Song 4 for FAWM 2026. Not sure if this is quite done yet (or if its a keeper), but it seems to have been something I wanted to tell myself, so here it is. Kind of an introvert's hymn.

My favourite days are When the phone doesn’t ring When no one sends emails Or needs anything Pick up the pen Or maybe I won’t If I start something now It just asks me for more, so I don’t

And take a moment to see The privilege to be quite so free Just a peek, So to speak To be simple by degree

I know I should be drinking Through this confusion I guess that’s why my head Always feels quite in ruins I know that I should be Eating much better Urgent needs keep Pointing me someplace else where

And take a moment to see The privilege to be quite so free Just a peek, So to speak To be simple by degree

It’s so hard believing the simple act of breathing Without quite appeasing The need to be seen Allways busy and writing so pithy While wondering if we Lost the theme

My favourite days are When nobody’s around Save the few precious souls Who know when to leave me unfound…

And take a moment to see The privilege to be quite so free Just a peek, So to speak Just a second to be To be simple by degree