Still Me Lyrics

I'm still the same, but they don't see it,

The world around me's changed, and I didn't need it.

They say it softly, with a careful tone,

Like I'm something different, like I'm all alone.

"You've always been so good with animals," they say,

"But you're so empathetic," like it's a giveaway.

And I'm standing here, wondering why,

Why do these words feel like goodbye?

Am I not the same as I've always been?

Did this label turn me into something unseen?

I'm still breathing, I'm still feeling, still me,

But now they look at me like I'm not free.

I'm still human, I'm still whole,

I'm not defined by the words they stole.

I'm still the heart you knew, the soul that stayed,

But after the label, why did they all change?

I'm still the laughter, still the tears,

Still the love I've carried through the years.

But now they act like I'm something new,

I'm still me, so why did you?

They whisper "autistic," like it's a shame,

As if that one word somehow erased my name.

But I'm standing here, as I always was,

The same heart, the same fight, the same cause.

I've always felt deeply, I've always cared,

But now they treat me like I wasn't there.

Before the word, before the change,

Now everything's different, now everything's strange.

Am I not the same as I've always been?

Did this label turn me into something unseen?

I'm still breathing, I'm still feeling, still me,

But now they look at me like I'm not free.

I'm still human, I'm still whole,

I'm not defined by the words they stole.

I'm still the heart you knew, the soul that stayed,

But after the label, why did they all change?

I'm still the laughter, still the tears,

Still the love I've carried through the years.

But now they act like I'm something new,

I'm still me, so why did you?

I never asked for your pity, I never asked for your fear,

I just wanted to be seen, to have you near.

But now the walls are up, the lines are drawn,

As if I'm less human since the day you heard that word.

I'm still good with animals, still full of love,

But why does that feel like it's not enough?

I'm still me, but to you, I'm not the same,

And I don't understand why everything had to change.

I'm still human, I'm still whole,

I'm not defined by the words they stole.

I'm still the heart you knew, the soul that stayed,

But after the label, why did they all change?

I'm still the laughter, still the tears,

Still the love I've carried through the years.

But now they act like I'm something new,

I'm still me, so why did you?

But why did you change?