Song lyrics that define--or defy--you...

[BobbiSueEllen]

Gonna try this out. If you're gonna throw anything at me, make it Krugerrands, LOL!

The Beatles' "A Day in the Life"...BSE Edition

Woke up, fell out of bed, (Impossible. I sleep in a huge crib.)
Dragged a comb across my head. (Im-pos-si-ble. I have stub-ble-hair.)
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup, (No downstairs...and not a big coffee/tea drinker.)
And looking up, I noticed I was late. (Story of my life.)

*pant-pant-pant-pant-pant* (Wish that was...but not really. I'm asexual.)

Found my coat and grabbed my hat, (Make that "hoodie" and "cap"...)
Made the bus in seconds flat. (I own a Metro and a minivan. NEE-NER-NEE-NER-NEE-NER!!!)
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke, (Again, no upstairs/downstairs...and I quit smoking.)
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream... (Autism kinda does that to you...)​

Next up!!!

 

[Tom]

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream

(1850's, Often ascribed to one Elipalet Oram Lyte, but it is not really known if he was composer or just adapter)

 

[Dagan]

"...It's not the weight of the world. It's just the way that I am. You ever get so alone, you never want it to end? Sometimes it carries you out. Sometimes it carries you under. It's not the weight of the world. It's just the way that I am..." - the chorus of "Gravity" by Motion City Soundtrack.

 

[NDR2]

“At the Top of the Stairs” by The Formations:

My life is not based on happiness.

(Definitely defines me.)

 

[Outdated]

I song that I used to help define myself as a young man. I never had a drug problem but I took this song to heart about all the issues in my life - Nobody's Fault But Mine.

 

[BobbiSueEllen]

I song that I used to help define myself as a young man. I never had a drug problem but I took this song to heart about all the issues in my life - Nobody's Fault But Mine.

I certainly hope you're not blaming yourself for your autism. Sure, we're still responsible for our actions but try as we might, we can't always avoid or mitigate all our actions or reactions. At the end of the day, we're all human, autism or no. So, we take responsibility, learn and move on. I hope that's what you're saying here. Peace an' polar fleece!

 

[Metalhead]

I’ve Been So Mad Lately by Butt Trumpet

 

[Cryptid]

The Traveller (Days Are Numbers)
by The Alan Parsons Project
(1985)

The Traveller is always leaving town
He never has the time to turn around
And if the road he's taken isn't leading anywhere
He seems to be completely unaware

The Traveller is always leaving home
The only kind of life he's ever known
When every moment seems to be
A race against the time
There's always one more mountain left to climb

Days are numbers
Watch the stars
We can only see so far
Someday, you'll know where you are
Remember
Days are numbers
Count the stars
We can only go so far
One day, you'll know where you are

The Traveller awaits the morning tide
He doesn't know what's on the other side
But something deep inside of him
Keeps telling him to go
He hasn't found a reason to say no

The Traveller is only passing through
He cannot understand your point of view
Abandoning reality, unsure of what he'll find
The Traveller in me is close behind

Days are numbers
Watch the stars
We can only see so far
Someday, you'll know where you are
Remember
Days are numbers
Count the stars
We can only go so far
One day, you'll know where you are​

 

[Outdated]

I certainly hope you're not blaming yourself for your autism. Sure, we're still responsible for our actions but try as we might, we can't always avoid or mitigate all our actions or reactions.

I was a teenager back in the 70s and we didn't know anything about autism back then, so I did blame myself for a lot that I really had little control over.

So, we take responsibility, learn and move on. I hope that's what you're saying here. Peace an' polar fleece!

That is the most difficult part of transitioning from teenager to adult, learning to take responsibility for ourselves. There are some things in life that I can't change but I can find work arounds for them. I have to play with the hand I've been dealt. If I want to live in the world instead of just surviving it then I need to be able to play along with the world's rules as well as my own.

 

[AdriannaD]

My husband played it after I turned 40.Said he loves the current me the way I am now.Seen I wanted have that body back when I was 18 when we first me.Said I am still one hot momma and wife.Knows I do complain once in a while

 

[NDR2]

With the way I feel sometimes, "The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding resonates with me. Particularly the lines: "'Cause I've had nothing to live for/And looks like nothing's gonna come my way." Another line that's very true of me in general is: "I can't do what ten people tell me to do."

 

[GalacticH]

 

[GalacticH]

I really like "Fixing a Hole" by the Beatles. Though, it seems to me that if you fixed the hole the mind would be trapped instead of free to wander. I guess they are saying the rain is coming in and making it so the mind can't wander, but wandering in the rain can be fun.

"Fixing A Hole"

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go
I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door
And kept my mind from wandering Where it will go

And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right
Where I belong I'm right
Where I belong
See the people standing there
Who disagree and never win
And wonder why they don't get in my door

I'm painting the room in a colourful way
And when my mind is wandering There I will go Ooh ooh ooh ah ah Hey, hey, hey, hey

And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right
Where I belong I'm right
Where I belong
Silly people run around
They worry me and never ask me Why they don't get past my door

I'm taking the time for a number of things
That weren't important yesterday And I still go Ooh ooh ooh ah ah

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
Stops my mind from wandering Where it will go oh
Where it will go oh
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
Stops my mind from wandering Where it will go
Where it will go

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
Stops my mind from wandering Where it will go

 

[NDR2]

By Russ Morgan:

“You’re nobody ‘til somebody loves you.”

(I’m not sure if I want to fall in love with somebody. But I’m not a nobody.)

 

[AprilR]

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