They walk among us every day,
With hidden storms they can’t display.
A fragile smile, a practiced tone,
To hide a depth the world won’t own.

It takes a strength you’ll never see,
To wear the mask of normalcy.
And in their silence, pain resides,
The cost of living in disguise.

No one knows the weight they bear,
To seem so simple, plain, and fair.
Their light too bright for common skies,
So they hide it all in ordinary disguise.

The world is harsh, it pulls them down,
Their thoughts don’t fit the common ground.
They bend, they break, they twist their core,
Just to be welcomed, nothing more.

They fight to blend, they fight to stay,
Yet lose themselves along the way.
The truest pain is not the scar,
But dimming who they really are.

No one knows the weight they bear,
To seem so simple, plain, and fair.
Their light too bright for common skies,
So they hide it all in ordinary disguise.

If only we could learn to see,
The beauty in their clarity.
To let their strangeness set us free,
Instead of drowning silently.

No one knows the weight they bear,
To seem so simple, plain, and fair.
Their souls are oceans in human eyes,
Lost in the tide of ordinary disguise.

Ordinary Disguise(Lyrics)

Mmhmm

Be My Escape

A Twist In My Story

Suppose

Pretend

Better Weather

Archers

The Peace And The Panic

Where Do We Go When We Go

When You See My Friends

Mayday Parade

Stay

Call Me Hopeless, Not Romantic

With the heat of summer in full swing, the next stage of Secondhand Serenade’s saga is gearing up for release.  Those familiar with the words of John Vesely, the man behind Secondhand Serenade, have lived through his picturesque stories of life’s ups and downs - from the act’s acoustic debut, Awake, to the fuller, and more emotionally complex sounds of 2008’s sophomore A Twist In My Story.  Fans have gravitated to John’s heart-on-his sleeve approach and are consistently moved by his tales of life, love and loss that foster universal understanding.  Along this journey, A Twist In My Story spawned the platinum-certified top 10 CHR Top 40 hit “Fall For You.” The song also reached No. 21 on the prestigious Billboard Hot 100.  With the upcoming August 3rd release of Hear Me Now, Secondhand Serenade’s third studio release for Glassnote Records, he gives a more in-depth look inside a man coming to terms with his shortcomings and moving forward with that understanding.