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Lightning strikes

From the heights and finds

The tallest spires

Points and clicks and acquires

You are high

Fists fall clenched in climb

Attracting fire

Down your spine, electrified

But after all, burnt and tired

'Cause we live in darker times

Open my eyes, so I can see brighter, oh

You are a beam of light

Maybe that's why your battery runs dry

You Are a Beam of Light - The Beths

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Back from the dead with a banger - running this in tandem with @nephelasium now (if you like system content check it out!)

Don't stare at them for too long

Laugh some, but not too much

And sing the words to that song

But only the chorus

If someone says they want you

Don't flinch, just let them touch

It doesn't really matter what you want

I know you wanna be yourself

Like everyone else

But you've always needed help

Memorize the manual

You're hopeless on your own

If you make it look natural

Then nobody will know

The story of the robot

Who knows they'll never be

More than a machine learning how to please

Make social calculations

Know when you're supposed to cry

Fake real communication

Rehearse your scripted lines

Is living a performance?

Depends how it's defined

Forget that all your friends don't have to try

I know you wanna be yourself

Like everyone else

But that's not where you excel

Memorize the manual

You're hopeless on your own

If you make it look natural

Then nobody will know

The story of the robot

Who knows they'll never be

More than a machine learning how to please

Be just what they expected

Don't come as a surprise

They might take you for granted

That's just a part of life

If you stick with the program

Maybe one day you'll be

More than a machine learning how to please

I know you wanna be yourself

I know you wanna be yourself, like everyone else

If you stick with the program

Maybe one day you'll be

More than a machine learning how to please

Just memorize the manual

You're hopeless on your own

If you make it look natural

Then nobody will know

The story of the robot

Who had a secret dream

To be more than a machine, more than a machine

Machine Learning - J. Maya

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When I step onto the stage See the curtain raise I'm apparent I've got someone to play

All the crowd are in the seats Looking straight at me For an answer They just get what they see

Only Acting - Kero Kero Bonito

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Cut me open and tell me what's inside Diagnose me 'cause I can't keep wondering why And no, it's not a phase 'cause it happens all the time Start over, check again, now tell me what you find

Avalanche - Bring Me The Horizon

#autistic lyrics #actually autistic #music #bring me the horizon #growing up undiagnosed #i know this is actually about adhd #but i think it fits here too #Youtube

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Take your sunglasses off and them put them back on again I've created a forcefield and I hope no one breaks it This is my life and this is how I choose to live it Take control of your life, stand up straight and shake a hand

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I sit on this grass, I sit on this grass I look past this all, I look past this all I focus on my toys, I focus on my toys Shape shifting everywhere, shape shifting everywhere

All Smiles Over Here :) - The Garden

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So I guess I'll go home Into the arms of the girl that I love The only love I haven't screwed up She's so hard to please, but she's a forest fire

I do my best to meet her demands, play at romance, we slow dance In the living room, but all that a stranger would see Is one girl swaying alone, stroking her cheek

They say, "You're a little much for me You're a liability You're a little much for me" So they pull back, make other plans I understand, I'm a liability

Liability - Lorde

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I speak in sarcasm to relate to all the things I appreciate I lie in rhythm to open doors I follow suit and just want more

Honest Sleep - Touche Amore

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I can't see your face in my mind I can't see your face in my mind

Carnival dogs Consume the lines Can't see your face In my mind

I Can't See Your Face in My Mind - The Doors

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Lately I've taken to vacantly making Repetitive movements mistakenly seen as improvements Nearing perfection but wisely electing to shun My reflection preferring instead shoe inspection Cheese and chalk do not talk but Their eyes synchronize with a secret rhythm Which is a way one could say that I love you for psychological reasons

I Love You For Psychological Reasons - They Might Be Giants

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i only say i'm sorry when i'm wrong now i only run the air when it's warm out i only text the friends that i like now i only talk trash if i thought it out everything's OK, nothing is on fire i already burned it all and it's just ash now i only drive the car if i can't walk around i only say i'm sorry when i'm wrong now

I Only Say I'm Sorry When I'm Wrong Now - Cheekface

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i'll be sitting in front of a blank page in my notebook been reading through modern poetry i just dont understand these images why's this beauty blocked from me? well, i know i know certain things:

i know uncertainty i know every last freakin' thing 'bout hyperbole i know someone knows the weather, doesn't matter i always pack an extra sweater bad jokes make me happy :)

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crack open another can of beans cheers to friends we've yet to meet, i'll pray they forgive my reclusive tendencies we've all got so much strange to give

So Much Strange to Give - Free Cake for Every Creature

#autistic lyrics #actually autistic #music #free cake for every creature #so much strange to give #autism acceptance #self acceptance #Youtube

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I don't mean to be rude Too many things I won't do Telling me to stay loose Yeah, I might seem aloof Hang out if I want to I'm so done tryna be cool So done reading old news Call me the serious type Call me whatever you like I'll be here when you come for me

I'm flying so high that I don't care what you're thinking of me Yeah I'm so fussy Over things that matter to me The fruit off the tree ain't sorry to be where it's sunny Yeah I'm so fussy Over things that matter to me

Fussy - MALIA

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I guess I'm always gonna be the bad child I guess I'm always gonna be the mad child 'Cause you will never understand my weird mind My weird mind

Bad Child - Tones and I

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You're making friends with the fireflies I can't say that that comes as a surprise But the things they say are not what they seem So you've been called to tell us what they mean Yes, you've been called to tell us what they mean

Fireflies - Chris Garneau

#autistic lyrics #fireflies #chris garneau #connection to animals #empathy for animals #Youtube #music #actually autistic

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I wish that I could freeze time Go to the wild Soak up the quiet 'Til I'm dripping wet with it Then I would drive home Go to my room Wring myself out That would be the end of it

Instead it's white noise Sufferingly loud It's wearing me down I'm up to my ears in it It's like a wave break Into my head Again and again How are you not hearing it?

The sound, the sound, the sound, the sound The sound, the sound, the sound, the sound I'd burn the city to the ground to turn it down

Silence is golden, is golden, it's golden

Silence is Golden - The Beths

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'Cause like constellations a million years away Every good intention, every good intention Is interpolation, a line we drew in the array Looking for the faces Looking for the shapes in the silence

Constellations - The Oh Hellos

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I'm still afraid of the dark But mornings are scarier 'Cause when I'm awake I spend half of my day wondering what To do

I'll miss the 9 a.m. train 'Cause I slept through my alarm again Forgetting to eat is affecting my sleep But I guess that's just part of the trend

I miss the mornings I spent making animal noises with you

Animal Noises - beabadoobee

#autistic lyrics #animal noises #beabadoobee #executive dysfunction #echolalia #Youtube #music #actually autistic