Joined: 6 May 2023 Age: 29 Gender: Male Posts: 87 Location: Israel
24 May 2023, 7:04 pm
Sometimes, I have encountered music which described me well and described many other autistic people well. For example, a song called Eyes of the World by the metal band Stratovarius. Can you listen to the song and explain what you think, if you liked how it might describe you as a person different than the rest of the world? Here's the song. Thanks.
Song words:
Everywhere I go I see people staring at me It makes me feel so strange Why won't they just leave me be So take a look in the mirror And maybe you'll see all the things that happened While you were looking at me Am I really so different In the Eyes of the world You are no different to me In the Eyes of the world Is it so hard to see now
Joined: 25 Nov 2022 Age: 30 Gender: Non-binary Posts: 1,263 Location: USA
24 May 2023, 9:52 pm
Most of the songs I can think of that may be autism-related are just about executive dysfunction
Here's one:
Whoa oh, I've been banging my head against the wall Whoa oh, for so long it seems I knocked it down Yeah, it got knocked down Whoa oh, and the heating bill went through the roof Whoa oh, and the wall I knocked down was the proof That my landlord needed to kick me out
I got evicted now I'm living on the street My spirits lifted, oh wait, that wasn't me Too many turns have turned out to be wrong This time I learned that, I knew it all along When car crashes occur then I'll be what you were When I see what I should, when I see that it's good
That it's good To experience the bittersweet To taste defeat then brush my teeth Experience the bittersweet To taste defeat then brush my teeth
'Cause I struggle with forward motion I struggle with forward motion We all struggle with forward motion 'Cause forward motion is harder than it sounds
Well every time I gain some ground I gotta turn myself around again It's harder than it sounds Well every time I gain some ground I gotta turn myself around again
edit: One more:
Relient K is a neurodivergent mood tbh (for me, at least)
Well I found a list of flaws, That I saw in myself and other people, And I threw it away because, Bon Voyage Isn't it nice to know, that the lining is silver. (hey!) Isn't it nice to know, that we're golden. Oh! Isn't it nice to know, that the lining is silver. Isn't it nice to know, that we're golden.
_________________ ASD, most likely have dyscalculia & BPD as well. Also dx'd ADHD-C, but don't think it's accurate. RAADs: 104 | ASQ: 30 | Aspie Quiz: 116/200 (84% probability of being atypical)
Also diagnosed with: seasonal depression, anxiety, OCD
Joined: 25 Nov 2022 Age: 30 Gender: Non-binary Posts: 1,263 Location: USA
24 May 2023, 11:00 pm
How about this one? The artist, Adam Young (Owl City) is autistic, too!
When did the sky turn black? And when will the light come back? We all suffer but we recover Just to discover life where we all are
I fought all through the night Oh oh, but I made it alive The sun's starting to rise Oh oh, these are beautiful times This fight of my life is so hard, so hard, so hard But I'm gonna survive Oh oh, these are beautiful times This fight of my life is so hard, so hard, so hard But I'm gonna survive Oh oh, these are beautiful times
_________________ ASD, most likely have dyscalculia & BPD as well. Also dx'd ADHD-C, but don't think it's accurate. RAADs: 104 | ASQ: 30 | Aspie Quiz: 116/200 (84% probability of being atypical)
Also diagnosed with: seasonal depression, anxiety, OCD
Joined: 25 Aug 2013 Age: 66 Gender: Male Posts: 34,454 Location: Long Island, New York
25 May 2023, 4:51 am
I started a joke Which started the whole world crying But I didn't see That the joke was on me, oh no I started to cry Which started the whole world laughing Oh, if I'd only seen That the joke was on me I looked at the skies Running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed Hurting my head from things that I'd said 'Til I finally died Which started the whole world living Oh, if I'd only seen That the joke was on me I looked at the skies Running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed Hurting my head from things that I'd said 'Til I finally died Which started the whole world living Oh, if I'd only seen, oh yeah That the joke was on me, oh no That the joke was on me Oh, no, no, no
Don't wanna talk anymore I'm obsessed with silence I go home and I lock my door I can hear the sirens I see buildings and bars from the window And I listen to the wind blow I see people and cars covered in gold And I'm happy to be on my own Hard like a rock, cold like stone White like a diamond, black like coal Cut like a jewel, yeah I repair myself When you're not there Solitaire Something you consider rare I don't wanna be compared, (yeah) With that cheap shimmer and glitter Solitaire I'm in love with the ice-blue grey skies of England I'll admit all I wanna do is get drunk and silent Watch my life unfold all around me Like a beautiful garden I see flowers so tall, they surround me Oh, my heart, it became so hardened Hard like a rock, cold like stone White like a diamond, black like coal Cut like a jewel, yeah I repair myself When you're not there Solitaire Something you consider rare I don't wanna be compared, (yeah) With that cheap shimmer and glitter Solitaire And all the other jewels around me They astounded me at first I covered up my heart in boundaries And all the fakes they called me cursed But I'm not cursed, I'm not cursed I was just covered in dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt Solitaire Something you consider rare I don't wanna be compared, With that cheap shimmer and glitter Solitaire Hmm, solitaire Hmm, solitaire Hmm, (solitaire) (Hmm, solitaire)
Beautiful song also.
Something feels so strange tonight It's not wrong but it's just not right Some hidden complications, fill me with hesiatation and it gets so dark in here I can't see through doubts and fears Walled in by expectation, I need a deviation Change in perspective, alternateive view To help me see clearly, observe something new All I want is a window to look through All I need is a window to look through It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway All I want is a window to look through All I need is a window to look through It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway outside the world's so dangerous It's hard to find someone to trust Fills me with reservation drives me into hibernation I watch what's going on But I don't want to belong Leave me in my introspection Safely behind protection All I want is a window to look through All I need is a window to look through It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway All I want is a window to look through All I need is a window to look through It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway looking through windows at the world Looking through windows at the world Safe behind windows from the world Safe behind windows from the world Watching my window world go by Just watching my window world go by Without my window who am I Without my window who am I All I want is a window to look through All I need is a window to look through It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway All I want is a window to look through All I need is a window to look through It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway All I want All I want is a window to look through All I want All I need is a window to look through All I need It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway All I want is a window to look through All I need is a window to look through It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway
_________________ Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013 DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity
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“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman
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25 May 2023, 9:24 pm
A winter's day In a deep and dark December I am alone Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
I've built walls A fortress deep and mighty That none may penetrate I have no need of friendship Friendship causes pain It's laughter and it's loving I disdain
Don't talk of love I've heard the word before It's sleeping in my memory I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died If I never loved, I never would have cried
I have my books And my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armour Hiding in my room safe within my womb I touch no one and no one touches me I am a rock I am an island
And a rock feels no pain And an island never cries
_________________ And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
24 May 2023, 7:04 pm
