Do you find it hard to tell what a song is about?

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09 Nov 2015, 6:08 pm

I find songs extremely difficult to decipher. I have never found out what a song without searching the answer on the internet.

I also find it very difficult to understand what an episode of a TV show is about if things aren't explicitly stated, like emotions and what characters did.

I wonder if this has anything to my ASD. Do any of you relate to me?


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09 Nov 2015, 6:27 pm

Yes I often have to look up a song's meaning online so that I understand it completely.



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09 Nov 2015, 6:41 pm

I can't understand what a song is about most of the time, or hear the lyrics. I try to look up the meaning and lyrics sometimes aswell (even, then I might not understand :? ). You're not alone.



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09 Nov 2015, 6:47 pm

Same thing with me, I find it hard to understand what songs are about.



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09 Nov 2015, 6:51 pm

I didn't understand the lyrics, nor even listen for them, when I was a child.

Now, I have a basic understanding of lyrics. But I'd have to read a Bob Dylan song, rather than listen to it, in order to be able to understand it.



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09 Nov 2015, 7:10 pm

In most cases I would have to look up the lyrics online if I want to understand them.


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09 Nov 2015, 7:23 pm

All the time. Then I learned about Auditory Processing Disorder.



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10 Nov 2015, 12:59 am

Many times a song references something in the artists personal life so most people will not get it, or listeners mistakenly think the song is about something meaningful in thier life. Artists for the most part are happy a song has meaning to the listener. An exception is misinterpreting a political meaning.


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10 Nov 2015, 3:48 am

political meanings are easy for me to extract myself.

more often than not i find out the meaning via youtube comment sections.


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10 Nov 2015, 4:29 am

Some songs are easy for me to understand. But I usually read YouTube comments or look up song meanings on Google to understand what a song means.



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10 Nov 2015, 4:43 am

I can never derive the meaning of lyrics or poetry unless it's blatantly obvious/ comedic.

I also struggle with writing lyrics. I have plenty of songs that I haven't finished because I can't write them.



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10 Nov 2015, 4:48 am

Nuances, symbolism, veiled references etc....I don't get most of that stuff. I go to song facts a lot.



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10 Nov 2015, 7:31 am

Grammar Geek wrote:
All the time. Then I learned about Auditory Processing Disorder.


No, no, no. That's not what I mean.

If given the lyrics, would you be able to find out what the song is about?


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10 Nov 2015, 7:37 am

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Many times a song references something in the artists personal life so most people will not get it, or listeners mistakenly think the song is about something meaningful in thier life. Artists for the most part are happy a song has meaning to the listener. An exception is misinterpreting a political meaning.

Yep. Which is usually a good thing, keeps the song "alive," in a sense. It may be interpreted by the listener as relating to a certain area of their life or experience and therefore they'll relate with it. The meaning when written may be entirely different. I got stuck on "how to save a life," by the Fray, for example, having a lot to do with recovering addicts/alcoholics. It could very easily be interpreted influenced by that shade. Look up the meaning and the songwriter came up with it in response to a troubled teenager at a mentoring camp.


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10 Nov 2015, 7:38 am

Most of the time I understand them but sometimes I have no clue. Like that song Skinny Love, I have NO IDEA AT ALL, what the heck she's singing about. And I had no idea what the song She's A Brick House meant until my brother explained it to me. I think I preferred not knowing what that song meant.


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10 Nov 2015, 8:28 am

It's difficult, especially with songs in a foreign language.