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14 Mar 2005, 9:10 pm

Are there any songs you can think of that have lyrics that you think perfectly express how you feel about Aspie life?

For me Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song that expresses very accurately a lot of how i feel about life:

Quote:

(1964) gloria caldwell, sol marcus, bennie benjamin

Baby you understand me now
If sometimes you see I’m mad
Doncha know that no one alive can always be an angel?
When everything goes wrong you see some bad

Well I’m just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood

Ya know sometimes baby I’m so carefree
With a joy that’s hard to hide
Then sometimes it seems again that all I have is worry
And then you burn to see my other side

But I’m just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood

If I seem edgy
I want you to know
I never meant to take it out on you
Life has it’s problems
And I get more than my share
But that’s me one thing I never mean to do

Cos I love you
Oh baby
I’m just human
Don’t you know I have faults like anyone?

Sometimes I find myself alone regretting
Some little fooling thing
Some simple thing that I’ve done

I’m just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood

I try so hard
So don’t let me be misunderstood

The Animals also did a version of it, which is possibly better known, but actually changed a few of the lyrics ("sinful thing" instead of "simple thing", and "i get my share" instead of "i get more than my share") which lessens the emotional impact compared with Nina's version IMO...

Any other songs people know of that could be "Aspie theme songs"? I'd like to get a compilation together...

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14 Mar 2005, 10:07 pm

Pretty much anything by David Byrne or Gary Numan

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14 Mar 2005, 10:10 pm

I spent my whole life wondering what was wrong with me. And now, a song for the discovery process I'm going through:

Quote:

THE PRISONER
(Tears for Fears)

Here behind the wall
I feel so small
Breathing but not perceiving
Here anger is me
Love sets me free
Feeling and not believing
Here in my mind
Biding my time
Waiting but not relating
Here anger is me
Love sets me free
The Prisoner is now escaping

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14 Mar 2005, 10:44 pm

I don't know Gary Byrne or David Newman... but as Tears For Fears have been mentioned, i have to mention "Mad World" (as covered by Gary Jules (sp?) for the Donie Darko soundtrack... one of the few covers that i think is better than the original)... don't know a link for lyrics tho...

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14 Mar 2005, 11:16 pm

I don't know them either. But David Byrne was the leader of The Talking Heads and Gary Numan sang Cars (Here in my car/I feel safest of all...).[/i]

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15 Mar 2005, 12:38 am

The perennial favorite: Radiohead's Creep.

Quote:

When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
And I wish I was special
You're so ****in' special

But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.

I don't care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I'm not around
You're so ****in' special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.

She's running out the door,
She's running out
She's run run run running out

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so ****in' special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo,
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
I don't belong here.

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15 Mar 2005, 3:26 am

What do you think of this one?

Silent all these years by Tori Amos.

Quote:

Excuse me but can I be you for a while
My dog won't bite if you sit real still
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
Yeah I can hear that
Been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say you know
But nothing comes
Yes I know what you think of me
You never shut-up
Yeah I can hear that

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of yours
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice
And it's been here
Silent All These Years

So you found a girl
Who thinks really deep thougts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy you best praya that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you
My scream got lost in a paper cup
You think there's a heaven
Where some screams have gone
I got 25 bucks and a cracker
Do you think it's enough
To get us there

Cause what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of yours
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice
And it's been here
Silent All These...

Years go by
Will I still be waiting
For somebody else to understand
Years go by
If I'm stripped of my beauty
And the orange clouds
Raining in head
Years go by
Will I choke on my tears
Till finally there is nothing left
One more casualty
You know we're too easy Easy Easy

Well I love the way we communicate
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
Let's hear what you think of me now
But baby don't look up
The sky is falling
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress
It's your turn now to stand where I stand
Everybody lookin' at you here
Take hold of my hand
Yeah I can hear them

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of yours
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice [x3]

And it's been here
Silent All These Years
I've been here
Silent All These Years

I'm fond of Creep, by the way.
I'll think of some more songs during the day.

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15 Mar 2005, 3:29 am

Yes, I meant David Byrne/Talking Heads

And She Was
------------------

And she was lying in the grass
And she could hear the highway breathing
And she could see a nearby factory
She's making sure she is not dreaming
See the lights of a neighbor's house
Now she's starting to rise
Take a minute to concentrate
And she opens up her eyes

The world was moving and she was right there with it (and she was)
The world was moving she was floating above it (and she was) and she was

And she was drifting through the backyard
And she was taking off her dress
And she was moving very slowly
Rising up above the earth
Moving into the universe
Drifting this way and that
Not touching ground at all
Up above the yard

CHORUS

She was glad about it... no doubt about it
She isn't sure where she's gone
No time to think about what to tell them
No time to think about what she's done
And she was

And she was looking at herself
And things were looking like a movie
She had a pleasant elevation
She's moving out in all directions

CHORUS

Joining the world of missing persons (and she was)
Missing enough to feel alright (and she was)

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15 Mar 2005, 4:07 am

And now, the anthem of my inner world: Beautiful Freak by Eels

Quote:

You're such a beautiful freak
I wish there were more just like you
You're not like all of the others

And that is why i love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
That is why i love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak

Some people think you have a problem
But that problem lies only with them
Just 'cause you are not like the others

But that is why i love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
Yeah that is why i love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak

Too good for this world
But i hope you will stay
And i'll be here to see
That you don't fade away

You're such a beautiful freak
I bet you are flying inside
Dart down and then go for cover

And know that i
I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
You know that i
I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak

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15 Mar 2005, 8:59 am

Oh my Gosh! These are all such great anthems! I thought I'd just throw a couple of "oldies but goodies" on the hit list:

Hold Your Head Up by Argent

And if it's there
Don't let it get you down,
You can take it.
And if it hurts
Don't let them see you cry,
You can make it.

(chorus)
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head high.
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head high.

And if they stare
Just let them burn their eyes
On you moving.
And if they shout
Don't let it change a thing
That you're doing.

(chorus, again)
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head up, oh
Hold your head high.

I am a Rock by Simon & Garfunkel
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 am a rock,
I am an island.
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.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
Don't talk of love,
But I've heard the words 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 am a rock,
I am an island.
I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
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.

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15 Mar 2005, 9:36 am

Well, it's my theme song anyway.

Quote:

Paranoid

Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
people think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah

I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late

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15 Mar 2005, 11:27 am

Lovin' the Sabbath!

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15 Mar 2005, 12:04 pm

Almost anything and everything by "The Smiths".

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15 Mar 2005, 12:40 pm

The Smiths, yes... particularly 'Half A Person', 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', 'Still Ill'.... off the top of my head...

This was one of my teenage anthems - Nirvana - 'Dumb'

Quote:

I'm not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
The day is done
But I'm having fun
I think I'm dumb
or maybe just happy
Think I'm just happy

my heart is broke
But I have some glue
help me inhale
And mend it with you
We'll float around
And hang out on clouds
Then we'll come down
And I have a hangover...Have a hangover

Skin the sun
Fall asleep
Wish away
The soul is cheap
Lesson learned
Wish me luck
Soothe the burn
Wake me up

I'm not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
The day is done
But I'm having fun
I think I'm dumb
or maybe just happy
Think I'm just happy

I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb

Dunc

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15 Mar 2005, 3:27 pm

"Never had noone ever" springs immediately to mind for me...... :cry:

Quote:

When you walk without ease
On these
Streets were you were raised
I had a really bad dream
It lasted 20 years, 7 months, and 27 days
I never, I'm alone, and I
Never, ever oh ... had no one ever

Another great one (which noone else knows about but me seemingly) would be "Soul In Isolation" by the simply magnificent Chameleons (why they were never the biggest band in the world just baffles me and destroys the last lingering threads of my belief in human nature........) anyway:

Quote:

Soul in isolation
I can hear you breathing down the hall
Soul in isolation
I can hear you crying through the walls
And if I had a mind to now
I could call to you
Or I could simply shut you out
No more would you cry

I'll give you my time to kill
But you'll never never
Break my will
Or I could sink a sleeping pill
And in the morning could be
Sleeping still
But most of you are much too ill
Way beyond a surgeon's skill
In bondage to a dollar bill
What more can you buy?

Oh, when you think on it
We're all
Souls in isolation
Alive in here
I'm alive in here

Come here
A word in your ear
You can't go back to the trees

Big bad giant standing tall
Crushing all the creatures
Great and small
I'd like to see this giant fall
When will it come

Words that rattle round my head
Struck by lightning someone said
A diamond bullet through the head
Hits me right in the brain
Are they right in the brain?

Will I see the jailer's face
Did my mother bring me to this place
Will I live to see his face
Will others come to take my place
In total isolation
Surrounded by crowds
Too many tears
From too many clowns
Isolation
Surrounded by crowds
In another world
Head in the clouds
I'm alive in here
I scream
But you still don't hear
I'm alive in here
I'm alive
Turn on the light

When you think on it
We're all souls in isolation
I'm alive in here
I'm alive

We're always searching for something
Searching
Dear dear dead days I'm longing for you
Sweetest virgin
Now deflowered

Sheer poetry..... The song is actually about drugs (most Chameleons songs were come to think about it

), but it still "speaks" to me.....

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15 Mar 2005, 4:24 pm

Well, I mentioned Fred Neil on another post, so might as well post:

Everybody's talkin' at me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes of my mind

People stop and stare
I can't see the faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

I'm goin' where the sun keep shinin'
Through the pouring rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off on the northest wind
Sailing on a summer breeze
Skippin' over the ocean like a storm

Everybody's talkin' at me
Can't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of my mind

I won't let you leave my love behind

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