Music that describs the AS expirence

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Maybe it's just me, but Jellybones by the Unicorns I love that song.
And, Is There Something I Should Know? by Duran Duran

also, Horror Show by the Birthday Massacre:

They're getting ugly
They're a horror show
And now we're laughing
Because they'll never know
That they have everything
We give them all of our own
And they tell us they're sick and they're all alone

They make fools of us together but we always think of them
All their laughing and their talking and their wasting of our time
And it always hurts to see them now that everything is different
We don't like to see their eyes cause they will never look the same

They shut the door
We fell far behind
We try forgivenes
But they cross the line
And now the moment has passed
And we can't rewind
We are dead long before we run out of time

They make fools of us together but we always think of them
All their laughing and their talking and their wasting of our time
And it always hurts to see them now that everything is different
We don't like to see their eyes cause they will never look the same.

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(If you have a little depression with your autism)

"Mad World" - Tears for Fears

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it 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
'Cos I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
Made to 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 knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me...

Paranoid android(RadioHead) is the first thing that comes to mind. But I think this may be more my general experience with AS then anything else. I've seen a few that almost certainly fit it better.

Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's this? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)
What's this? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)

When I am king, you will be first against the wall
with your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's this? (I may be paranoid, but no android)
What's this? (I may be paranoid, but no android)

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking, squealing, gucci little piggy
You don't remember
You don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head, man
Off with his head, man
Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does...

Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me

That's it sir
You're leaving
The crackle of pigskin
The dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
The panic, the vomit
The panic, the vomit
God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!

Edit:grammar was a tad strange.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r70UpNT_ZUc[/youtube]

Anything by Steve Reich.

Ozzy Osbourne - I don´t want to change the world

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adGLPQ619uU[/youtube]
Basically the chorus
"I don't wanna change the world
I don't want the world to change me"

"Got Me Wrong" by Alice In Chains to a degree...


Yeah, it goes away
All of this and more of nothing in my life
No colored clay
Individuality not safe

As of now, I bet you've got me wrong
So unsure, you run from something strong

I can't let go
Threadbare tapestry unwinding slow
Feel a tortured brain
Show your belly, like you want me, too

As of now, I bet you've got me wrong
So unsure, we reach for something strong
I haven't felt like this in so long
Wrong, in a sense, too far gone from love
That don't last forever
Something got to turn out right

You sugar taste
Sweetness doesn't often touch my face
Stay, if you please
You may not be here when I leave.

1 Crush By Garbage (the original not the watered down remix for Romeo & Juliet)

I would die for you
I would die for you
I've been dying just to feel you by my side
To know that you're mine

I will cry for you
I will cry for you
I will wash away your pain with all my tears
And drown your fear

I will pray for you
I will pray for you
I will sell my soul for something pure and true
Someone like you

See your face every place that I walk in
Hear your voice every time I am talking
You will believe in me
And I will never be ignored

I will burn for you
Feel pain for you
I will twist the knife and bleed my aching heart
And tear it apart

I will lie for you
Beg and steal for you
I will crawl on hands and knees until you see
You're just like me

Violate all The love that I'm missing
Throw away all the pain that I'm living
You will believe in me
And I can never be ignored

I would die for you
I would kill for you
I will steal for you
I'd do time for you
I would wait for you
I'd make room for you
I'd sail ships for you
To be close to you
To be a part of you
'Cause I believe in you
I believe in you
I would die for you.

"My Give-Damb's Busted" by Joe Diffie

The only country song I've been able to come across that could describe AS. I hate contry and I think it's because I could never really relate to any songs like I can rap and metal.

"Square Dance" by Eninem (maybe)

"Tearing Away" by Drowning Pool

I mostly feel this way: Styx - Mr. Roboto

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5jlYL33x8s[/youtube]

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Mata ah-oo hima de
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Himitsu wo shiri tai

You're wondering who I am-machine or mannequin
With parts made in Japan, I am the modren man

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain I.B.M.
So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone, and somewhere to hide
To keep me alive-just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive

I'm not a robot without emotions-I'm not what you see
I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a saviour, forget what you know
I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control
Beyond my control-we all need control
I need control-we all need control

I am the modren man, who hides behind a mask
So no one else can see my true identity

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For doing the jobs that nobody wants to
And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For helping me escape just when I needed to
Thank you-thank you, thank you
I want to thank you, please, thank you

The problem's plain to see: too much technology
Machines to save our lives. Machines dehumanize.

The time has come at last
To throw away this mask
So everyone can see
My true identity...
I'm Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy!

Many songs by John Frusciante relate to AS to me.
For example:

Time Tonight

For changing lines, I've got no time tonight
In these times the wind surpasses the tide
When the wakeup's hard to find
Dreams make up for your life

This crazy shine it never lets you die
Growing up we become what we want
Again the moon rises up too high
And we don't see the sky

Wonder what it is that makes the world turn slower
Wonder what it is that makes me feel so mad
Everyone that talks to me I so wish wouldn't
I wouldn't even care except I feel so bad, I feel so bad

Why is there no one in my life?
Time, there's no time tonight
Wide, there's no room to see wide
Time, there's no time tonight

A Firm Kick

A firm kick in the pants
This last chance
To get things right
This was one time I
Closed an eye
Looked away from you

Look out for yourself tonight
Sometimes I have to get things right

I never meant what I said to you
Give up all the things that you love to do
I'd never guess that you'd do me wrong
I'll never accept that dance and song

A little time to adjust
Would be just
What we need
I meant to tell you what I think
That you think
When I cross your mind

Forgone, stressed at the light
What's wrong with being uptight

I never say what I intend to
But does it mean that much to you
I'd a close call with a glitch in time
Are you really that happy to be mine?

No, I'm not disguising all that fighting
And dreams not coming true

I will play some light from the sun, the world by my side
And I will see dawn as a forlorn maiden in the sky
And I will play a song of thunder you may recognise
You make a never, that's forever knowing what you deny

When I revisit the past
It's a blast
I just gotta move on
I just let down someone
I relied on
And I don't see why

How'd we pretty up that speech?
MC talkin' through me

I never done what I set out to do
Don't come to me 'cause I'll run from you
Left out of life, would I really care?
Not a whole lot, there's nothing for me there

I'll never forget the limits that we set
Back when it was our moon
And I never made the pretence of living with a good sense
It's really not my strong suit

I'm Not Like Everybody Else - The Kinks

I won't take all that they hand me down,
And make out a smile, though I wear a frown,
And I won't take it all lying down,
'Cause once I get started I go to town.

'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

And I don't want to ball about like everybody else,
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else,
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,
'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

But darling, you know that I love you true,
Do anything that you want me to,
Confess all my sins like you want me to,
There's one thing that I will say to you,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else
And I don't want to ball about like everybody else,
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else,
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,
'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

Like everybody else,
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else,
Like everybody else.

If you all want me to settle down,
Slow up and stop all my running 'round,
Do everything like you want me to,
There's one thing that I will say to you,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.
And I don't want to ball about like everybody else,
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else,
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,
'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.

Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else (like everybody else),
Like everybody else.

The One and Only by Chesney Hawkes

I am the one and only, oh yeah

Call me, call me by my name or call me by number
You put me through it
I'll still be doing it the way I do it
And yet, you try to make me forget
Who I really am, don't tell me I know best
I'm not the same as all the rest

I am the one and only
Nobody I'd rather be
I am the one and only
You can't take that away from me

I've been a player in the crowd scene
A flicker on the big screen
My soul embraces one more in a million faces
High hopes and aspirations, and years above my station
Maybe but all this time I've tried to walk with dignity and pride

I am the one and only
Nobody I'd rather be
I am the one and only
You can't take that away from me

I can't wear this uniform without some compromises
Because you'll find out that we come
In different shapes and sizes
No one can be myself like I can
For this job I'm the best man
And while this may be true
You are the one and only you

I am the one and only
Nobody I'd rather be
I am the one and only
You can't take that away from me

I am the one and only
Nobody I'd rather be
I am the one and only
You can't take that away from me

I have a song called "Autist" which can be listened to here: http://myspace.com/experimenthaywire

The lyrics:

don't understand your social cues
your petty signals pick and choose
your non-verbal communication
i'm in my own world limitation
watching the rest of them
walking away
obsessive interests
social decay

i'm on the spectrum!
don't wannabe a neurotypical sheep
examine the spectrum!
why should i sit and watch you sleep? (X2)

i'm on the spectrum!
an alternative way of viewing it all
dissecting the spectrum!
why should i answer humanity's call? (X4)

don't understand your hidden speak
who are you to call me weak?
failing to connect with norms
unable to fill out forms
filling out my own design
watching every group resign
standing up without my feet
marching to a different beat

i'm on the spectrum!
an alternative way of viewing it all
dissecting the spectrum!
why should i answer humanity's call
why should i answer humanity's call?

Pink Floyd - Keep Talking

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aNugsnUuIs[/youtube]
[computer voice]
For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals
Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination
We learned to talk

[sung]
There's a silence surrounding me
I can't seem to think straight
I'll sit in the corner
And no one can bother me
I think I should speak now
(Why won't you talk to me?)
I can't seem to speak now
(You never talk to me)
My words won't come out right
(What are you thinking?)
I feel like I'm drowning
(What are you feeling?)
I'm feeling weak now
(Why won't you talk to me?)
But I can't show my weakness
(You never talk to me)
I sometimes wonder
(What are you thinking?)
Where do we go from here
(What are you feeling?)

[computer]
It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking

Why won't you talk to me?
You never talk to me
What are you thinking?
What are you feeling?

(Why won't you talk to me?)
I feel like I'm drowning
(You never talk to me)
You know I can't breathe now
(What are you thinking?)
We're going nowhere
(What are you feeling?)
We're going nowhere...