The Ultimate Asperger's Song

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I don't even LIKE this song, really, but this would be the theme song for me. You can tick off the symptomology line-by-line.

Avril Lavigne -- "My World"

Please tell me what has taken place
'Cause I can't seem to find a trace
Guess it must've got erased somehow (poor short-term memory)
Probably 'cause I always forget
Every time someone tells me their name--(difficulty recalling names)
It's always gotta be the same in my world (dislike of change)

Never wore cover-up (lack of regard for physical appearance/beauty standards)
Always beat the boys up (gender atypicality)
Grew up in a 5,000-population town
Made my money by cutting grass (preference for isolated activities)
Got fired by fried-chicken ass (difficulty maintaining employment)
All in a small town, Napanee

You know, I always stay up, without sleeping (sleep disturbances/difficulty falling asleep)
And think to myself
Where do I belong forever?
In whose arms, the time and place?

Can't help it if I space in a daze ("spacing out")
My eyes tune out the other way (poor eye contact)
I may switch off and go in a daydream (difficulty maintaining attention)
In this head, my thoughts are deep
Sometimes I can't even speak (verbal articulation challenges)
Will someone be, and not pretend (sense that neurotypicals are "false"/inauthentic/performing)
I'm off again in my world (social/intellectual/emotional isolation)

I never spend less than an hour
Washing my hair in the shower (rigid routines)
It always takes five hours to make it straight (perseveration)
So I'll braid it in a zillion braids
Though it may take all friggin' day
There's nothing else better to do anyway (few social commitments/perseveration/obsessive interests?)

When you're all alone, in the land of forever (maintains few friendships)
Lay under the Milky Way
On and on, it's getting too late now
I'm not in love, this time, this night (difficulty interpreting emotions?)

Can't help it if I space in a daze
My eyes tune out the other way
I may switch off and go in a daydream
In this head my thoughts are deep
Sometimes I can't even speak
Will someone be, and not pretend
I'm off again in my world

Take some time, mellow out
Party it up, but don't fall down (motor control issues/dyspraxia?)
Don't get caught, sneak out of the house

Can't help it if I space in a daze
My eyes turn out the other way
I may switch off and go in a daydream
In this head, my thoughts are deep
Sometimes I can't even speak
Will someone be, and not pretend
I'm off again in my world

I haven't read through the 4 pages here, will go back and do so and listen

my theme song is a pair from Nine inch Nails
the becoming & something i can never have
Renditions of both on the 2nd disc on halo 17 [still] are incredible.
And have seen both live at this point, they are extremely important to me.

OK, this is not exactly about living with Aspergers, but it perfectly illustrates how I wish people/friends would relate to me:

All I Really Want to Do (Bob Dylan)

I ain't lookin' to compete with you
Beat or cheat or mistreat you
Simplify you, classify you
Deny, defy or crucify you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you
Frighten you or tighten you
Drag you down or drain you down
Chain you down or bring you down
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

I ain't lookin' to block you up
Shock or knock or lock you up
Analyze you, categorize you
Finalize you or advertise you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

I don't want to straight-face you
Race or chase you, track or trace you
Or disgrace you or displace you
Or define you or confine you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

I don't want to meet your kin
Make you spin or do you in
Or select you or dissect you
Or inspect you or reject you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

I don't want to fake you out
Take or shake or forsake you out
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me
See like me or be like me
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

"I am a Rock" by Simon & Garfunkle

Not an AS song, but I feel this way a lot. Especially "what do they know that I don't know?"

Who Are These People by Trout Fishing in America

In the books that I've been reading,
they say exactly what they mean,
They don't say uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
They don't stutter, they don't mutter.
They don't repeat themselves.
They don't repeat themselves.
They know exactly what they're doing, they know why.
Who are these people? Where do they live?
They have so much to offer, they have so much to give.
Who are these people? What do they know that I don't know?
Who are they?
In the movies I've been watching, everyone's beautiful,
Unless they're ugly and then they're really ugly.
Acting like it all makes sense to be doing what they do,
They don't act anything at all like me and you.
Who are these people? Where do they live?
I haven't met them in my travels, never went to school with them.
Where are these keen minds with their perfect sentences,
Calm and collected, so full of confidence?
They're not sick unless they're dying,
They don't watch too much TV,
Their life's so action-packed that they may never get to sleep.
Who are these people? What do they know that I don't know?
Who are they?
Recycle perfumed pages of a glossy magazine.
Swim the random channels of remote control.
Run a music marathon on late night radio,
A family photo album of the people I don't know.
Who are these people? Where do they live?
I haven't met them in my travels, never went to school with them.
Where are these keen minds with their perfect sentences,
Calm and collected, so full of confidence?
Who are these people? What do they know that I don't know?
Who are they?

"Patterns" by Weird Al Yankovic

Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles, with John Lennon on lead vocals.

Just about any of Syd Barrett's songs, solo or with the Pink Floyd.

"Mad World" (Tears for Fears)

all around me are familiar faces
worn out places
worn out faces
bright and early for the daily races
going no where
going no where
their tears are filling up their glasses
no expression
no expression
hide my head i wanna drown my sorrow
no tomorrow
no tomorrow
and i find i kind of funny
i find it kind of sad
the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had
i find it hard to tell you
i find it hard to take
when people run in circles its a very very
mad world
mad world
children waiting for the day they feel good
happy birthday
happy birthday
and i feel the way that every child should
sit and listen
sit and listen
went to school and i was very nervous
no one knew me
no one new me
hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
look right through me
look right through me
and i find i kind of funny
i find it kind of sad
the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had
i find it hard to tell you
i find it hard to take
when people run in circles its a very very
mad world
mad world
enlarging your world
mad world

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzMNRL4seY[/YouTube]

I've been thinking about two. This is the first one.

"Stuck In The Middle With You" by Stealer's Wheel

Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
And I'm wondering what it is I should do,
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place,
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Well you started out with nothing,
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please.... Please.....

Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Well you started out with nothing,
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please.... Please.....

Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you,
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
Stuck in the middle with you.

I've been thinking about two. This is the second one.

"Theme From Midnight Cowboy (Everybody's Talking At Me)" by Harry Nilsson

Everybody's talking at me.
I don't hear a word they're saying,
Only the echoes of my mind.
People stopping staring,
I can't see their faces,
Only the shadows of their eyes.

I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Thru' the pouring rain,
Going where the weather suits my clothes,
Backing off of the North East wind,
Sailing on summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.

I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Thru' the pouring rain,
Going where the weather suits my clothes,
Backing off of the North East wind,
Sailing on summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone

"To the Moon and Back" by Savage Garden

"The World" is closer to the ulitimate song for me

This one

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbGur1dz9k&p=70ABB49164C53DE3&playnext=1&index=12[/youtube]