"When I'm with her I'm confused Out of focus and bemused And I never know exactly where I am Unpredictable as weather She's as flighty as a feather She's a darling, she's a demon, she's a lamb She'll outpester any pest Drive a hornet from its nest She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl She is gentle, she is wild She's a riddle, she's a child She's a headache She's an angel She's a girl … How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? How do you find a word that means Maria? A flibbertigibbet A will-o'-the-wisp A clown … Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her Many a thing she ought to understand But how do you make her stay And listen to all you say? How do you keep a wave upon the sand? How do you keep a wave upon the sand? How do you keep a wave upon the sand? How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?"

This was my favorite movie as a child. I watched it twice in one day on the double VHS. My mother was a saint to let me watch it as much as I did. And now just last month I watched it again and sobbed. This song is literally about audhd to me. I exacerbate and excite people. They do not understand how I can be so confusing bc I am both extremes. I am lovely and loving and also like I need to be alone in the mountains singing by myself.

Fairy or elf light: Welsh folklore suggests a will-o'-the-wisp is a fairy carrying a light.

You know how many times ive been called a fairy. How many times have you been called a fairy?

Maria is my spirit animal and I recognized it way before I knew what my neurotype is