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Inch Away

from Shadows, Vol. 3 by John Zay

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Throughout my past I often turned feelings of sadness and anger inward. Why? Because I often believed having those feelings made me not good enough for myself and definitely not good enough for others. How? Instead of acknowledging and accepting that I was having the feeling I became ashamed of the feeling and automatically assumed something was wrong with me just for having it. Therefore didn’t feel worthy of love or validation on some level. This develops in many of us as children if we believed that we needed to protect ourselves by hiding our feelings because there wasn't the safety to allow them to be.

So why am I revealing this? We can bring these patterns into adulthood in all sorts of ways, feeling not good enough for our lover and losing relationships and with what we do in the world and abandoning our dreams, hopes and desires. We may become alone and isolated because to talk about this would show others our “defect” and that would seem unsafe. But in reality most everyone goes through this on some level and sharing it with others can be a saving grace. This is exactly when we need not to abandon ourselves. The only way out is through and feelings need to be acknowledged and felt before we can move on. This requires time, creating the space to do so and knowing how that looks for you.

Maybe it’s exercise, or sound healing, screaming alone or dancing. Whatever the method that is unique to you and is something you can cherish works. What I'm after is the moment of awareness by coming in contact with a destructive pattern before it emerges. Recognizing that this pattern is an ingrained reaction that can be stopped in its tracks by logically knowing this is just a feeling and we don't need to beat ourselves up for having it. If it is really unsafe set the intention to attract people into your life who can handle it and accept who you are no matter what you feel…I wrote Inch Away as a prayer to a friend, but it can also be to oneself. It encourages one to surrender to a new way of being by allowing self-love to heal the fear of your feelings so the magnificence of who you truly are re-emerges…

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Lyrics & Music By John Zay

You're an inch away from love
Yours is energy above
I'm the warmth you are the sound
Come around

Take me through your mind again
The part where you were lost my friend
Down the hole into the ground
Come around

See yourself inside a dream
and take your heart out to be seen
Let the blood run through your veins
Ride the wave....
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ah Ah

There is room for you to sit
Come through the door get over it
Bring your truth into the space
Come around

You're a ministry of faith
I have come just for a taste
My knees are pressed down to the ground
to hear the sound...

Won't you dance again….and again
Won't you dance again….and again

I'm the light that climbs into
Reflecting me reflecting you
There is time to reach the sky
We can fly...
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ah Ah

credits

from Shadows, Vol. 3, released March 27, 2018
John Zay - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Drums & Drum Programming
Tommy Rispoli - Bass

Recorded in Hamburg Germany, Sagres Portugal & Delray Beach Florida
Mixed & Mastered in Santa Fe New Mexico

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John Zay New York, New York

I make Epic Lush Alt/Prog/Electronic Rock Songs
“John Zay is a superb guitar player, lyricist & vocalist as well. I’m a believer and you should be too!”
• Angelo Moore, Lead Singer of Fishbone

Vocalist, Guitarist, Multi-Instrumentalist & Producer. Shamanic Explorer, Plant Medicine Advocate, Lucid Dreamer and Surfer whenever possible. Currently in NYC ... more

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