Beneath the Surface - Official Audio
Channel: John H Maloney
Date: 2022-06-06

Another song from my upcoming album, Forgotten Friend. I posted a much faster version (now privated) of this one last fall, but I decided to slow it down and it works much better this way.
All of the songs on the album are deliberately, raw and lo-fi. It's not a perfect performance and the recording is a bit messy, but the vibe is there. 

Written, performed and recorded by John H Maloney
Equipment:
Ukulele - Magic Fluke Flea concert scale
Mic - Blue Yeti
Software - Audacity 

Lyrics 
Verse 1
When it's all said and done
and your last chance has come and gone,
how will you break your fall
and find the will to carry on?
Will the price be too high?
More than your pride can bear to spare?
Or will you force it down and
convince yourself that you don't care?

Chorus
Beneath the surface of your suffocating heart
past the overthinking that is pulling you apart
lie all of the emotions that you won't let yourself feel,
the only way you're ever going to heal

Verse 2
Maybe you've found yourself
too close to the edge and looking down.
Or watched the water rise 
over your head and you’re scared you'll drown.
We all get overwhelmed 
and feel our backs pressed against the wall.
It can be tempting to 
try not to feel anything at all,

Chorus 2
but closing yourself off from
so much of who you are,
just because you think you might
avoid another scar,
won’t help you when you realize that you just don’t know yourself,
because you’ve left your heart up on a shelf 

Bridge 
I know you're worn down
From how many times you've tried
and how it seems like fate 
is never on your side
Embrace the chaos of that 
storm that you feel
building up inside

Chorus
Release the hurt you've carried
and  finally ease your mind.
You know it's time to truly 
leave the past behind.
It's only once your heart has brightened that you'll see
just who you really want to be.