Farther On-Denison Witmer

[ti:Farther On] [ar:Denison Witmer] [al:Recovered] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.74]In my early years I hid my tears [00:05.20] [00:06.05]And passed my days alone [00:08.67] [00:11.45]Adrift on an ocean of loneliness [00:14.35] [00:16.44]My dreams like nets were thrown [00:19.26] [00:21.66]To catch the love that I'd heard of [00:26.11] [00:26.83]In books and films and songs [00:29.69] [00:32.02]There's a world of illusion and fantasy [00:35.26] [00:37.18]In the place where the real world belongs [00:40.27] [00:42.16]Now I look for the beauty in songs [00:45.28] [00:47.35]To fill my head and lead me on [00:50.89] [00:52.57]Though my dreams [00:53.40] [00:54.24]Have come up torn and empty [00:56.03] [00:57.50]As many times as love has come and gone [01:01.19] [01:02.96]To those gentle ones my memory runs [01:07.71] [01:08.54]To the laughter we shared at the meals [01:11.69] [01:14.45]I filled their kitchens and living rooms [01:18.11] [01:18.93]With my dreams and my broken wheels [01:21.86] [01:23.88]It was never clear how far or near [01:28.70] [01:29.39]The gates to my citadel lay [01:32.38] [01:34.68]They were cutting [01:35.77]From stone some dreams of their own [01:39.22] [01:39.83]But they listened to mine anyway [01:42.69] [01:44.91]I'm not sure what I'm trying to say [01:48.17] [01:50.11]It could be I've lost my way [01:53.79] [01:55.03]Though I keep a watch over the distance [01:58.56] [02:00.24]Heaven's no closer than it was yesterday [02:03.44] [02:04.69]And the angels are older [02:06.51] [02:11.15]They know not to wait up for the sun [02:14.01] [02:14.84]They look over my shoulder [02:17.03] [02:19.12]At the maps and the drawings [02:20.87] [02:21.77]Of the journey I've begun [02:24.70] [02:29.17]Now the distance leads me farther on [02:32.67] [02:34.59]Though the reasons I once had are gone [02:38.03] [02:39.64]I keep thinking I'll find what I'm looking for [02:43.92] [02:45.05]In the sand beneath the dawn [02:48.21] [02:49.20]And the angels are older [02:50.98] [02:55.58]They can see that the sun's setting fast [02:58.32] [02:59.32]They look over my shoulder [03:01.59] [03:03.35]At the vision of paradise [03:05.21] [03:06.65]Contained in the light of the past [03:09.12] [03:09.83]And they lay down behind me [03:12.31] [03:15.17]To sleep beside the road [03:16.83] [03:17.78]Till the morning has come [03:19.19] [03:20.35]Where they know they will find me [03:22.79] [03:24.15]With my maps and my faith in the distance [03:27.31] [03:28.02]Moving farther on [03:30.10] [03:33.24]Farther On - Denison Witmer