live ♪ ♪ Underwater, underwater, underwater ♪ ♪ I can breathe underwater ♪ ♪ I can live ♪ ♪ Underwater, underwater, I can live underwater ♪ ♪ With your love I can breathe, I can breathe underwater ♪ ♪ Underwater, underwater, I can live underwater ♪ ♪ With your love I can breathe, I can breathe ♪ ♪ Underwater ♪ ♪ With your love I can breathe, I can breathe ♪ ♪ Underwater ♪ (audience applauds) ("Boum Boum Boum") (singing in foreign language) (audience applauds) ("I Went to Hell Last Night") ♪ I went to Hell last night ♪ ♪ Followed you there, I was standing by your side ♪ ♪ The saddest thing I've ever seen ♪ ♪ Made me angrier than I've ever been ♪ ♪ But in the darkest place, a saving grace ♪ ♪ After all we've been through ♪ ♪ Though it kills me to say this ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in you ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ From the sun in the sky to the tears that we cry ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ From the dirt that you hold to your diamonds and gold ♪ ♪ I finally realized ♪ ♪ Just how lonely you have really been ♪ ♪ Why couldn't I see that before ♪ ♪ Is that why you let the devil in ♪ ♪ But in the darkest place, I will follow you ♪ ♪ Little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ From the sun in the sky to the tears that you cry ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ From the dirt that you hold to your diamonds and gold ♪ ♪ When you're dark and you're sad ♪ ♪ And your future's just as bad ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ When you're hurt and you're sour ♪ ♪ Even in your darkest hour ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ From the king to the fool to those back at school ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ Getting all your diamonds and gold ♪ ♪ And though you might not be in the finest company ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ Getting all your diamonds and gold ♪ ♪ When you're hurt and you're sour ♪ ♪ Even in your darkest hour ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything, oh ♪ ♪ Getting all your diamonds and gold ♪ ♪ From the wood in your chair to your long brown curly hair ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ Getting all your diamonds and gold ♪ ♪ And one day you will see part of you is part of me ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ Getting all your diamonds and gold ♪ ♪ And one day you will see part of you is part of me ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ ♪ Getting all your diamonds and gold ♪ ♪ And one day you will see that part of you is part of me ♪ ♪ There's a little bit of God in everything ♪ (audience applauds) ("Les baisers perdus") (singing in foreign language) (audience applauds) ("Blue") ♪ Blue is a feminine color ♪ ♪ Blue is deep and bold ♪ ♪ Blue is like no other ♪ ♪ As sacred as it's old ♪ ♪ Blue like the ocean's water ♪ ♪ But you're blue when it falls as rain ♪ ♪ Blue for your sons, not your daughters ♪ ♪ Blue not for pleasure but pain ♪ ♪ All this to say that it's okay ♪ ♪ No matter what life throws at you ♪ ♪ I will always love the blue in you ♪ ♪ I don't trust rainbows ♪ ♪ That are made by the sun ♪ ♪ For a friend of many ♪ ♪ Is a friend of none ♪ ♪ Coming out of nowhere ♪ ♪ But quick to end ♪ ♪ Like any other ♪ ♪ Fair-weather friend ♪ ♪ All this to say that it's okay ♪ ♪ No matter what life throws at you ♪ ♪ I will always love the blue in you ♪ ♪ Green is pretty useful too ♪ ♪ But not as deep and dark as blue ♪ ♪ Red like the flame that burns in you ♪ ♪ But the hottest part of it is blue ♪ ♪ Yellow beams its joyful power ♪ ♪ But bite a lemon, it tastes sour ♪ ♪ Why are humans cruel to you ♪ ♪ You faithful friend, you truthful blue ♪ ♪ All this to say that it's okay ♪ ♪ No matter what life throws at you ♪ ♪ I will always love the blue in you ♪ (audience applauds) ("Happy Endings") ♪ This is the way you left me, I'm not pretending ♪ ♪ No hope, no love, no glory, no happy ending ♪ ♪ This is the way that we love, like it's forever ♪ ♪ Then live the rest of our lives, but not together ♪ ♪ Wake up in the mornin', stumble on my life ♪ ♪ Can't get no love without sacrifice ♪ ♪ If anything should happen, I'd guess I wish you well ♪ ♪ A little bit of Heaven, but a little bit of Hell ♪ ♪ This is the hardest story that I've ever told ♪ ♪ No hope, or love, or glory ♪ ♪ Happy ending's gone ♪ ♪ And I, I feel as if I'm wasted ♪ ♪ And I, I'm wastin' every day ♪ ♪ This is the way you left me, I'm not pretending ♪ ♪ No hope, no love, no glory, no happy ending ♪ ♪ This is the way that we love, like it's forever ♪ ♪ Then live the rest of our lives, but not together ♪ ♪ Two o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind ♪ ♪ Can't get no rest, keep walking around ♪ ♪ If I pretend that nothing ever went wrong ♪ ♪ I can get to my sleep, I can think that we just carried on ♪ ♪ This is the hardest story that I've ever told ♪ ♪ No hope, or love, or glory ♪ ♪ Happy ending's gone ♪ ♪ And I, I feel as if I'm wasted ♪ ♪ And I, I'm wastin' every day ♪ ♪ And I, I feel as if I'm wasted ♪ ♪ This is the way you left me, I'm not pretending ♪ ♪ No hope, no love, no glory, no happy ending ♪ ♪ This is the way that we love, like it's forever ♪ ♪ Then live the rest of our lives, but not together ♪ ♪ Leave a little bit of love ♪ ♪ Leave a little bit of love ♪ ♪ Leave a little bit of love ♪ ♪ Love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Just a little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Leave a little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ And I, I'm wastin' every day ♪ ♪ Little bit of love, little bit of love ♪ ♪ This is the way you left me, I'm not pretending ♪ ♪ No hope, no love, no glory, no happy ending ♪ ♪ This is the way that we loved, like it's forever ♪ ♪ Then live the rest of our lives, but not together ♪ ♪ This is the way you left me, I'm not pretending ♪ ♪ No hope, no love, no glory, no happy ending ♪ (audience applauds) ("Origin of Love") ♪ Love is a drug and you are my cigarette ♪ ♪ Love is addiction and you are my Nicorette ♪ ♪ Love is a drug, like chocolate, like cigarettes ♪ ♪ I'm feeling sick, I've got to medicate myself ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I want your love, don't try and stop me ♪ ♪ Can't get enough, still hanging on me ♪ ♪ Your guilty heart, don't let it break you ♪ ♪ And if you pray, well, no one's gonna save you ♪ ♪ I gave you all that you feel and everything you hold dear ♪ ♪ Even the book in your pocket ♪ ♪ You are the sun and the light, you are the freedom I fight ♪ ♪ God will do nothing to stop it ♪ ♪ The origin is you ♪ ♪ You're the origin of love ♪ ♪ Love is a drug and you are my cigarette ♪ ♪ Love is addiction and you are my Nicorette ♪ ♪ Love is a drug, like chocolate, like cigarette ♪ ♪ I'm feeling sick, I got to medicate myself ♪ ♪ Well, if God is a priest and the devil is a slut ♪ ♪ There's a reason for love ♪ ♪ Like every word that you teach ♪ ♪ Like every word that you preach ♪ ♪ And every rule that we breach ♪ ♪ The origin is you ♪ ♪ From the air I breathe to the love I need ♪ ♪ Only thing that I know, you're the origin of love ♪ ♪ From the God above to the one I love ♪ ♪ Only thing that's true, the origin is you ♪ ♪ From the air I breathe to the love I need ♪ ♪ Only thing I know is you're the origin of love ♪ ♪ From the God above to the one I love ♪ ♪ Only thing that's true, the origin is you ♪ (singing in foreign language) ♪ Like stupid Adam and Eve, they found their love in a tree ♪ ♪ God didn't think they deserved it ♪ ♪ He taught them hate, taught them pride ♪ ♪ Gave them a leaf, made them hide ♪ ♪ Let's push their stories aside ♪ ♪ You know the origin is you ♪ ♪ From the air I breathe to the love I need ♪ ♪ Only thing I know is you're the origin of love ♪ ♪ From the God above to the one I love ♪ ♪ Only thing that's true, the origin is you ♪ ♪ From the air I breathe to the love I need ♪ ♪ Only thing I know is you're the origin of love ♪ ♪ From the God above to the one I love ♪ ♪ Only thing that's true, the origin is you ♪ ♪ Some love's a pill and some love is a candy cane ♪ ♪ It tastes so sweet but leaves you feeling sick with pain ♪ ♪ Your love is air, I breathe it in around me ♪ ♪ Don't know it's there but without it I'm drowning ♪ ♪ Love, you're the origin of love ♪ ♪ Little bit of love ♪ ♪ You're the origin of love, love, love, love ♪ ♪ Love, love, the origin of love ♪ ♪ Love, love, love, love, the origin of love ♪ ♪ Love, love, love, love, the origin of love ♪ ♪ Love, love, love, love, the origin of love ♪ ♪ Thank God that you found me ♪ ♪ Thank God that you found me ♪ ♪ I still thank God that you found me ♪ ♪ Thank God that you found me ♪ (audience applauds) ("Relax") ♪ Took a ride to the end of the line where no one ever goes ♪ ♪ Ended up on a broken train with nobody I know ♪ ♪ But the pain and the longing's the same when you're dyin' ♪ ♪ Now I'm lost, and I'm screaming for help ♪ ♪ Relax, take it easy ♪ ♪ For there is nothing that we can do ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Blame it on me or blame it ♪ ♪ It's as if I'm terrified ♪ ♪ It's as if I'm scared ♪ ♪ It's as if I'm playing with fire, scared ♪ ♪ It's as if I'm terrified, scared ♪ ♪ Are we playing with fire ♪ ♪ Oh, there is an answer to the darkest times ♪ ♪ It's clear we don't understand it ♪ ♪ But the last thing on our mind ♪ ♪ Is to leave you ♪ ♪ I believe that we're in this together ♪ ♪ Don't scream, there are so many roads ♪ ♪ Relax, take it easy ♪ ♪ For there is nothing that we can do ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Blame it on me or blame it ♪ ♪ Relax, take it easy ♪ ♪ For there is nothing that we can do ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Blame it on me or blame it ♪ ♪ It's as if I'm scared ♪ ♪ It's as if I'm terrified ♪ ♪ It's as if I'm scared ♪ ♪ It's as if I'm playing with fire, scared ♪ ♪ It's as if I'm terrified, scared ♪ ♪ I've been playing with fire ♪ (audience applauds) ("Elle me dit") (singing in foreign language) (audience applauds) ("Grace Kelly") ♪ Do I attract you ♪ ♪ Do I repulse you with my queasy smile ♪ ♪ Am I too dirty, am I too flirty ♪ ♪ Do I like what you like ♪ ♪ I could be wholesome, I could be loathsome ♪ ♪ A little bit shy ♪ ♪ Why don't you like me, why don't you like me ♪ ♪ Without making me try ♪ ♪ I tried to be like Grace Kelly ♪ ♪ But all her looks were too sad ♪ ♪ So I tried a little Freddie ♪ ♪ I've gone identity mad ♪ ♪ I could be brown, I could be blue, violet sky ♪ ♪ I could be hurtful, I could be purple, anything you like ♪ ♪ Gotta be green, gotta be mean, gotta be everything more ♪ ♪ Why don't you like me, why don't you like me ♪ ♪ Walk out the door ♪ ♪ How can I help it, how can I help it ♪ ♪ How can I help what you think ♪ ♪ Hello my baby, hello my baby, putting my life on my brink ♪ ♪ Why don't you like me, why don't you like me ♪ ♪ Like yourself ♪ ♪ Should I bend over, should I look older ♪ ♪ Just to be put on your shelf ♪ ♪ I tried to be like Grace Kelly ♪ ♪ But all her looks were too sad ♪ ♪ So I tried a little Freddie ♪ ♪ I've gone identity mad ♪ ♪ I could be brown, I could be blue, violet sky ♪ ♪ I could be hurtful, I could be purple, anything you like ♪ ♪ Gotta be green, gotta be mean, gotta be everything more ♪ ♪ Why don't you like me, why don't you like me ♪ ♪ Walk out the door ♪ ♪ Say what you want to satisfy yourself, hey ♪ ♪ But you only want what everybody else says you should want ♪ ♪ You want ♪ ♪ I could be brown, I could be blue, violet sky ♪ ♪ I could be hurtful, I could be purple, anything you like ♪ ♪ Gotta be green, gotta be mean, gotta be everything more ♪ ♪ Why don't you like me, why don't you like me ♪ ♪ Walk out the door ♪ ♪ I could be brown, I could be blue, violet sky ♪ ♪ I could be hurtful, I could be purple, anything you like ♪ ♪ Gotta be green, gotta be mean, gotta be everything more ♪ ♪ Why don't you like me, why don't you like me ♪ ♪ I could be brown, I could be blue, violet sky ♪ ♪ I could be hurtful, I could be purple, anything you like ♪ ♪ Gotta be green, gotta be mean, gotta be everything more ♪ ♪ Why don't you like me, why don't you like me ♪ ♪ Walk out the door ♪ ♪ I could be brown, I could be blue, violet sky ♪ ♪ I could be hurtful, I could be purple, anything you like ♪ ♪ Gotta be green, gotta be mean, gotta be everything more ♪ ♪ Why don't you like me, why don't you like me ♪ ♪ Walk out the door ♪ ♪ Ca-ching ♪ (audience applauds) ("Love Today") ♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪ ♪ Gonna love today, gonna love today ♪ ♪ I say, everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today ♪ ♪ Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to ♪ ♪ Love love me, love love me, love love ♪ ♪ I've been crying for so long ♪ ♪ Fighting tears just to carry on ♪ ♪ But now, but now it's gone away ♪ ♪ Hey, girl, why can't you carry on ♪ ♪ Is it 'cause you're just like your mother ♪ ♪ A little tight, like to tease for fun ♪ ♪ Well, you ain't gonna tease no other ♪ ♪ Gonna make you a lover ♪ ♪ Everybody's gonna love today, love today, love today ♪ ♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪ ♪ Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to ♪ ♪ Love love me, love love me, love ♪ ♪ Girl in the blue with the big bust on ♪ ♪ Big bust on, big bust on ♪ ♪ Wait 'til your momma and your papa's gone, papa's gone ♪ ♪ Momma, momma, papa ♪ ♪ Shock shock me, shock shock me, shock ♪ ♪ I said everybody's gonna love today ♪ ♪ Gonna love today, gonna love today ♪ ♪ Everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today ♪ ♪ Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to ♪ ♪ Love love me, love love me, love love ♪ ♪ Carolina sits on 95 ♪ ♪ Give her a dollar and she'll make you smile ♪ ♪ Hook her, book her, nook her, walk away ♪ ♪ Girl dresses like a kid for fun ♪ ♪ She licks her lips like there's something on them ♪ ♪ Tries to tell you life has just begun ♪ ♪ But you know she's getting something other ♪ ♪ Than the love from her mother ♪ ♪ Everybody's gonna love today, love today, love today ♪ ♪ Everybody's gonna love today ♪ ♪ Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to ♪ ♪ Love love me, love love me, love ♪ ♪ Girl in the blue with the big bust on ♪ ♪ Big bust on, big bust on ♪ ♪ Wait 'til your momma and your papa's gone, papa's gone ♪ ♪ Momma, momma, papa ♪ ♪ Shock shock me, shock shock me, shock ♪ ♪ I said, everybody's gonna love today ♪ ♪ Gonna love today, gonna love today ♪ ♪ Everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today ♪ ♪ Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to ♪ ♪ Love love me, love love me, love ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today ♪ ♪ I said everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today ♪ ♪ Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to ♪ ♪ Love love me, love love me, love love ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom da da di da di ♪ ♪ Doom ♪ (audience applauds) (speaking in foreign language) (audience applauds) (speaking in foreign language) (audience applauds) (speaking in foreign language) (audience applauds) (speaking in foreign language) (audience applauds) (speaking in foreign language) (audience applauds) (speaking in foreign language) (audience applauds) (speaking in foreign language) (audience applauds) (singing in foreign language) (calm music)