FAWM: "Febrile"

Febrile

2 weeks ago by @tseaver

Febrile

tseaver

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Liner Notes

#meta #FUC + National Play your Ukulele day. Mine is my dad's 1950's Martin-look-a-like baritone (the first fretted instrument I ever learned to play).

© 2025 Tres Seaver (FAWM #2)

Lyrics

February ... Comes creepin' 'round my door again.
I'm so weary ... of ice and wind and snow. I
Can't be bothered... to fit you in my calendar. It's
Long past time for you ... to pack your bags and go.

Noisy schoolkids... sledding through my neighborhood,
Salty crusts ... forming on my car.
February ... you surely can be nothing good,
You're so banished ... begone, go far!

Fevered dreams ... full of scary things:
Keys and strings ... and mic-ro-phones.
Empty pages ... crying out for lyrics now;
Why won't they leave me alone?

February ... you're creepin' 'round my door again.
I'm so weary ... of ice and wind and snow. I
Can't be bothered... to fit you in my calendar. It's
Long past time for you ... to pack your bags and go.

Long past time for you ... to pack your bags and go.

Comments

@tamsnumber4 5d

I'm so weary ... of ice and wind and snow
YES, constant storms here. Love the Uke and melody, what a great song and so relatable. I really like I can't be bothered to fit you in my calendar LOL!! Very clever!

@greengrassgirl 1w

Like the rhyme with February/weary. (And I'm SO glad you pronounced it with that first "r"!) 😀 Thanks for commenting on A Man I Don't Know, my collab with @sheslin. That's what brought me here to your page, which I am enjoying.

@the3queens 2w

Great lyrics, imagery and blues music while being a uke song played with a happy lilt that defies the actual message, like "always look on the bright side of life!" Well-done!

@bbartilson 2w

Nice mix of telling and showing here. "Salty crusts forming on my car" was a particularly vivid and accurate picture for me... made the whole thing more relatable... and I'm done with it myself as well.

@becooljanele 2w

I felt this same way about January, man. Pack your bags and go!! And now I’m feeling it about February, too! Love the verse that starts with “fevered dreams” relatable to all of us FAWMers! That 1950’s uke sounds so good and your voice sounds great in this register. Really nice melodies here.

@dutchwind 2w

This is great! Classic form and wonderful execution. I feel this in WI for sure!

@baxy 2w

Oh shoot, where is that defebruator when man needs one? It is great that you're in position to one day pass ukelele on which'd make it recursively rooted, a good place to be in really, febrile or not.

@iamcatelliott 2w

Ohhh, yeahh! I love this so much, makes me think of everyone sittin out on the porch on rocking chairs or something! Lovely 😍

@wildrainbow 2w

Not a great uke fan but this is nice and laid back - love "I can't be bothered to fit you in my calendar" - enjoyable song

@squirrelhavenstudios 2w

This was a pleasant break for me in between a couple of work things. Your ukulele playing is excellent and the melody of your song was familiar but still included some twists. In short, a really great song and your vocal was perfect for it. Great work.

@sycophant 2w

Really enjoyed this thank you, which was a shock because I'm not a big fan of the uke. It's very catchy, I feel like the melody is going to be stuck in my head for days!

@siasa 2w

Between you and Audrey, I'm starting to learn to love the uke as an instrument! Nice lyrics.

@eamarant 2w

Nice melody! And you fit most of this song nicely into a meter, and when it didn't quite fit, I appreciate how you made it work (looking at you, third stanza). The lyrics never felt forced to fit. Well done! Thanks for letting me listen.

@timfatchenMod 2w

Great feel and lyrics to this (wouldn't work in the southern hemisphere! but here, we've got bushfire and blinding heat issues, wouldn't take much tweaking to do a southern version!). Enjoyed this.

@coolparadisoMod 2w

Nice to get that uke out I reckon! It’s what you don’t say sometimes! Yah it Fawm. Love the vocal and instrumental phrasing .

@ccsfrogpond 2w

I love the Ukulele in this song. I share your sentiments about this Month. love the vibe! :)

@ragbag 2w

Hi there. I love the melody line of this - well complimented by the ukelele played with style. :-) Wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments about this time of year. You vividly bring to life those chilly winter scenes. Great songwriting. :-)