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Denison Witmer

by Denison Witmer

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1.
Oh my God I feel it in my blood The warming of the winter The coming of the flood Springtime’s song Born without the words Waiting for a flower Longing to be heard Pushing it’s way out of the ground Born Without The Words Feelings too old to die young now You can live your whole life in want Comparing to another As something that you’re not Or you can fill the space that you’ve been given The space that was made for you You and no one else Pushing my way out of the ground I’m ready for it I’ve grown too old to die young now I’m better for it Born without the words Waiting for a flower Longing to be heard
2.
Keep Moving Brother, Keep Moving Sister I’m determined to change I mark the corner but I’m turning the page To the sound of your voice Like a distant star, my love And I don’t care what they say I mark the corner but I’m turning the page To the sound of your voice Like a distant star, my love Keep moving brother Keep moving sister I consider my name The one I’m given and the one I became And the difference between Hangs inside the stars my love I played out every cliché I’ve been a house not a home as they say And I can’t do it anymore I won’t do it anymore my love Keep moving brother Keep moving sister I’m determined to change
3.
Constant Muse Is my mind at ease or am I jaded? Has the brightest color in me faded? Have the simplest things been complicated In a song? I was just nineteen when all this started I was sun burned skin and open hearted I was hometown proud, tucked in, and parted In a song In my dreams I’m wide awake And I always have exactly what it takes Oh, my constant muse I have pinned my life on you Chasing words and every mood Into song In my dreams I’m wide awake And I always have exactly what it takes In my dreams I’m wide awake And I always know exactly what to say Oh, my constant muse I have pinned my life on you Chasing words and every mood Into song Is my mind at ease or am I jaded?
4.
Made Out For This You could be whatever you want But I know that you’re feeling older And I can do whatever I want If you’re looking across my shoulders What if I’m just not made out for this? I follow the light as it moves I’m still making my way back to the river Where I can fill my cup until its full And lay my body down under the water What if I’m just not made out for this?
5.
Let Go A Little I was in my garden Water pouring from my hands I turned around and there you stood You were transparent and you said, “Why are you so precious about everything? Let go a little.”
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Asa 03:48
7.
Take More Than You Need Wait with me for just a while When the water in me dries Stay with me all afternoon When the spirit in me moves If you’re lying awake With a lifetime to go And the thoughts that you take with you Take more than you know There… where you build your house of prayer Thoughts that tangle in your hair While the world around you stares If you’re lying awake With my hands on your waist Wondering what you can take from me Take more than you need I’m not long for this world, baby So much just fell miles behind me I don’t long for this world baby Half a life fell miles behind me
8.
Right Behind You April takes the hill, I follow Moments after All across the park, the sound of Children’s laughter I don’t see the point in waiting Half my life to say All of the things I’m thinking Each and every day I’m right behind you now Right behind you now When your hair falls down and over Both your shoulders My eyes trace the lines of your neck And forever I don’t see the point in waiting Half my life to say All of the things I’m thinking Starting with today I’m right behind you now Right behind you now You have a brilliant mind I follow right behind you It’s good to keep your hope alive It’s good to keep your hope alive now
9.
The Other Side Who waits for you on the other side? There is a line I’ve stretched between us It is a ribbon made of white There is a line I’m tangled in I know that you tried There is a line that moves around you It is a ribbon made of light There is a line that takes you with it I know that it’s right Who waits for you on the other side?
10.
Take Yourself Seriously I read “Letters To A Young Poet” for you We take books to bed and settle into a groove Our days move so fast, there’s still too much to do One of us should open up a window For this reason we will never cease to grow Going beyond great into the greater Patience enough in ourselves that we may endure Simplicity enough to believe it Take yourself seriously Everything mysteriously Take yourself seriously Everything mysteriously Dedicated to Rainer Maria Rilke. Lyrics inspired by “Letters To A Young Poet”

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released April 30, 2013

Denison Witmer / Denison Witmer
Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Devin Greenwood.

Musicians:
Denison Witmer - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Percussion
Devin Greenwood - Bass, Organ, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Piano, Accordion, Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Ross Bellenoit - Electric Guitar
Spencer Cohen - Drums
Don Peris - Electric Guitar
Sufjan Stevens - Piano, Vocals
William Fitzsimmons - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Dawn Landes - Vocals

Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Devin Greenwood.
Co-Production and additional engineering by Denison Witmer.
Recorded at the Honey Jar in Brooklyn, NY.
Additional recording at Denison’s home in Philadelphia, PA.
Mastered by TW Walsh

All Songs written by Denison Witmer
© Havre De Grace Music Publishing (BMI)
except “Asa” © Bry Webb, 2011 (SOCAN)

William Fitzsimmons appears courtesy of the Nettwerk Music Group

Layout and Design by Jordan Gray (www.jordangraycreative.com)
Photography by Ryan Collerd (ryancollerd.com)

Please Visit:
www.denisonwitmer.com
www.asthmatickitty.com

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Denison Witmer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Denison Witmer has been recording and releasing music since 1995 when he released a cassette titled My Luck, My Love, under the tutelage of the Innocence Mission’s Don Peris. Since then, Witmer has been steadily releasing music every few years. He now has over a dozen critically acclaimed EPs and LPs to his name. ... more

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