Songs For Aspies

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Huh, dunno if anyone already submitted Weezer's "In the Garage", but that...definitely says something. At least for me it does. I think I need to download all these songs and put 'em on my 'pod.

Anything by Weezer, pretty much.

Yeah.

One of my favorite Rush songs, one we can relate to, and which pretty much sums up the "normal life" of NT's and how we are... Oh, just read the @#$%^&* lyrics...

"Subdivisions" - Rush
(Courtesy of azlyrics.com)

Sprawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order
An insulated border
In between the bright lights
And the far unlit unknown

Growing up it all seems so one-sided
Opinions all provided
The future pre-decided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone

[Chorus:]
(Subdivisions)
In the high school halls
In the shopping malls
Conform or be cast out
(Subdivisions)
In the basement bars
In the backs of cars
Be cool or be cast out
Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth

Drawn like moths we drift into the city
The timeless old attraction
Cruising for the action
Lit up like a firefly
Just to feel the living night

Some will sell their dreams for small desires
Or lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights...

[Chorus]

Lying From You by Linkin Park is always a song I think most aspies can relate too, especcially in dealing with parents and friends and stuff like that...

When I pretend everything is what I want it to be
I look exactly like what you always wanted to see
When I pretend, I can’t forget about the criminal I am
Stealing second after second just cause I know I can but
I can’t pretend this is the way it’ll stay I’m just
(Lying to bend the truth)
I can’t pretend I’m who you want me to be, so I’m

(Lying my way from you)
No no turning back now
(I wanna be pushed aside so let me go)
No no turning back now
(Let me take back my life I’d rather be all alone)
No turning back now
(Anywhere on my own cuz I can see)
No no turning back now
(The very worst part of you is me)

I remember what they taught to me
Remember condescending talk for who I ought to be
Remember listening to all of that and this again
So I pretended up a person who was fittin’ in
And now you think this person really is me and I’m
(Trying to bend the truth)
Cuz the more I push the more I’m pulling away cuz I’m

(Lying my way from you)
No no turning back now
(I wanna be pushed aside so let me go)
No no turning back now
(Let me take back my life I’d rather be all alone)
No turning back now
(Anywhere on my own cuz I can see)
No no turning back now
(The very worst part of you)
(The very worst part of you is ME)

This isn’t what I wanted to be,
I never thought that what I said would have you running from me
Like This
This isn’t what I wanted to be,
I never thought that what I said would have you running from me
Like This
This isn’t what I wanted to be,
I never thought that what I said wouldhave you running from me
Like This
This isn’t what I wanted to be,
I never thought that what I said would have you running from me
Like This

(You)
No turning back now
(I wanna be pushed aside so let me go)
No no turning back now
(Let me take back my life I’d rather be all alone)
No turning back now
(Anywhere on my own cuz I can see)
No no turning back now
(The very worst part of you)
(The very worst part of you is me)

At least that second verse anyway speaks to me (most of the rest of the song too, about wanting to be weird and myself again), what about any of you?

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[swearing removed by lau] ... as long as we smile"
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angry samoans-gas chamber
p**** galore-spin out
hendrix-I don't live today
the wipers-messenger
germs-manimal

'It's My Life', by Eric Burden & The Animals

What about the song that has the lyrics "I Walk Alone, I Walk Alone"? I think it's called "My Shadow" or something similar to that.

The first few lines of Thom Yorke' Skip Divided screamed aspie to me when I heard them:
I'm gonna skip divided and malfunction
flap around and divebomb

Bad Religion - "I love my computer" it's a great song, and for aspies like me who spend so many hours in front of the computer it's also kind of true

Anything by the Talking Heads, especially More Songs About Buildings and Food. Check out I'm Not In Love and The Good Thing. Those are Aspie songs if I ever heard them.

Here's some of mine;

Avril Lavigne; Everything's changing
Avril Lavigne; I'm with You
Pink Floyd; Comfortably numb
Robbie Williams; Misunderstood

Change by the Planet Smashers.

probably nothing to do with AS but i like it.

You've Got To Learn To Live With What You Are
Original Artist: Ben Folds

I know that you're in there.
I can see you.
You're saying you're ok.
I don't believe you.

And now that the gig is up;
The spell is broken.
The fat lady sung,
The president has spoken.
These days that you were waiting for will come and go,
Like any day, just another day.

There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you.
While the world is watching.
All you need is the thing you've forgotten,
And that's to learn to live with what you are.

So freak out if you wanna,
And I'll still be here.
And don't call me for years, and when you do, yeah,
I'll still be here.

And I'm not saying the effort is a waste of time, but I
just love you for the things you couldn't change, though you've tried
These hours of confusion, they will soon expire,
Like everything does.

There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you.
While the world is watching.
All you need is the thing you've forgotten;
And that's to learn to live with what you are.

Sometimes,
Everything you've ever wanted floats above,
It's sticking out its tongue and laughing while,
Everything that anyone could ever need is down below,
Waiting for you to notice.

There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you.
While the world is watching.
'Cause all you need is the thing you've forgotten,
And that's to learn to live with what you are.

You got to learn to live with what you are.
You got to learn to live with what you are.

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Also, what about Orgy? I could be biased because Orgy is one of my favorite bands, but many of the lyrics of their first two albums are about all of the BS in society, and I think a lot of aspies could relate to it.

"O, Do Not Forsake Me" by They Might Be Giants.

O, do not forsake me, my indolent friends
O, do not forsake me though you know I must spend
All my darkest hours talking like this
For I am one thousand years old

One thousand years old
Sure, you think that's old
One thousand years old
But what do you know?
In my darkest hour I'm talking like this
For I am one thousand years old

Oh, some have forgotten the flower of speech
And walks through the garden where I go to defend
Misbegotten notions while talking like this
For I am one thousand years old

One thousand years old
Sure, I'd say that's old
One thousand years old
But what do I know?
In your darkest hour, my indolent friends
We'll be one thousand years old

I lovelovelove "I'm Still Here" and John Rzeznik is a heavenly diety, so when I saw it on the list of the front page I started to understand the lyrics a little more. I had never really made the connection in that song to contain any mental differences between the singer of the song and those who he's singing about, but now I can look at it in a different light. I'm trying to think of some other songs I can add to the list here.

Hm, "Kemp" by Millencolin is definitely an Asperger's song, with the singer having a more discouraged view of his condition, and feeling like he can't do anything but annoy people. These lines in particular are what made me really look closer at the song's meaning - "A spoke in your wheel yeah like a bugging fly / A thorn in your side just like a constant red-eye / On being an ass I've really been a pro / So can I say no? Can I say no?". If that's not describing how NTs view obnoxious Aspies, I don't know what is.

Let's see, what else... I also think "Saved" by the Spill Canvas has a definite Aspie quality to it, since it talks about being in love with someone superior to you ("You are unreachable, about as possible as me touching the moon / I am unraveling, unbearably empty / And if this ground gives way I just hope that you'll catch me"). The chorus has an aspect that implies that the relationship is saving the singer from his disabilities and making him feel important, and I think that's a beautiful thing.

Reel Big Fish's "Average Man" is another good one, with the speaker trying to show that he has value as a person just like everyone else: "I just became a member of a club known as the bumbling fools / Botching the game and the best things in life is the motto and the rule / So if you can open up your heart and hear me out just for tonight / Baby I got something to prove to you, I've gotta show you I can do it right".

And finally, "Favorite Things" by Incubus, which is pretty self-explanatory if you look at the lyrics. "Remember all the lessons fed to me? / Me the young sponge, so ready to agree / Years have gone, recognize the walking dead / Now aware that I'm alive and way ahead".

A song that started my interest in “jam bands” is called Born on the Wrong Planet by String Cheese Incident.

I took notice of it a couple of years ago. I was diagnosed with aspergers no more than a week ago. I then researched AS and discovered this website a couple of days ago. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this song yet.

Did you ever get the feelin that you're out there all alone,
No one else can hear you, no one answers when you phone,
you're worried cause you cant remember the Name of the girl that you just met,
Might must be you're born on the wrong planet.

No, I dont think that it could be somethin that you ate
cause I just had the same thing too and man I sure feel great
Now dont you worry, its not something that you should regret
Thing is you were born on the wrong planet.

Now I must admit Ive felt that way once or twice before,
When I cant think of what to say as Im walking towards the door.
For this strange feeling I have I cannot find a cure.
I guess I was just born on the wrong planet.