I've always related to this song, but I haven't until recently realized how it's a very poignant expression of an autistic person's experience dealing with normgroids. It should be an anthem of autism, but people tend to interpret it more literally, which is very fitting and adds a kind of metafictional element or however you might call it. The normies misunderstand the meaning of the song in their superficial way just like how they misunderstand autistic people and see them as creepy or annoying weirdos. I don't think any of this was exactly intentional by David Byrne, either, since he wasn't aware of ASD when he wrote this tune.
[Verse 1]
I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire
>social anxiety, sensitivity to stimuli, sleep problems, dislike of being touched — all symptoms of autism[Chorus]
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est? (What is it?)
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
>spoken now from the normie perspective here, seeing the autistic person as a "psycho killer" just because they're "weird" or socially awkward. Personally I have been accused and insulted like this many times in my life by all kinds of people both in my family and in school, sometimes having literally been called a "psycho" seemingly for no reason. Normalfags are insane like this.>asks "what is it" because he can't understand the behaviour>better run away>speaking literally another language because normies and spergs speak different languages in a more metaphorical way[Verse 2]
You start a conversation, you can't even finish it
You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
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