The Boy Beneath from the upcoming album "Songs of the People" by The Cog is Dead Support the making of more music on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thecogisdead
This song is about a boy who, after a life of being made fun of and mistreated, decided keep himself hidden away in a dark underground cave. And it's about the caring friends who support and love him. I have many close friends and family members with clinical depression, anxiety, who feel worthless, those who have social anxiety, or are overwhelmed by the amount of hate and evil in the world, and it's what inspired this song. Part of this song is saying that it's OK to feel that way, but also reassurance that despite how bad the world can be, there are still good people in it. And it's also a reminder that if someone has clinical emotional distress or depression they can't just "cheer up" or "snap out of it," even if those who can't relate may want them to, and rather than try to force them out of their comfort zone, it's better to just be there for them, show love, support, and listen if they want to talk. If they have good days and want to come out and be more social they can come out whenever they feel comfortable. But it's also not wrong for them to have days where they don't. Anyway, I suppose the vaguest general message of this is try to empathize with those who may be dealing with something different from what you may have experienced and always treat each other with love, kindness and respect. ❤️😊 - John Sprocket
Thank you so much for this wonderful song, and for the story of Rahym, I can see a lot of myself in this story, and the idea that yes, it can be alright and that there are people who understand how it feels it's... nice, than you so much!! I love your songs so much but this one, I think is my new favourite
This song is great and very atmospheric! Please continue doing what you do! I understand the idea behind this song. I know many good people who feel puny and suffer from depression. And yes, this condition is terrible and such people often needs support and help.
I have struggled with depression since I was a child and many times. I was a scrawny, nerdy child with thick glasses from a poor family. I was picked on and ridiculed many times and absolutely felt the way Rahym felt many times. Honestly this song hits me so hard in the feels. For real I get watery eyes listening to it but it's a good thing. It's such a beautiful song of hope and acceptance and honest love and listening to it gives me those same feelings. I can't tell you how much it really means to me but to say thank you so very much for this beautiful, uplifting song. I know next time I have those dark thoughts and feelings if I play this song it will remind me that there is beauty in the world and caring people and that everyone deserves love, even me. Thank you so much!
I legitimately just sat here throughout the first listen through of the song with my jaw slack and crying... I couldn’t even move. This song feels like it was written specifically about/for me. I am speechless. You can never know how much this song immediately meant to me, and how much it will continue to mean to me. Thank you, so much.
@@tartarustrommler5454 No no no, what it means is that he was strong enough to establish a safe haven for himself in the depths of the underhive, he's plenty strong!
Love the story of the song! I can't help but to think he made a steampunk underground city with jewels all around (He built walls around him trying to stay away from everyone else, making sure of it but the beauty underneath showed there is still beauty in the world and decided to show it with the rest of the world. Coming back out from the darkness and into the sunshine)
I think Rahym might've had the right idea seeing everything going on in the world at this moment (pandemic and all)... But hopefully we'll all be able to come out into the sun again. Despite the fact that the moral of the story is counterproductive to the safety measures we should all be taking, it's giving me hope.
I feel this song. As an autistic abuse survivor I feel it kinda captures the feeling of trying to be part of the world after years of being ostracised and misunderstood, being burned when you try to make the effort to fit in. I've learned to care less about fitting in, I have a right to be part of the world and it's ok to make my own way in it. This is gonna be my theme song while I make that journey. "Remember there are others like us too" particularly calls to me, things are so much easier now I've found community on Twitter and understand myself better. Thanks, John, I don't expect that was what you were going for, but this really means a lot to me :)
@@troubledrainy978 I'm really storry you're going through that, you don't deserve it. There are online message boards for people undergoing or recovering from abuse, you may find some support on Pandys, After Silence, or Fort Refuge, maybe I'll bump into you there one day. Good luck x
This song manages to be very positive and still capture the essense of depression very well. I know that cave well. You want to be alone and long for love and warmth at the same time. I was never really mistreated, but this song still captures a lot of my feelings
Hey John, I can't find tabs or chords for this anywhere online, any chance you could give out the songsheets as a patreon reward or something? I love this song, as you've seen in previous comments, I'd love to be able to play it :)
This song having my cry for my ritually abused vampire kid running away from cults and authority's till he eventually finds people that dont want to kill him and I'm kinda crying
This really feels like its talking to me during lockdown i developed really bad anxiety and depression i didnt even go outside for 2 months and i would have happily in there but friends and family supported me and convinced me to at least try. I ended up getting medication for the anxiety that was only about 5 months and I already feel like a different person I dont really know why I wrote this but just delete it if it's annoying sorry
Is there any meaning behind the boy's name? Jack Hunter, for instance, is self-explanatory. This one, however feels like a sneaky way to rhyme with "see", which, fair enough, is a bitch to do.
The name was submitted by the fan this song was written for. Every song on this album "Songs of the People" uses names of fans (or the character name of their choice) who donated to help fund special events we did. ^_^
