Still Me (Version 5) 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?

I'm still me still me

But why did you change?