Songs that resonate with you AS-wise

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"New Soul" by Yael Nim

The Israeli girl singer's song was made famous in the US by being used in some TV commercial (forget the product).

The narrator is a hapless character (like a space alien fallen to Earth) trying to learn how to survive "in this crazy world", but still "makes every possible mistake".


"Half a Day's Gone and We Haven't Earned a Dime" by Kenny Lynch

Old School funk from circa 1980. The title alone makes one of my favorite songs.

BLEEDING RAINBOW - "Waking Dream"

Everything that I dream
I wanna see in front of me
Please take me away,
I know I can sleep when it's over

Sunshine is all I see
Life running over me
I've found everything I need
And now I can dream

Walk a little more
Until we find what we're looking for
I'm alive in this place
I only feel love
I do not hate

Sunshine is all I see
Life running over me
I've found everything I need
And now I can dream

Sometimes I never want to hear the things I've heard before
I'll take a trip to find a way to risk it
Life is such a bore
And when I come back I'll be ageless as before

Never met so many people
I'm awake and I feel
Too far gone
Tired of this noise around me
This sound is all I ever hear
So i escape, away from this place
It's not too late

Sunshine is all I see
Life running over me
I've found everything I need
And now I can dream

Sometimes I never want to hear the things Ive heard before
I'll take a trip to find a way to risk it
Life is such a bore
And when I come back I'll be ageless as before

The classic French ballad from the 1960's by Françoise Hardy: 'Tous les garçons et les filles'.

- about someone who sees her peers finding love and making plans for the future so easily, while she can't work out how to do it.
(It's also available in English as 'Find me a boy')

Mother Mother - Get Out the Way

Hey, there's something in the way
Oh, it's just me and my brain
Look, there's an elephant in the room
I know, I'll make a piano and play a little tune
And I'll write the perfect song for the perfect day
Might take a little time before my song gets played

Just get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out the way, get out the way
Just get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out the way, get out the way

There's spit on my face
The hot breath of the human race
And I know, I know, I'm supposed to integrate
But hows about instead I inch away?

Just get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out the way, get out the way
Just get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out the way, get out the way

I'm not anti-social
I'm just tired of the people
And I'm fine with rolling solo
So get out

Just get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out the way, get out the way
Just get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out
Get out the way, get out the way, get out the way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNMwKmgMicc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czKdxlj0vbE

Creed "Whats this life for"
Creed "With arms wide open"
Pearl Jam "Jeremy"
The Corrs "When he is not around"

"Let It Go" is motivatonal as well.

Misfits by Shinedown

The Professionals 1-2-3

You don't know if I'm a berk
And you don't care if I go to work
As long as I keep marching up and down
Up and down your parade ground
What's the use in saying what you mean?
Just wash yourself and keep your body clean
I know I've got a dirty face
I know I'm looking out of place
I know I've got mess on my shoes
What am I supposed to do?
And it's one, I'm on the run
And it's two, I don't know what I've done
And it's three, you're telling me
I'm still a baby
What am I doing standing here
Trying to be a brigadier?
You're telling me to be a man
Why can't you just understand?
What's the use in saying what you mean?
Just wash yourself and keep your body clean
I know I've got a dirty face
I know I'm looking out of place
I know I've got mess on my shoes
What am I supposed to do?
And it's one, I'm on the run
And it's two, I don't know what I've done
And it's three, you're telling me
I'm still a baby, a baby, a baby, a baby
And it's one, I'm on the run
And it's two, I don't know what I've done
And it's three, you're telling me
I'm still a baby.

I'm pretty sure "Creep" by both Stone Temple Pilots and Radiohead (different songs, same name) are pretty good examples.

"Think you're kinda neat then she tells me I'm a creep
Friends don't mean a thing guess I'll leave it up to me"

and then,

"But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here."

No Doubt - Greener Pastures

Nine Inch Nails - All the Love in the World

Ashlee Simpson - Outta My Head (Ay ya ya)

Limp - Bag Lunch

A lot of Queen Adreena's songs - "Sleepwalking," "Childproof," "Birdnest Hair." Most of Katie Jane Garside's lyrics resonate really powerfully with me, and have for years, but it's interesting now in the wake of my recent self-diagnosis - particularly when watching her interviews. It's sad because the comments on youtube or so cruel - that she's crazy/on drugs/embarrassing to watch. Because she has a hard time articulating herself, and looks everywhere but at the person she's talking to, and will fidget and touch her face and hair and gesticulate strangely... Sound familiar? I don't know if she actually has Asperger's or some form of autism, as it's never been stated anywhere, but, whatever it is, the way she channels herself into her music and stage performances is really beautiful.

Also, I've been listening to Aesop Rock's 'Impossible Kid' album a lot recently. Not Asperger's related, exactly, but... dealing with depression, isolation, not quite fitting in. It can get a little heavy, and a lot personal, but it never feels hopeless, and he's actually pretty hilarious - in a wry, dark sort of way. I recommend anyone on here who likes hip hop at all give it a listen.

Just warming up. I'll have more.

About my inability to express how I feel and being tongue-tied:
Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease
Extended Remix

Any time someone asks what Asperger's feels like to me...



No, it's not a happy song. It does describe the sort of struggle I go through with autism on a daily basis though. When I've said I make war on it, I meant it.

Awesome song, though.