The air feels light in my bedroom tonight
No ‘therapists’ to be seen
My Kingdom of Isolation
The way I need it to be
My body’s raging like the vortex deep inside
Just can’t help myself, Heaven knows I’ve tried

“Have quiet hands for a cookie
All done. Good boy! Make sure to look at me
Conceal, don’t feel. Don’t let it show”
I’m gonna blow!

Let it go, let it go
Shan’t hold it in anymore
Let it go, let it go
Accept me or out the door!
This is how I am, I was born this way
So let the man stim on
Autism bothers only you anyway

It’s funny how a meltdown
Makes reinforcements small
And those who want to dog-train me
Can’t be obeyed at all!

It’s time to prove what I can do
Ignore the barriers and break through
Your quest for ‘cure’ is ending me
Not free!

Let it go, let it go
I take flight underneath the sky
Let it go, let it go
I’m not actually shy
My body talks; how’s that not okay?
Let the man stim on

My hand is flapping in the air without a sound
I walk in circles, see the world go turning round and round
And one thought crystallises like a mighty blast
Why couldn’t ABA just remain in the past?

Let it go, let it go
I won’t rise at the crack of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That ‘little boy’ is gone
I’m telling you in my unique way
Let the man stim on
Autism bothers only you anyway