written, recorded and performed by Palo Sopraño
mixed and mastered by Andrew Laflamme

BEAUTIFUL

Wasted, wasted youth
I'm choking on the truth, oh
Growing old is never easy
When there's so much that I want to do yet
I can hardly leave the room so

Please won't you just leave me alone
Nobody can help me
Nowhere feels like home

Uh
Whenever I'm feeling lonely
Whenever I'm feeling lonely

Need to sort my shit out
Fell asleep on the couch
I never loved sleeping as much as I do now

Why do you think that is, huh
Prescribe me some more meds until there's nothing in my head at all
Side effects may occur

And now it's getting serious
I think I'm a little delirious
Cause I want novocaine injected right into my brain

To get this thing to settle down
And turn my sadness all around
Do you think that it's feasible

To feel or to feel nothing at all
To feel or to feel nothing at all

Why's it always got to be like this
When's it going to be the last time
When's it going to be the last time

Every day is hell
And I'm stuck in myself
Nobody can hear me calling out

To feel or to feel nothing at all
To feel or to feel nothing at all

Slasher Flick

Death Of

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She wasn’t born overwhelmed, she was raised to survive overwhelm. A song about ADHD daughters: how learning to keep peace in childhood shapes how they love as adults.

She learned to read rooms, smooth tension, apologise for being wired different. That survival wiring follows her into relationships, anticipating needs, holding the calm, burning out from doing too much.

It’s not control; it’s fear of chaos. It’s not “too much”; it’s never being allowed to rest. 

This song names the pattern so daughters can see themselves with compassion, and listeners can finally understand why love feels heavy when your nervous system never switches off.

(Chorus excerpt)
She learned love through survival,
not through calm or rest.
Always reading every tone,
doing her anxious best.

Sing it. Share it. Reuse it with attribution — this work is licensed CC BY.

Every play helps replace shame with understanding for ADHD women and their families.

Written by Lolly (AusticZone).
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).

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She Learned Love Through Survival (ADHD)

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Written and performed by Francobollo.
Recorded at Iguana Studios.
Produced by Charlie Andrew.
Engineered by Brett Cox.
Published by Big Tree Publishing.

Released 16/05/2017 on Square Leg Records.

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