I'm not meant to be here and they'll all see it soon
I'm speaking and saying, the human displaying, but it's all out of tune

I'm a warped reflection, mending cracks with glue
I'm racing to fix them just gotta convince them that I'm one of them too

Start walking
Stop talking
Keep smiling
Too widely
Be normal
Pretend there's a human inside me

Start walking
Stop talking
Keep smiling
Too widely
Be normal
Pretend there's a human inside me

Perception
Inflection
Control your expression
Control!
Control!
Control!

Changeling
Oh, won't someone save me?
Lost to those who'd name me
Try to play the part but all you really want's to change me
Oh, but can you blame me?
Not the one who made me
Don't you know I wish that I was somebody else too?

I'm a mess of motion,
My mouth skips lines and cues
I'm trying to stop it, but babe, once I'm on it, this train is on the loose

Oh, won't someone slow down?
Can't keep up with you
I'm watching eyes flicker to "Quick! Pull the trigger!", then line up, aim, and shoot

Start walking
Stop talking
Keep smiling
Too widely
Be normal
Pretend there's a human inside me

Perception
Inflection
Control your expression
Control!
Control!
Control!

Changeling
Oh, won't someone save me?
Lost to those who'd name me
Try to play the part but all you really want's to
Change me
Oh, but can you blame me?
Not the one who made me
Don't you know I wish that I was somebody else too?

I don't belong
(I don't belong here, I don't belong here, I don't belong here, I don't belong)
I don't belong
(I don't belong here, I don't belong here, I don't belong here, I don't belong)
I don't belong
(I don't belong here, I don't belong here, I don't belong here, I don't belong)
I don't belong
(I don't belong here, I don't belong here, I don't belo-ong)

Changeling
Oh, won't someone save me?
Lost to those who'd name me
Try to play the part but all you really want's to
Change me
Oh, but can you blame me?
Not the one who made me
Don't you know I wish that I was somebody?

Change me!
Change me!
Change me!
Change me!
Change me!
Change me!
Change me!
Change me!
Change me-e-e-e-e-e!

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• YouTube: Lydia The Bard - Changeling (Official Animatic Music Video)
• Bandcamp: Changeling (from The Woods by Lydia the Bard)

Only just watched and listened to Changeling by Lydia the Bard.

As a very neurospicy person who has struggled like this for many decades, it really hits hard 🥺

Especially with lyrics like these:

I'm a warped reflection
Mending cracks with glue
I’m racing to fix them
Just gotta convince them
That I’m one of them too

and

Start walking
Stop talking
Keep smiling
Too widely
Be normal
Pretend there’s
A human inside me

#LydiaTheBard #music #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #neurospicy #neurospiciness #AuDHD #FeelingSeen

Hopefully the CW we've added for this is sufficient, but if it's not, please do let us know what amendments we can make to it 🥺

We felt we had to share this though, as the song and corresponding music video are both so intense, powerful, and haunting.

Lydia the Bard - Feed Us Your Girls (Official Animatic Video)

Lyrics:

A young girl or a pretty meal
The line is just so fine
Little Red walked out alone
Joining the buffet of the night

See the wolves they wait and watch and howl hoping for a bite
Of fresh meat on a busy street the minute you're out of sight

Little Red walked out alone
Joining the buffet of the night

But Little Red, she knows these streets,
So why should she be afraid?
She walks out with her blood red cloak
But red's his favourite shade

You'll attract the wrong attention wearing colours such as those

Boys will be boys, wolves will be wolves
But what does mother know!

Feed us your girls
The wolves shout out
Feed us the ones with curves the ones without
Feed us your girls
From plate to mouth
Honey you're the entrée when you dress like that
And mother's not around

Dawn arrives and dinner scraps
Are on the street from just last night
People whisper "it's her fault
with a red so very bright"

A silly girl
A common whore
Someone cover up that sight
No one likes to see leftovers by the dawning light

And there's a buffet every night

But Little Red she knew those woods
Each tree and every stone
Doesn't matter either way
When there's a wolf inside your Home

You can hear the growling
So You throw the dog a bone
You'll catch more bees with honey dear
But what does mother know

Feed us your girls
The wolves shout out
Feed us the ones with curves the ones without
Feed us your girls
From plate to mouth
Honey you're the entrée when you dress like that
And mother's not around

Little Red was not a meal
A little girl is not a tease
A cloak is not an invitation for what's underneath

Our no does not mean yes
There no riddle, there's no test
Blood red clothes alone at night shouldn't equal death

But the wolves are very hungry
Gnashing pointed teeth
Don't care what the wrapper's like
It'll eat you if you breathe

So maybe it doesn't matter
How we choose to wrap our skin
Cos you'd prefer to blame a girl
Then deal with your own sin

Feed us your girls
The wolves shout out
Feed us the ones with curves the ones without
Feed us your girls
From plate to mouth
Honey you're the entrée when you dress like that
And mother's not around

#LydiaTheBard #FeedUsYourGirls #HereBeDragons #music #MusicVideo