Aspie Theme Songs?

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Dream Theater - Solitary Shell

He seemed no different from the rest
Just a healthy normal boy
His mama always did her best
And he was daddy's pride and joy

He learned to walk and talk on time
But never cared much to be held
And steadily he would decline
Into his solitary shell

As a boy he was considered somewhat odd
Kept to himself most of the time
He would daydream in and out of his own world
But in every other way he was fine

He's a monday morning lunatic
Disturbed from time to time
Lost withing himself
In his solitary shell

A temporary catatonic
Madman on occasion
When will he break out
Of his solitary shell

He struggled to get through his day
He was helplessly behind
He poured himself onto the page
Writing for hours at a time

As a man he was a danger to himself
Fearful and sad most of the time
He was drifting in and out of sanity
But in every other way he was fine

He's a monday morning lunatic
Disturbed from time to time
Lost within himself
In his solitary shell

A temporary catatonic
Madman on occasion
When will he break out
Of his solitary shell

I like this one. "Let Me Be", performed by the Turtles, written by P.F. Sloan

Please don't mistake me or try to make me
The shadow of anybody else
I ain't the him or her you think I am
I'm just trying hard to be myself
Though society's goal is to be part of the whole
That may sound good to you, not to me


Let me be, let me be
To think like I want to
Let me be, let me be
That's all I ask of you
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be


Don't try to plan me or understand me
I can't stand to be understood
I could never give in to or ever live up to
Being like you think I should
I've got some inner need that I'm tryin' to heed
I can't take hand-me-down destiny

Don't try to change me or rearrange me
To satisfy the selfishness in you
I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day
And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move
I'm sorry I ain't the fool you thought would play by your rules
A to-each-is-own philosophy

I like the Flying Dutchman (most of the opera, mind you)

Damned to wander the world until the judgement of christ, very appropiate for myself. Liked it even before I knew what the hell they were singing (its all in german) but it strikes a vibe in myself.

Pick up the Lost Alone CD from Mind In A Box. It will change your life.
The only track I dislike is the first one, but after that, it really is another story.

Mr. Roboto, by Styx. It could have reminded me not to give in:

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM
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.
Somewhere to hide, to keep me alive.

I'm not a robot, without emotion, 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 savior, forget what you know
I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control
...

ACG

The chorus of the beatles' Eleanor Rigby:

"All these lonely people
where do they all com from?
All these lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Aaahhh, look at all these lonely people"

I like this one. It's called Songs of Love. I have the Ben Folds version. I don't know if he wrote it though, I'm pretty sure it's a cover.

I only know part of the chourus and the first verse of this song, but it is funny and relevant to aspies.

("---" denotes unknown line)

Friday night i crashed the party,
Saturday i said i'm sorry,
Sunday came, i smashed it up again,

---,
---,
---,

---,
---,
---,

---,
But i made it home alive,
And now everybody thinks that i'm insane!

You may be right,
I may be crazy,
But it just may be a lunatic you're lookin' for,
Turn out the lights,
---,
You may be wrong, for all i know, you may be right!

That's all i know. A bard's job is so hard... i prefer outright wizardry anyways...

Archmage

Archmage, that is "You May be Right" by Billy Joel. Someone evry close to me said that song reminded them of me. Im gonna have to listen to that again. Been a long time...

my nomination goes to a song by Poison The Well Called Artists Rendering Of me

With all my said unsaids , never swallow the idea of a happy ending
Another days memory dies
As I'm made to smile ,these lifeless days have left me with an empty heart
another wounded memory dies.
I could never swallow your false ideals of a lifeless happy ending
how could words slit wrists and doors close?
present day heart felt moments killed by a slap to the hand
another wounded memory dries
poisonous screams with messages not thought of when released
another day here
another memory dies

This is a fairly obscure song from John Linnell, of TMBG fame, its off a side project he did called state songs. All though the songs have nothing to do with states...

Pink Floyd: "Comfortably Numb"

I love that song. By the way I joined your Sisters forum - haven't had chance to have a proper browse yet, but very cool.