Dan Bull - A Portrait of the Autist

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Here's the tenth track from my new album Face. Download the whole album for free from http://itsdanbull.com/face
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LYRICS:

I'm awkward, can't talk to anyone
I fall at the first hurdle, it hurts to get it wrong
My mind's wired a different way to everyone else
So I might seem strange, and be left on the shelf begging for help
placed in a position in which I'm desperate now
Ashamed of my condition when I'm meant be be proud
It'd be great to fit in and blend with the crowd
without a red face, a sense of dread; I'm trembling now
I like things a certain way, a pre-determined order
and it disturbs my thoughts if the certain order's changed
Uncertainty unnerves me, close the curtains over the windows
It's a curse, Asperger Syndrome

We ought to stick around
Be autistic and proud
We ought to stick around
We ought to stick

I don't notice faces in open places
my focus phases out and goes to blazes.
and an overloaded brain is no way to be social and say hello to mates, is it?
It's made me feel alone for ages
because I know there's no hope to change it
to most a face is an open page -to me it's closed, the prose erased
and how am I supposed to behave
when nobody's taken a moment to show me the way? But it's OK
I still hope and pray the status quo can change
and I still scope the skies waiting for blokes in capes
and I'll fly when I know how I'm supposed to behave
so won't you take a moment to show me the way

We ought to stick around
Be autistic and proud
We ought to stick around
We ought to stick

Autism assisted me in becoming a poet
Because I feel deeply but I just struggle to show it
I care for those around me though I don't know how I'm supposed to tell people
so I wrote it down, prepared my vocal sound
then shared my opus on open ground
Those with this syndrome are endowed with a determination to succeed
That the non-Asperger brain often fails to achieve
and yet we go off the rails easily, but believe me
I've seen what we can be when we've got dreams to reach that no-one else can
and piece by piece the diagnosed'll find the folks to help them
to aspire to the heights their sights are focused on
I know it's a long fight but we're the type to go the whole hog

We ought to stick around
Be autistic and proud
We ought to stick around
We ought to stick

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[deathshadowist]

I ave Autism and wen my helper showd me this video i cryed. Mr. Dan Bull thank u so much for righting this song. I dont no how to explain it, but i feel proid to be an austic person. whenever i feel alone or sad, my helper plas this and hugs me. it makes me better. you have all of my support, and all of mi friiends love you too. thank you Sir for everything you do throo your words and lerics. your the best. kyle

[chengoo]

Dude! That hit home for me! Also got me thinking, why can't mainstream rappers be as deep as that?.......

[chengoo]

@MrDrDiablo Wow! The last two sentences are pretty deep! If there was a song about that, mainstream would be butt-hurt about it...

[MrDrDiablo]

@chengoo because people only care about catchy beats and the shallow media, when mainstream goes deep it goes under ground. i hate society, a society where people like Dan Bull who is incredible kind and a down to earth being get knocked down for not being non chalant and ignorant. the cool kid never thinks why he is cool. the loser kid always thinks about why he isnt.

[suitov]

@jackcrazeanim I hope you'll find things improving and getting easier with time. Through my 20s (I'm 29 now), I've started to understand what's going on around me as I never would have imagined possible. It takes time and can be frustrating, but it gets better!

[suitov]

@zombieruler0123 Aye, it gets better and better with time. Well done for hanging in there.

[suitov]

Thanks for uploading this! Now I can share it around without sending a weighty mp3 :)

[zombieruler0123]

To make this song to explain the condition to people and help them sympathise. :)

[zombieruler0123]

I have I very light case of Aspergers syndrome, I used to find it very difficult to find a crowd to fit into and talk to new people, I felt very lonely and depressed most of the time at school and I would get embarrassed and anxious very easily. I also had some difficulty in understanding what other people are thinking, which made me very self conscious. Luckily I have gotten much better with time, and I have found confidence and friends who like me for who I am. Thanks Dan for taking the time

[KingKoldof]

@Jaibow890 show them this song.

[jackcrazeanim]

I'm 15... diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome when I was 3. I've later turned out to also have OCD, ADD and Synesthesia, I get depressed really easily too. Whenever I do, this song puts me back on track in an instant. Thank you.

[artyrussell]

first line of the lyrics is missing an 'I', great song btw - obviously written with feeling - thanks :)