What I Wish You Knew

industrial, experimental electronic, glitch, noise rock, binaural, dark ambient, female vocals, trip-hop, repetitive rhythms, dissonant, mechanical percussion, sensory overload, stacatto patterns

[Instrumental intro]

[Verse 1]
Lights (lights... lights...)
Stab my eyes (eyes... eyes...)
Sounds (sounds... sounds...)
Crack my skull...

You call it normal (normal, normal)
I call it hell (hell, hell)
Mask on tight-tight-tight-tight
Locked in my cell (cell, cell)

Eyes avoid yours (yours, yours)
You call me "distant"
I'm drowning here (here, here)
In your s-s-s-system.

[Chorus]
What I wish you knew (knew)
Makes me who I am (tick-tick-tick-tick)

What I wish you knew (knew)
Is that I'm not broken

Damn!

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
Rules unwritten (written, written)
Terms unclear-clear-unclear
You bend them daily (daily, daily)
I dis-dis-dis-disappear

"Too high functioning"
For your s-s-s-support
"Too different" still
For your sort-sort-sort-sort

The constant decoder-coder-decoder
Of your strange, strange, strange ways
I'm the anthropologist-gist-gist
Of everyday-day-day (day)

[Chorus]
What I wish you knew (knew)
Makes me who I am (tick-tick-tick-tick)

What I wish you knew (knew)
Is that I'm not broken

Damn!

[Bridge]
System rigged against-against-against
Different minds (minds... minds...)
Calling me broken-broken
While you stay blind (blind... blind...)
(tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick)

[Break]

[Verse 3]
Tasks pile up-up-up-up
Simple to you-you-you-you
Mountains to climb-climb-climb-climb
See no way through-through-through-through

Reveal my truth (truth, truth)
Watch faces change (change)
Same person still (still, still)
Now labeled "strange".

Double empathy:
Problem is real (real, real)
You demand my heart
While yours stays sealed (sealed, sealed)

[Chorus]
What I wish you knew (knew-knew-knew)
Makes me who I am (tick-tick-tick-tick)

What I wish you knew (knew-knew-knew)
Is that I'm not broken

Damn!

[Instrumental outro]

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****************************************************** This track was written for Autism Awareness Month (April 2025) This initiative showcased autism's unique perspectives, and aimed to break stereotypes. More information --> https://autism-awareness-month.carrd.co ****************************************************** [Instrumental intro] [Verse 1] Lights (lights... lights...) Stab my eyes (eyes... eyes...) Sounds (sounds... sounds...) Crack my skull... You call it normal (normal, normal) I call it hell (hell, hell) Mask on tight-tight-tight-tight Locked in my cell (cell, cell) Eyes avoid yours (yours, yours) You call me "distant" I'm drowning here (here, here) In your s-s-s-system. [Chorus] What I wish you knew (knew) Makes me who I am (tick-tick-tick-tick) What I wish you knew (knew) Is that I'm not broken Damn! [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Rules unwritten (written, written) Terms unclear-clear-unclear You bend them daily (daily, daily) I dis-dis-dis-disappear "Too high functioning" For your s-s-s-support "Too different" still For your sort-sort-sort-sort The constant decoder-coder-decoder Of your strange, strange, strange ways I'm the anthropologist-gist-gist Of everyday-day-day (day) [Chorus] What I wish you knew (knew) Makes me who I am (tick-tick-tick-tick) What I wish you knew (knew) Is that I'm not broken Damn! [Bridge] System rigged against-against-against Different minds (minds... minds...) Calling me broken-broken While you stay blind (blind... blind...) (tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick) [Break] [Verse 3] Tasks pile up-up-up-up Simple to you-you-you-you Mountains to climb-climb-climb-climb See no way through-through-through-through Reveal my truth (truth, truth) Watch faces change (change) Same person still (still, still) Now labeled "strange". Double empathy: Problem is real (real, real) You demand my heart While yours stays sealed (sealed, sealed) [Chorus] What I wish you knew (knew-knew-knew) Makes me who I am (tick-tick-tick-tick) What I wish you knew (knew-knew-knew) Is that I'm not broken Damn! [Instrumental outro]

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