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Songs from your youth that mean *more* to you now.

Mark (formerly Spikey)
1 month ago

A brief discussion with Mr T reminded me of a song that means more to me now than it did at the time.

I'll leave it to Mr T to post that song,

Mine is

Björk - Hyperballad (YouTube Video)

As far as I can guess it is about putting on a brave face to be with your loved one. It brings me to tears every time. In my 20s it was just a song that I liked.

[Verse]
We live on a mountain right at the top
There's a beautiful view from the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like car parts, bottles, and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around

[Pre-Chorus]
It's become a habit
A way to start the day

[Chorus]
I go through all this before you wake up
So I can feel happier to be safe up here with you
I go through all this before you wake up
So I can feel happier to be safe up here with you

[Verse]
It's early morning, no one is awake
I'm back at my cliff, still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make on their way down
I follow with my eyes till they crash
I imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks

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  • 29 days ago

    One that has been in my mind lately and has gotten a whole new level of meaning for me is

    Not What You See by Savatage
    No life's so short, it can't turn around
    You can't spend your life living underground
    Far from above, you don't hear a sound
    And I'm out here, waiting
    I don't understand what you want me to be
    It's the dark you're hating
    It's not who I am, but I know that it's all that you see
    No life's so short that it never learns
    No flame so small that it never burns
    No page so sure that it never turns
    And I'm out here, waiting
    I don't understand what you want me to be
    It's the dark you're hating
    It's not who I am, but I know that it's all that you see
    Can you live your life in a day
    Putting every moment in play?
    Never hear a word that they say as the wheels go around
    Tell me, if you win, would it show?
    In a thousand years, who would know?
    As a million lives come and go on this same piece of ground
    (I've been) can you live your life in a day
    (Waiting) putting every moment in play?
    (I don't understand what you) never hear a word that they say
    (Want me to be) as the wheels go around
    (It's the dark you're) tell me if you win would it show
    (Hating) in a thousand years, who would know?
    (It's not who I am, but it is) as a million lives come and go
    (What you see) on this same piece of ground
    (I've been) tell me would you really want to
    (Waiting) see me leave this night without you
    (I don't understand what you) would you ever look about you
    (Want me to be) wondering where we might be
    (It's the dark you're) New York is so far away now
    (Hating) Tokyo, Berlin and Moscow
    (It's not who I am, but it is) only dreams from here but somehow
    (What you see) one day that world we will see
    I don't understand (can you live your life in a day)
    I don't understand (putting every moment in play?)
    I don't understand (would you ever look about you)
    I don't understand (never hear a word that they say)
    I don't understand (as the wheels go around)
    I don't understand (tell me if you win, would it show?)
    I don't understand (in a thousand years, who would know?)
    I don't understand what I see
    I swear on tomorrow, if you take this chance
    Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance
    And here in this labyrinth of lost mysteries
    I close my eyes on this night, and you're all that I see
    You're all that I see
    Writer(s): Paul O'neill, John Oliva
    The song is the finale of a concept album/rock opera (Dead Winter Dead) about the Bosnian war. The song is about a Serb boy and a Bosniak girl meeting in the aftermath of war. However the lyrics can be interpreted as an autistic person struggling to fit in or find love:
    "And I'm out here, waiting
    I don't understand what you want me to be
    It's the dark you're hating
    It's not who I am, but I know that it's all that you see"
    The simultaneous verses playing at the same time feel like an sensory overload episode while they play all together and on top of them all "I DON'T UNDERSTAND".
    Wow so much autistic emotion on this one!


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  • 29 days ago

    One that has been in my mind lately and has gotten a whole new level of meaning for me is

    Not What You See by Savatage
    No life's so short, it can't turn around
    You can't spend your life living underground
    Far from above, you don't hear a sound
    And I'm out here, waiting
    I don't understand what you want me to be
    It's the dark you're hating
    It's not who I am, but I know that it's all that you see
    No life's so short that it never learns
    No flame so small that it never burns
    No page so sure that it never turns
    And I'm out here, waiting
    I don't understand what you want me to be
    It's the dark you're hating
    It's not who I am, but I know that it's all that you see
    Can you live your life in a day
    Putting every moment in play?
    Never hear a word that they say as the wheels go around
    Tell me, if you win, would it show?
    In a thousand years, who would know?
    As a million lives come and go on this same piece of ground
    (I've been) can you live your life in a day
    (Waiting) putting every moment in play?
    (I don't understand what you) never hear a word that they say
    (Want me to be) as the wheels go around
    (It's the dark you're) tell me if you win would it show
    (Hating) in a thousand years, who would know?
    (It's not who I am, but it is) as a million lives come and go
    (What you see) on this same piece of ground
    (I've been) tell me would you really want to
    (Waiting) see me leave this night without you
    (I don't understand what you) would you ever look about you
    (Want me to be) wondering where we might be
    (It's the dark you're) New York is so far away now
    (Hating) Tokyo, Berlin and Moscow
    (It's not who I am, but it is) only dreams from here but somehow
    (What you see) one day that world we will see
    I don't understand (can you live your life in a day)
    I don't understand (putting every moment in play?)
    I don't understand (would you ever look about you)
    I don't understand (never hear a word that they say)
    I don't understand (as the wheels go around)
    I don't understand (tell me if you win, would it show?)
    I don't understand (in a thousand years, who would know?)
    I don't understand what I see
    I swear on tomorrow, if you take this chance
    Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance
    And here in this labyrinth of lost mysteries
    I close my eyes on this night, and you're all that I see
    You're all that I see
    Writer(s): Paul O'neill, John Oliva
    The song is the finale of a concept album/rock opera (Dead Winter Dead) about the Bosnian war. The song is about a Serb boy and a Bosniak girl meeting in the aftermath of war. However the lyrics can be interpreted as an autistic person struggling to fit in or find love:
    "And I'm out here, waiting
    I don't understand what you want me to be
    It's the dark you're hating
    It's not who I am, but I know that it's all that you see"
    The simultaneous verses playing at the same time feel like an sensory overload episode while they play all together and on top of them all "I DON'T UNDERSTAND".
    Wow so much autistic emotion on this one!


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