It’s usually the simplest idea that makes for the best song. This one came really quickly at first (also usually how my best ones happen: fast), and refining took a couple of weeks, lyrically. Then I played it for a year and still love it. I imagine this song as the opening track on a full album or EP. The Intro[vert].
This song is about a big part of me, certainly. Probably half. But I think that, subconsciously, I wrote it for someone very close to me. Maybe I wrote it about both of us. Maybe I wrote it to better understand this person. Or maybe I wrote it for all the introverts out there. Honestly, it sorta just…happened.
It doesn’t matter, anyway. Never does. I rarely bother to ask “why” about a song I’ve written. I trust my subconscious when it comes to my music; I’ve trained myself to give over to it, which works well for me. My subconscious speaks truths, and I edit them into form, waiting until it all seems to ring “true.”
With Introvert, though, I gave myself a task, which I never do. I remember saying to myself, “Start with a simple, true, and vulnerable line. Be super bare and honest.” It was after a therapy session, so therapy was on my mind. And the line, “Look, talking is hard” fell out of my mouth.
From there, it took a turn I didn’t expect—as songs almost always do—and became Introvert—a song not about therapy whatsoever.
I’m only half introvert; the other half is a big, fat extrovert who loves to entertain, host, put on a show, and make people laugh. But a song never has to be all of you. Can’t be anyway.
I can’t wait to record this song with some other great musicians and get it out into the world. Hope you enjoy this home demo!
Enjoy your day, Travelers.
With others, or happily alone.
(You can find this video on YouTube as well, if you please.)
