Song lyrics etc. that express the Asperger's world

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I'm going to cheat and offer you my own song I wrote and did a video for today on my phone at home (under lockdown)
I hope the lyrics will resonate with at least a few other adults on the spectrum who 'pass' as neurotypical

Nice song MrMensch. And nice video too

Thank you very much

What can I say - " Inside " (Ronnie Milsap)? " In My Room " (Beach Boys)?

"The Way I Feel" - Keane


Well they said you were a bright child
Never anything but joy behind your eyes
No sign of all the dark clouds
Spreading like volcanic dust over your blues skies

Now they're looking for an answer
Where the rot set in and set up the landslide

But it only makes it worse now
You're like a puzzle to be worked out

And it's the voices in your head now
Saying there's something wrong about the way I feel
A broken link, a missing part, a punctured wheel

And it's not what you're expecting
The way the world you built loves to cut you down
The way your head gets twisted
And you sit up all night trying to figure it out

And they say you've made your bed now
Don't you see you've brought it on yourself
And they say that you should move on
But you can't even get your shoes on

And it's the voices in your head now
Saying there's something wrong about the way I feel
A broken link, a missing part, a punctured wheel
It doesn't matter what you say now
It's like some vision in the stars that seems so real

The way I feel, the way I feel, the way I feel
The way I feel, the way I feel, the way I feel

And everyone else has got things sorted out
You stand on the edge talking to yourself
You're young, left behind and tangled up inside
And it's not what you're expecting
The way your head gets twisted

And it's the voices in your head now
(And it's the voices in your head now)
And it's the voices in your head now
Saying there's something wrong about the way I feel
A broken link, a missing part, a punctured wheel
It doesn't matter what you say now
It's like some vision in the stars that seems so real
The way I feel, the way I feel, the way I feel
The way I feel, the way I feel, the way I feel
The way I feel

One more. This one makes me sad but I can also relate to it.

"The Mute" - Radical Face

Well, as a child I mostly spoke inside my head
I had conversations with the clouds, the dogs, the dead
And they thought me broken, that my tongue was coated lead
But I just couldn't make my words make sense to them
If you only listen with your ears, I can't get in

And I spent my evenings pullin' stars out of the sky
And I'd arrange them on the lawn where I would lie
And in the wind I'd taste the dreams of distant lives
And I would dress myself up in them through the night
While my folks would sleep in separate beds and wonder why

And through them days I was a ghost atop my chair
My dad considered me a cross he had to bear
And in my head I'd sing apologies and stare
As my mom would hang the clothes across the line
And she would try to keep the empty from her eyes

So, then one afternoon I dressed myself alone
I packed my pillowcase with everything I owned
And in my head I said goodbye, then I was gone
And I set out on the heels of the unknown
So my folks could have a new life of their own
So that maybe I could find someone
Who could hear the only words that I'd known

I always felt "Quasimodo" by Lifehouse could express what it is like to be autistic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbz7H1H2cos

"You could be right
And I'll be real honesty
Won't be a pain
You'll have to feel
Cause I don't need
Your approval to find
My worth I've been trapped
Inside of my own
Mind afraid to open
My eyes to what I'd
Find I don't want to
Live like this anymore
There goes my pain there
Goes my chains did you
See them fall there
Goes this feeling that
Has no meaning there
Goes the world off
Of my shoulders there
Goes the world off of
My back there it goes
Does it scare you that
I can be something
Different than you
Would it make you
Feel more comfortable
If I wasn't you can't
Control me you can't
Take away from me who
I am have you ever felt
That your only comfort
Was your cage you're not
Alone I have felt the
Same as you have you ever
Felt like your secrets
Give you away you're not
Alone I have been there,
Too everyone is looking
And everybody is laughing
But I think everyone feels
The same everybody wants
To feel okay everybody
Wants to everybody wants
To feel 'cause you can't
Change me you can't break
Me there goes the world
Off of my shoulders there
Goes the world off of
My back 'cause
I don't want it"

Am I the fool on the hill, or are those millions / billions in the valley the fools?
When I'm alone on a hill my brain works the best.
This does not necessarily have to be a physical hill, metaphorical hills are also suitable for making all the puzzle pieces fall into place. When I was on a mountain recently in Waterloo I had such a magical moment, there were no direct jammers from my fellow homo sapiens that took me off the path. I was all alone on the hill for more than 15 minutes, not counting the Lion. After that fifteen minutes other people came up the mountain. They were friendly fun people greeting me with bonjour.
Nice people, but they made that I ended that verbal monologue I had been doing the fifteen minutes before. After some more photos and filming on the hill, the fool walked up the hill towards the valley with a Beatles song in mind.

For me, this song express it- being the awkward teen.

Prom Dress/ mxmtoon

I'm nearing the end of my fourth year
I feel like I've been lacking, crying too many tears
Everyone seemed to say it was so great
But did I miss out, was it a huge mistake?
I can't help the fact I like to be alone
It might sound kinda sad, but that's just what I seem to know
I tend to handle things usually by myself
And I can't ever seem to try and ask for help

I'm sitting here, crying in my prom dress
I'd be the prom queen if crying was a contest
Makeup is running down, feelings are all around
How did I get here? I need to know
I guess I maybe had a couple expectations
Thought I'd get to them, but no I didn't
I guess I thought that prom was gonna be fun
But now I'm sitting on the floor and all I wanna do is run

I keep collections of masks upon my wall
To try and stop myself from revealing it all
Affecting others is the last thing I would do
I keep to myself though I want to break through
I hold so many small regrets
And what-ifs down inside my head
Some confidence it couldn't hurt me
My demeanor is often misread

I'm sitting here, crying in my prom dress
I'd be the prom queen if crying was a contest
Makeup is running down, feelings are all around
How did I get here I need to know
I guess I maybe had a couple expectations
Thought I'd get to them, but no I didn't
I guess I thought that prom was gonna be fun
But now I'm sitting on the floor and all I wanna do is run
All I wanna do is run
All I wanna do is run
All I wanna do is run
I'm sitting here, crying in my prom dress
I'd be the prom queen if crying was a contest
Makeup is running down, feelings are all around
How did I get here I need to know
I guess I maybe had a couple expectations
Thought I'd get to them, but no I didn't
I guess I thought that prom was gonna be fun
But now I'm sitting on the floor and all I wanna do is run
All I wanna do is run

For social struggles:

Waving through a window - Ben Platt:
We start with stars in our eyes,
We start believing that we belong
But every sun doesn’t rise
And no one tells you where you went wrong.

For being proud:

This is me - Greatest Showman

I’m not scared to be seen
I make no apologies
This is me.

And a personal favorite, When you unlock a new special interest:

Upgrade - Be More Chill

And I wasn’t sure before, but now I wanna go all the way and more! So give me that Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade!