Through My Skin (feat. Melissa Backstrom)

by J. Jerome

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A dance-pop anthem to get you back into your body with your head raised up from the phone unafraid to look yourself in the mirror and start fighting for the fire inside!

In my mind I see a mom, stressed under piles of laundry and a teenage girl constantly doubting herself thinking she’ll never match the beauty and charisma she’s flooded with on IG and Tik-Tok ... and then deciding to just go deep down within for the energy they need to push useless and damaging comparisons out of their minds and get to work pursuing what they deem meaningful until they burn with the desire and focus of their inner purpose!

Maybe it’s that you’re addicted to romantic love, the tv, drugs or even food ... when you’re tired of running from a problem you start fighting like mad! We define ourselves as much by what we don’t do as by what we do. Carrying around ideas, people, or behaviors that no longer serve our newly evolving sense of self can be detrimental to achieving that feeling of greater purpose. So we have to force ourselves to let go and at times block that negativity from our lives to blossom into the next phase.

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Here it comes again, this feeling I can’t shake
I try my best to fake it but there’s just no where to escape
Empty bottles shakes and sweats I go through my skin
but it always feels much too late

Through the haze and the pills and empty shopping mall thrills
They never keep me quit filled just keep me runnin’ round all day
My mind is stuck on my phone makin’ me feel so alone
The demons deep down inside no they won’t stop feedin’

Deep down inside I will not run
Deep down inside no they won’t stop feedin’
Deep down inside no I will not hide
Deep down inside no they won’t stop feedin’

Screamin’ out no one will hear my voice echoes off these walls
Following the sound I find such a broken empty call
I still hear her loud and clear no there’s nothing to fear
so get up cause you’re dyin’

Through the haze and the pills and empty shopping mall thrills
Don’t ever leave me fulfilled just left me runnin’ round all day
My mind was stuck on my phone it made me feel so alone
The demons deep down inside oh kept me from breathin’

Deep down inside I will not run
Deep down inside kept me from breathin’
Deep down inside no I will not hide
Deep down inside no I won’t stop breathin’

I’ve been runnin’ too long now but not any more (not anymore)
Settin’ myself free and now I’m lockin’ the door
I’m lockin’ the door yes I’m lockin’ the door oh I’m lockin’ the door

‘Cause the haze and the pills and empty shopping mall thrills
Don’t ever leave me fulfilled just left me runnin’ round all day
My mind was stuck on the phone it made me feel so alone
The demons deep down inside no won’t keep me from breathin’

Deep down inside I will not run
Deep down inside no I won’t stop breathin’
Deep down inside no I will not hide
Deep down inside no I won’t stop breathin’

Deep down inside I will not run
Deep down inside no I won’t stop breathin’
Deep down inside no I will not hide
Deep down inside no I won’t stop breathin’

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released February 19, 2021
J. Jerome on all aspects of production - Melissa Backstrom on vocals

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J. Jerome Kansas City, Missouri

I'm into all flavors of Art & Music and this selection of work from 2008 to Present is proof in the pudding. Have fun!

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