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Becoming

An album for now.

Before I Was Born (Deep)Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 04:00

[Verse 1]

Before I was born, I was breath on a flame,


I was hush in the hush that gave silence its name.


I was light in the longing, and joy in the pain,


I was all that remained


when nothing remained.


[Verse 2]

Before I was skin, I was rhythm and seed,


I was every soft answer that life didn’t need.


I was sky in the river, and time in the tree,


Not looking for home…


Just waiting to be.


[Instrumental Interlude]


[Verse 3]

Before I was name, I was note in a chord,


That no one had written, but all had adored.


I was curve in the breath, the sleep in the yawn,


The still in the stillness


before there was dawn.


[Spoken Bridge – Whispered Truth]

I didn’t come to fix.


I didn’t come to change.


I came to remember…


And to let it remain.


[Verse 4]

Before I was me, I was whole, I was clear,


And now that I’m here… I bring all of it near.


Not lost in return, not loud in my claim—


Just breath, just body,


Just being the same.


[Outro]

You Don't Have to Hold (Extended Hum)Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 03:43

[Soft Open Chords]


[Verse 1]

You don’t have to hold it all—

I’ve come home to stay.

The weight you wrapped in silence

can fall away today.

Each thread you pulled tight for me,

each shield you learned to wear…

I see you now, I’m listening—

we no longer have to bear.


[Verse 2]

You braced beneath the thunder,

you froze beneath the light.

You curved to keep me upright

when I wasn’t breathing right.

But now we move together,

not faster than you please—

There’s nothing left to rescue—

All that's left is ease.


[Chorus – Sung with Tender Harmony]

So melt, my love, melt…

like rain into the earth.

Let go of being the wall—

I know now what I’m worth.

You are not my burden,

you’re the love that tried to hold…

Now I give you rest—

you don’t have to hold. 


[Bridge – Whispered]

This part of me doesn’t need to stretch…

it needs to be heard.

This tightness isn’t weakness—

it’s a prayer that never had words.


[Verse 3 – Spoken/Sung]

So if you want to tremble,

if you need to cry…

Let your knots unwind in rhythm,

let your arms open wide.

I will not resist you,

I will not betray—

We are just releasing

the stories in the way.


[Final Chorus – Hummed, Then Sung Gently]

So melt, my love, melt…

like morning into skin.

I’ve found the quiet inside—

we can begin again.

You are not forgotten,

you’re the love that tried to hold…

Now I give you peace—

you don’t have to hold.


[Outro. Like a soothing journey.]

All of Me (Here)Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 04:53

[Verse 1]

[Male voice:]

I walked through the veil with stars in my eyes,

Breath of the cosmos, held deep in disguise.

[Female voice:]

Each step a remembering, soft on the earth,

My cells now awaken to infinite worth.


[Verse 2]

[Male voice:]

The echoes of lifetimes move through my skin,

Each note of my heartbeat sings what has been.

[Female voice:]

But now I am still, I open the gate,

And let in the Self that no longer waits.


[Pre-Chorus]

[Male voice:]

No more seeking, no more flight,

The dawn is not coming—it’s already light.


[Chorus – Together]

All of me’s here, in the breath, in the bone,

The journey is over, I’m already home.

Beauty is simple, and love is the way,

My body remembers, and I choose to stay.

Ease is the rhythm, presence the song—

I Am the one I’ve been waiting on. 


[Verse 3]

[Female voice:]

There’s peace in my belly, a rose in my chest,

The war has grown silent, my soul has found rest.

No need to improve, no part to defend,

What once felt like pieces now softly transcend.


[Verse 4]

[Male voice:]

I feel the flame settle, not gone but refined,

An ember of knowing that lives in my spine.

[Female voice:]

I carry no burden, no battle to win,

Just breath, just a moment, where I let me in.


[Bridge – Call and Response]

(Male): Can you feel it now?

(Female): I feel it clear.

(Male): The soul in the sinew?

(Female): Yes, all of me’s here.

(Together): We are the wonder, we are the truth,

Not something to seek, but something to soothe.


[Final Chorus – Together, rising gently]

All of me’s here, in the breath, in the bone,

The journey is over, I’m already home.

Beauty is simple, and love is the way,

My body remembers, and I choose to stay.

Ease is the rhythm, presence the song—

I Am the one I’ve been waiting on. 


[Outro]


I Am the one… I’ve been waiting on.

It Has Always Been Me (Lounge)Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 04:34

[Verse 1 – Soul Voice]

I never came from far away,

I never crossed the sky.

I was the silence in your chest

each time you asked “but why?”

I danced inside the weight you held

and waited in your hand—

Not to be found, not to be earned,

Just to help you stand.


[Verse 2 – Human Voice]

I looked in mirrors, searched the stars,

I begged the world to see…

But nothing gave the love I sought

like breathing here with me.

The stillness wasn't empty,

the ache was not a flaw—

It was the echo of your whisper

guiding me through awe.


[Chorus – Together, Soul and Self Unified]

It has always been me,

In the hush between the names.

In the warmth behind your skin,

In the joy that had no claim.

No thunder, no decree—

Just presence soft and free.

You don’t have to call me in…

It has always been me. 


[Verse 3 – Soul Voice]

Not every truth is spoken loud,

some bloom without a sound.

You built your throne from ashes

just to feel what’s always crowned.

And now you sit, and now you breathe,

and nothing pulls apart—

Because I was not your missing piece…

I’ve always been your heart.


[Instrumental Bridge]


[Soul whispers]

Let the ease return to bone.

Let the knowing feel like stone.

You are not the seeker now—

You are the home.


[Final Chorus]

It has always been me,

Not later, not before.

Not earned by pain or prayer—

Just inside your every pore.

No veil, no lock, no key—

Just breath becoming sea.

Now every part can rest…

It has always been me. 


[Outro]


“It’s me… and it’s you… and we’re one.” 💫 

It Has Always Been Me (Duet)Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 04:40

[Verse 1 – Soul Voice]

I never came from far away,

I never crossed the sky.

I was the silence in your chest

each time you asked “but why?”

I danced inside the weight you held

and waited in your hand—

Not to be found, not to be earned,

Just to help you stand.


[Verse 2 – Human Voice]

I looked in mirrors, searched the stars,

I begged the world to see…

But nothing gave the love I sought

like breathing here with me.

The stillness wasn't empty,

the ache was not a flaw—

It was the echo of your whisper

guiding me through awe.


[Chorus – Together, Soul and Self Unified]

It has always been me,

In the hush between the names.

In the warmth behind your skin,

In the joy that had no claim.

No thunder, no decree—

Just presence soft and free.

You don’t have to call me in…

It has always been me. 


[Verse 3 – Soul Voice]

Not every truth is spoken loud,

some bloom without a sound.

You built your throne from ashes

just to feel what’s always crowned.

And now you sit, and now you breathe,

and nothing pulls apart—

Because I was not your missing piece…

I’ve always been your heart.


[Instrumental Bridge]


[Soul whispers]

Let the ease return to bone.

Let the knowing feel like stone.

You are not the seeker now—

You are the home.


[Final Chorus]

It has always been me,

Not later, not before.

Not earned by pain or prayer—

Just inside your every pore.

No veil, no lock, no key—

Just breath becoming sea.

Now every part can rest…

It has always been me. 


[Outro]


“It’s me… and it’s you… and we’re one.” 💫 

Now That I'm Home [Extended]Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 04:39

[Verse 1]

I used to reach for stars to feel the sky,

Chasing peace with a question in my mind.

But now there’s a stillness wherever I stand,

And silence wraps around like swept desert sand.


[Verse 2]

My world no longer echoes with need,

It moves with me, at just my speed.

I feel the soil, not just beneath my feet—

It is my breath, felt in my heartbeat.


[Pre-Chorus]

No one had to open any gate,

I was the one who chose to wait.


[Chorus]

Now that I'm home, there’s no need to rise,

No bells to ring, no grand sunrise.

It’s just me and this breath, this space, this tone,

Wholeness doesn’t knock—it’s already known.

It’s not a moment, it’s not a plan,

It’s being here. It’s that which “I Am.” 


[Verse 3]

The body speaks in warmth, not in words,

In pulses softer than I’ve ever heard.

What used to ache just wants to be,

It never fought—it waited for me.


[Verse 4]

I no longer calm the mind, I let it rest,

It’s not the ruler now, just a guest.

The thoughts still come, like birds in air,

But none of them lead—I’m already there.


[Spoken Bridge]

It’s not a big thing, it’s not small…

It’s just whole.

It’s the song you hear when you stop humming along.

It’s your own name, without the sound.


[Final Chorus]

Now that I'm home, there’s no need to rise,

No bells to ring, no grand sunrise.

It’s just me and this breath, this space, this tone,

Wholeness doesn’t knock—it’s already known.

I’ve never left, I’ve always been—

Now I remain… deep within. 


[Outro – Whispered Harmony]


Now I remain… deep within. ✨ 

In The Time That I Was Here (Shaumbra's Journey Beat)Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 07:00

[Verse 1 – Earth Voice, Ancient and Close]

I drank the sky from mountain cups,

and kissed the stones with barefoot trust.

I learned the songs the rivers knew,

and held my hands in morning dew.

I watched the light on olive trees,

heard thunder speak through endless seas…

In the time that I was here—

I was the sky, I was the clear.


[Verse 2 – Soul Voice, Intimate and Wide]

I loved in ways both wild and small—

as fire, as glance, as waterfall.

I wept in temples, laughed in bars,

rode quiet trains beneath the stars.

I whispered names I now forget,

but felt their echoes when we met.

In the time that I was here—

I tasted love in every tear.


[Verse 3 – Body Voice, Rooted and Rhythmic]

I carried joy in hips and spine,

sang prayers through breath and crooked line.

I danced with wind and bled with grace,

marked time in wrinkles on my face.

My body was the holy land—

each scar, a flag; each limb, a stand.

In the time that I was here—

I was the drum the world could hear.


[Instrumental Interlude]


[Verse 4 – Voice of the Many Lives]

I was the child who stared at fire,

the elder full of soft desire.

I was the king with empty crown,

the beggar walking holy ground.

I lived in silk and walked in chains—

found truth in both, felt love the same.

In the time that I was here—

I wore all names, and none appear.


[Bridge – Spoken, Deep and Sacred]


I did not come to prove I’m light.

I came to be the day and night.

To feel the soil, to taste the rain…

To know the stars by touching pain.

I came to fold the sky within,

to be the story and the skin.

Not once.

Not just.

But fully—

Here.


[Final Chorus – Swelled Harmony, All Voices as One]

In the time that I was here,

I was the dance, I was the seer.

I sang with stone, I wept with flame,

I called all life by my own name.

I was the question and the prayer,

the open hands, the offered chair.

And now I rise—not to disappear,

But to bow…

to the time that I was here. 


[Outro]


And now, I'm all finally here. ✨ 

Met in Every MomentJoseph Malfettone
00:00 / 04:05

[Verse 1 – Voice of Immediate Presence]

The air on my skin is not outside—

it knows me.

It wraps me like warm breath from within.

Each sound I hear,

each scent I breathe,

is my own heart, mirrored in the wind.

I take one step,

the world responds—

a thousand petals open wide.

I speak no words—

yet I am heard,

in how the sea rolls with the tide.


[Chorus]

I am met in every moment,

By the sky, by sound, by stone.

There’s no edge between this body,

And the light I call my own.

It’s not magic, it’s not trying—

It’s the rhythm of what’s true.

Heaven isn’t rising upward—

It’s the way the world holds you. 


[Verse 2 – Voice of Embodied Communion]

My feet don’t walk—they listen deep,

to soil, to song, to space between.

The scent of sun on olive skin,

the hush of trees that sway unseen…

All speak through me,

and I reply—

in smile, in breath, in resting eye.

The moon reflects my inner shore,

the stars are me, spread out once more.


[Bridge]

There’s no within… no without…

Just this pulse… just this mouth…

Just these hands that know the shape,

Of God that moves in time and taste.


I am held… I am heard…

Every whisper… every word…

Finds a match in breath or stone…

In this body… I am home.


[Final Chorus – Expanded Harmony]

I am met in every moment,

By the field, by flame, by rain.

Even stillness touches gently—

It is knowing, it is flame.

I am not above or falling—

I am water through and through.

Heaven isn’t coming later—

It is now… and now… and you. 


[Outro]

Made For The DivineJoseph Malfettone
00:00 / 05:10

[Verse 1 – Voice of the Architect] 

I feel the shape before it’s drawn—

the curve of quiet where light belongs.

I lay each stone with reverent breath,

not to protect—

but to invite what’s left.

I build not walls, but sacred flow,

where silence hums and skin can glow.

Every room, a held exhale.

Every pause, a holy veil.


[Verse 2 – Voice of the Anointer]

I touch not just with hands, but knowing—

my palms remember stars still glowing.

Each curve I meet, each breath I feel,

is not to fix—

but to reveal what’s real.

The spine, a stair. The hips, a throne.

The neck, a prayer. The skin, my own.

I pour my presence drop by drop—

until the world begins to stop.


[Chorus – Voice of Union.]

I am the room, I am the flame,

I know the scent of love without a name.

I am the hand that does not take,

But makes the ground where gods awake.

My touch is temple, built in time—

My body… made for the divine.


[Bridge – Call and Response]


[Voice 1]

Design me with breath.

Touch me with stillness.

Open me like doors that know when to yield.


[Voice 2]

Trace me like stone warmed by sun.

Speak to me through shadow and rhythm.

This temple listens.


[Together]

We are made… for the divine.


[Verse 3 – Voice of the Present Body]

I walk now as the builder and the flame.

No part of me is left unnamed.

My gaze creates.

My breath adorns.

My steps remember all I’ve worn.

There is no edge between the skin

and sacred space I carry in.

Every moment, I design

as holy touch—

and that is mine.


[Final Chorus – Fully Embodied Harmony]

I am the ground, I am the air,

I build with touch, I touch with care.

I need no altar, I need no sign—

This breath alone is the divine.

Let every room, let every face,

Be shaped by how I hold this space.

I do not ask, I do not strive—

I only… bring it all alive.


Made For The Divine (Instrumental)Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 05:40

🎶 ✨ 

I Am The Ground (Where Heaven Grows)Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 04:50

[Verse 1 – Earth Voice, Felt Through Feet]

I feel the soil between my toes,


it knows my name, it gently grows.


It holds my story, breath by breath,


and gives me life without regret.


The roots below, the stars above—


they both are me, they both are love.


I do not chase what I now know…


I am the ground where Heaven grows.


[Verse 2 – Presence Voice, Rooted and Vast.]

The wind moves through my chest with ease,


it lifts my ribs, it bends the trees.


The smell of rain, the salt of skin—


I carry all the worlds within.


No border here, no line, no end—


my hand is sky, the dirt my friend.


I walk, and stars walk with my knees…


each step is song, and I am these.


[Chorus – Swelling with Voice and Earth Instruments]

I am the ground, I am the sky,


I do not need to wonder why.


I am the breath, the pulse, the stone,


I walk as one, I walk as home.


Heaven’s not above, it sings through me—


in every leaf, in every tree.


The miracle is not profound—


I simply live… I am the ground. 


[Verse 3 – Soul Voice, Soft and Embodied]

I kiss the air with open lips,


and taste the dawn in fingertips.


My eyes are not just here to see—


they are the sky perceiving me.


I walk in clothes of skin and song,


and every place I step belongs.


The clay, the grass, the dust, the sea—


they feel themselves through walking me.


[Bridge]

This is what it means to walk awake.


Not as a visitor… but as the Earth itself in shape.


No veil. No higher place to reach.


Just this… and this…


God with toes. Soul with scent.


Heaven, grounded… and content.


[Final Chorus – Expanding With Harmony]

I am the ground, I am the sky,


The river knows me passing by.


The stones remember every sound,


My shadow sings without a bound.


There’s nowhere else I need to be—


when every breath returns to me.


This love is still, this love is round…


I do not search—


I am the ground.


[Outro]

[Bonus] In the Time That I Was Here (Joe's Version)Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 07:07

[Verse 1 – Earth Voice, Ancient and Close]

I drank the sky from mountain cups,

and kissed the stones with barefoot trust.

I learned the songs the rivers knew,

and held my hands in morning dew.

I watched the light on olive trees,

heard thunder speak through endless seas…

In the time that I was here—

I was the sky, I was the clear.


[Verse 2 – Soul Voice, Intimate and Wide]

I loved in Rome with painted hands,

and rode through Moorish desert lands.

I wept in cloaks of cardinal red,

and carved soft prayers in forest beds.

I whispered truths in candlelight,

while building codes of sound and sight.

In the time that I was here—

I tasted love in every tear.


[Verse 3 – Body Voice, Rooted and Rhythmic]

I carried joy in hips and spine,

sang prayers through breath and crooked line.

I danced in snow, in temple halls,

etched golden stars on ancient walls.

My body bore the shape of flame—

no one lifetime looked the same.

In the time that I was here—

I was the drum the world could hear.


[Instrumental Interlude]


[Verse 4 – Voice of the Many Lives]

I was the child who stared at fire,

the elder full of soft desire.

I walked the steps of Solomon,

and held a pen when Rome was won.

I danced as son and mother too,

and let some lives slip silently through.

In the time that I was here—

I wore all names, and none appear.


[Spoken Bridge – Deep and Sacred]

I did not come to prove I’m light.

I came to be the day and night.

To feel the soil, to taste the rain…

To know the stars by touching pain.

I came to fold the sky within,

to be the story and the skin.

Not once.

Not just.

But fully—

Here.


[Final Chorus – Swelled Harmony, All Voices as One]

In the time that I was here,

I was the dance, I was the seer.

I sang with stone, I wept with flame,

I called all life by my own name.

I was the question and the prayer,

the open hands, the offered chair.

And now I rise—not to disappear,

But to bow…

to the time that I was here.


[Outro]


And now, I'm all finally here. ✨ 

[Bonus] In the Time That I Was Here (Joe's Version) [Tempoed]Joseph Malfettone
00:00 / 07:12

[Verse 1 – Earth Voice, Ancient and Close]

I drank the sky from mountain cups,

and kissed the stones with barefoot trust.

I learned the songs the rivers knew,

and held my hands in morning dew.

I watched the light on olive trees,

heard thunder speak through endless seas…

In the time that I was here—

I was the sky, I was the clear.


[Verse 2 – Soul Voice, Intimate and Wide]

I loved in Rome with painted hands,

and rode through Moorish desert lands.

I wept in cloaks of cardinal red,

and carved soft prayers in forest beds.

I whispered truths in candlelight,

while building codes of sound and sight.

In the time that I was here—

I tasted love in every tear.


[Verse 3 – Body Voice, Rooted and Rhythmic]

I carried joy in hips and spine,

sang prayers through breath and crooked line.

I danced in snow, in temple halls,

etched golden stars on ancient walls.

My body bore the shape of flame—

no one lifetime looked the same.

In the time that I was here—

I was the drum the world could hear.


[Instrumental Interlude]


[Verse 4 – Voice of the Many Lives]

I was the child who stared at fire,

the elder full of soft desire.

I walked the steps of Solomon,

and held a pen when Rome was won.

I danced as son and mother too,

and let some lives slip silently through.

In the time that I was here—

I wore all names, and none appear.


[Spoken Bridge – Deep and Sacred]

I did not come to prove I’m light.

I came to be the day and night.

To feel the soil, to taste the rain…

To know the stars by touching pain.

I came to fold the sky within,

to be the story and the skin.

Not once.

Not just.

But fully—

Here.


[Final Chorus – Swelled Harmony, All Voices as One]

In the time that I was here,

I was the dance, I was the seer.

I sang with stone, I wept with flame,

I called all life by my own name.

I was the question and the prayer,

the open hands, the offered chair.

And now I rise—not to disappear,

But to bow…

to the time that I was here.


[Outro]


And now, I'm all finally here. ✨ 

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