We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $2.50 AUD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a lovely gatefold case - a twelve page booklet including lyrics, album notes/acknowledgements and Celia Kemp's beautiful desert photographs.

    Includes unlimited streaming of STONES THAT SING via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days

      $20 AUD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    10
    releases

    Get all 10 John Coleman releases available on Bandcamp and save 30%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Neil The Seal, Falling Into Light, STONES THAT SING, Shade Tree Place, Songs of Wind and Water, The Colemans, Sunrise After Tilling, Pilgrims Together, and 2 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $85.40 AUD or more (30% OFF)

     

lyrics

HIGHER

Higher, higher – woke at 4am still shaking from a dream
Higher, higher – I step outside and see the last star in the sky
Softest breath of wind – like loving fingers on my skin - higher

Higher, higher – I don’t know where this hope is coming from
Higher, higher – the sun paints yellow on that early rising moon
The rolling ocean sings – and sweeps the cleansing waters in - higher

I’ve been holding on too tight, haven’t I? Holding on, holding on too tight
Holding on too tight, haven’t I? Holding on – holding on - too tight
Higher

The birds that fish the bay – plunge like needles through the spray
Higher

Higher, higher – shifting colours o the sweet green of the sea
Higher, higher – flock of cockatoo, white flags in the tree
The rolling ocean sings – and sweeps the cleansing waters in – higher

I’ve been holding on too tight, haven’t I? Holding on, holding on too tight
Holding on too tight, haven’t I? Holding on – holding on - too tight
Higher

John Coleman © 2018

credits

from STONES THAT SING, released June 26, 2020
Ian Bartle acoustic guitar
Oliver Gathercole wurlitzer
Emily Wolfe violin
Vin Howe uke bass
John Britcliffe drums
John Coleman lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

John Coleman image

John Coleman Hobart, Australia

John Coleman is an Australian singer/songwriter in the acoustic folk/rock tradition who has produced eleven albums of original songs The most recent is Falling Into Light - a collection of songs for meditation - his final collaboration with Noel Davis. Many of John’s songs are inspired by and explore the spirituality of the L’Arche and Quaker communities to which he belongs. ... more

contact / help

Contact John Coleman

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

If you like John Coleman, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now