Secondhand Serenade es el proyecto personal del cantante y compositor John Vesely, nacido el 5 de febrero de 1982 en Menlo Park, California. Antes de adentrarse en el mundo de la música como solista, Vesely estuvo involucrado en varias bandas locales, donde cumplió roles como bajista y cantante. Sin embargo, fue durante estos años formativos que descubrió su verdadera pasión: la guitarra acústica, que se convertiría en su principal herramienta de expresión artística.
El nombre "Secondhand Serenade" tiene una historia interesante detrás. Vesely lo escogió para sugerir que sus canciones eran serenatas indirectas a su audiencia. Originalmente, eran dedicadas a su entonces esposa, pero con cada interpretación y grabación, el público recibía una serenata de segunda mano. Esta idea encajaba perfectamente con la forma íntima y emotiva de su música.
En 2007, Secondhand Serenade lanzó su primer álbum, Awake. Grabado de manera independiente, este disco es básicamente un conjunto de canciones acústicas cargadas de emociones crudas y honestas. Temas como “Vulnerable” y “Your Call” se convirtieron rápidamente en favoritos de los fans, mientras que la plataforma MySpace ayudó significativamente en su promoción. El éxito de Awake no pasó desapercibido y llevó a Vesely a firmar con la discográfica Glassnote Records.
El segundo álbum de Secondhand Serenade, A Twist in My Story, lanzado en 2008, catapultó a Vesely
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Fighting in the street
Screaming things we didn't mean
You held on as I let go
All our dreams went up in smoke
As I lost a part of me
And I know you've moved on from
Where I left you
But I guess it won't hurt too much to ask you
What if I said I want you to come here back?
(It's not enough)
And baby, all we need is one last chance?
(It's not enough)
That I made a mistake
By leaving you standing there
In the pouring rain?
Is there anything I could say
That would ever be enough?
Are we not enough?
Not enough
Right outside of Nashville
We fell hard like every young love will
You held on and so did I
All our dreams came alive
That night the world stood still
But I know you've moved on from
Where I left you
And I didn't know it would hurt so much
To ask you
What If I said I want you to come back?
(It's not enough)
And that baby all we need is one last chance
(It's not enough)
That I made a mistake
By leaving you standing there in the pouring rain
Is there anything I could say
That would ever be enough?
Are we not enough?
We're not enough
Out of sight
Out of reach
You're out of words to say to me
Out of fight
Out of touch
When did we become not enough?
Out of sight
Out of reach
You're out of words to say to me
Out of fight
Out of touch
When did we become not enough?
What If I said I want you to come back?
(It's not enough)
And that baby all we need is one last chance
(It's not enough)
That I made a mistake
By leaving you standing there in the pouring rain
Is there anything I could say
That would ever be enough?
Are we not enough?
We're not enough