Inside
What you see outside,… old and callous, slowly come and gone,… taking all day, and there in your way,...
What you can not know,… confused and lonesome,… protective and withdrawn,… productive years spent,… their usefulness at an end,...
And it hurts their heart to be out of the circle of need,...
And they need to be loved and you’d know it if you’d check to see,…
Inside,... Inside.
What is seen outside,…
wheeled in a room,… an unsightly disheveled mass,…
Hard to speak,… with movements measured and weak,…
What you can not know,… sunken eyes that are keenly looking back,…
and their one prayer,…
is you see beyond their chair,…
And it hurts their heart to be understood on such base degree,
and they hope that you might stop and find out who they might be,…
Inside,... Inside,…
They’re out there among us with needs and hopes that hold back despair,...
Crying out without words yet hoping beyond hope
that someone might care,…
What you see outside,… the ugly man,… that woman, large and subdued,…
trying to be unseen,… targeted by an unkind teen,…
What you do not know,…
they question why they can not be like you,…
to go unchecked,…
to live with dignity and respect,…
And it hurts their heart
to be regarded with such low esteem,…
their hidden beauty would shine,…
if you just get close enough to see,…
Inside,…
Inside,…
Inside,…
Inside,…
Inside,…
Five jazz tracks composed by Mercury Prize-nominated composer ESKA for Hope 4 Justice, a UK youth initiative fighting climate change. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 17, 2024
Produced by BADBADNOTGOOD, the Atlanta vocalist and songwriter's new album is a tenacious mix of R&B, jazz, psych, and Americana. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 18, 2024