I wrote this song several years ago when I was first discovering the possibility and the power of allowing myself to be quiet. It truly did feel like magic! ✨ And it still does, though now it has settled into a steadier practice that sometimes I manage to do and sometimes not.
Being quiet means refraining from social chatter and instead allowing myself to stay quietly in my own headspace until I have something I truly want to say.
It means not anxiously tending to other people’s feelings to make sure they like me and feel at ease.
And, with some practice, it means cultivating a persona of steady, calm reserve that serves adequately to communicate warmth to others—I don’t actually need to do all that social chirping!
I still struggle to practice quiet sometimes, especially with certain tricky people in my life. I also now understand that this journey has a lot to do with growing up as a highly masked autistic female.
But anyone who has ever self-identified as a people-pleaser and/or an introvert will likely relate to this song!
“Quiet” lyrics
Like Narnia or Hogwarts
a world has opened up before me,
a whole new way of being
that’s magical.
So many words I always used
to soothe and reassure you,
but there’s a me I never knew
who’s actual.
I’m free to be
quiet, quiet--
to let go of you and just be me--
quiet, quiet, quiet.
What if I said nothing
to lighten your discomfort?
What if you didn’t always know
what’s on my mind?
What if I didn’t try so hard
to shape your thoughts and feelings,
but left you to your own dealings
and me to mine?
I’m free to be
quiet, quiet--
to let go of you and just be me--
quiet, quiet, quiet.
I’ll give myself the gift
of privacy and respect,
and give it to you too--
I’ll be me, and you be you.
I’m free to be
quiet, quiet--
to let go of you and just be me--
quiet, quiet, quiet.
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