Crucial Track – 02 July 2026

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Off he goes

I am the friend who disappears. I am the friend who doesn’t keep in touch. It’s something I’ve been aware of for many many years —that my small circle of best friends keep in touch with each other far more than I do with them (or them with me)— and I have a tendency to disappear on them as I get engrossed in other things, other people, new hobbies et al.

Even on nights out I tend to be the one to slip away…

Until a quarter to ten, I saw the strain creep in
He seems distracted and I know just what is gonna happen next
Before his first step, he is off again

“Off He Goes” by Pearl Jam

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