Well the minute I heard this song it reminded me instantly of my bro who is autistic and "he can play all by himself for many hours...there is nothing from the outside that can touch him". the third verse hits me hard when i think about how someone i love so much will always be so absent even though they are "a part of me". and needless to say there have been some 'battles'! oh, and he spent his life up to the age of about 6 lining up toy cars and animals around the edge of whichever room he was in...it felt really spooky when I first made these links!
...oh and watching my youngest cousin (younger than my bro), coincidently called steven gerrard(!) grow up and learn to speak whilst my brother remained a two/three year old really brought it all home.
Well the minute I heard this song it reminded me instantly of my bro who is autistic and "he can play all by himself for many hours...there is nothing from the outside that can touch him". the third verse hits me hard when i think about how someone i love so much will always be so absent even though they are "a part of me". and needless to say there have been some 'battles'! oh, and he spent his life up to the age of about 6 lining up toy cars and animals around the edge of whichever room he was in...it felt really spooky when I first made these links!
...oh and watching my youngest cousin (younger than my bro), coincidently called steven gerrard(!) grow up and learn to speak whilst my brother remained a two/three year old really brought it all home.
that's just what this song means to me!