Anyone

Eason - Single

Eason

Rosewood

Songs from Davis - EP

The Oceans

Songs from Davis

Bleak Midwestern Winter

Brevity

If/Then

A Killer (Or at Least Self-Centered)

The Morning's Blessings

Vacant Airport

Davis

A Killer (Postscript)

April 23, 1996

Alleluia

High Altitude is the first single from Davis John Patton.

The optimal time to play High Altitude is when you're at a bonfire and everyone else goes inside except you and the guy/gal you have always been in love with.

Written by Davis John Patton and Jacob Swegle.
Produced by Davis John Patton and Jacob Swegle.
Album art by Greg Rudolph. http://www.grudolphdesign.com/

Check High Altitude out on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/4BXF9pCPS864m8VMjuR4Pl

Lyrics:
Deep breath in, breath it out, to stabilize.
Let my eyes close cause it feels like mountain heights.
Nerves setting in, and we see the hills ahead.
Keep on steady forth cause I have learned not to trust my head.
Just keep your eyes locked ahead.
I know the fear you feel.
Every time you look down, know I've fallen farther than we could.
It feels like high altitude.

High Altitude

"you don't need a dictionary to listen to this" is an instrumental EP from Midwestern singer/songwriter Davis John Patton. The EP brings together a handful of unreleased tracks with varying backgrounds and inspiration.

The first three tracks (None, i, and ii) are part of an old project originally entitled "fresh earth." The unfinished work started with the intention of writing a song based on each day of the Creation story as told in the first chapter of the Bible, Genesis. "None" covers the first two verses of Genesis before anything was created; "i" covers the first day, verses three through five; and "ii" scores day two, verses six through eight. The "fresh earth" project is (and may always be) unfinished, but thankfully the almighty God of the universe completed more than day two and was able to create this indescribable, unknowable universe that we live in.

The fourth track (Lapse) started out as more of an experiment than a song. The ticking clock heard throughout the piece was simply a challenging base to build a song around and was never intended to result in a melodic, finished song. But it did.

The fifth track (High Altitude (Instrumental)) is purely an instrumental version of the High Altitude single released in June of 2017. You can hear the full, lyrical track by Davis John Patton on NoiseTrade, Spotify, iTunes, and everywhere else.

Lapse

A snippet of Jared Wilson's sermon during The Salt Company Conference in February 2017 in Des Moines, IA.

To hear the whole message: https://vimeo.com/202545912

emptyhanded (feat. Jared Wilson)

Lyrics:

Reaching higher ground,
breathing. Lighter sound.
Leaving winter now.
I won't run.

Call this peak where we will stay.
Canopy, keep us at bay.
May it be where we were made to go.

Welcome the collide.
Fill your cup with mine!
Keep the sun tonight.
I won't run.

Call this peak where we will stay.
Canopy, keep us at bay.
May it be where we were made to go.

Stay when life attacks.
Care exists for that.
You're safe within my grasp.

Forest Park

Peak

Lyrics:

Conversations like burning fire.
Can you feel the distance roll in like floodwater?

With loneliness and love it's a thin line,
in your absence either could be right.
Call it what you'd like but I'm undone.
Feeling cold, feeling cold.

Dampening the thoughts of the true right.
Curse my inward sight, leaves you unheard.
Is there love in spite of the many motives of my mind?
Would you fight?
Would you fight?

With loneliness and love it's a thin line,
in your absence either could be right.
Call it what you'd like but I'm undone.
Feeling cold, feeling cold.

Would you fight?
Would you fight?

Motives

Lyrics:

I am not the one you know.
Forget all you've carved in stone.
All risk at enter is your own.
Vanity, deeper than my bones.

My blood has gone bad,
fuels a blind eye.
But don't miss it now!
Every drop is (im)purely mine.

So I call it out,
unlock the door.
See for yourself.
By now I know it well.

Dim now, the light has spread so far. 
Balance: sign of a righteous heart?
My motives, they all are far gone,
caught in a total dark.

I'm underwhelmed.
My goodness folds
under the faults
(there's always more).

So come and know
every fallen cell
I do own.
By now I know it well.

By Now I Know It Well

Lyrics:

I am stranded on a beach that I've always known.
I have fallen in love with this curse though I know it's not home.

So I call out for rescue, and I work down to bone,
just searching for something -- no, anything -- to get me back home.

I am doubtful of a sail that could capture the wind.
But I am speechless! The boat is open to let a doubter step in.

Now the sail is my rescue, and I rest down below.
Wind so strong it could kill me, but it carries me home.

I am buried on the beach where I first began.
I live by the water that soon will wash over the sand.

The sail is my rescue, and I rest down below.
Wind so strong it could kill me, but it carries me home.

A Tale of Rescue

From the Garden - EP

Stay

We Can Find a Place

Safety

I'm Not an Island When I'm Alone

Poetry - EP

What Have You Done to Me

Honesty

Somewhere in My Memory - Single

Somewhere in My Memory

The simplest pleasures matter the most. Whether it be the dawn breaking, pouring the first cup of coffee, or enjoying a tree as it sways in the wind, the little things distinguish one day from the next. The day derives color, personality, and even magic from these nuances. Davis John Patton most certainly treasures such details. In similar fashion, his songwriting bears the eloquence of a novelist, allowing the smallest moments to leave big impressions. On his 2020 Poetry EP [Nettwerk], the troubadour uses acoustic instrumentation and atmospheric production to translate life’s idiosyncrasies into five introspective and engaging folk anthems.

“I like to find people where they are and help them see the beauty in those moments,” he says. “I’m trying to highlight the profound things happening day-to-day. We can always use more inspiration and peace.”

Born and raised in the Midwest, Davis found himself drawn to music at a young age. Mom enrolled him in piano lessons during first grade. Three years later, he picked up guitar. In between choir at church and school, he discovered Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago and embraced acoustic folk. While in college, he independently wrote and recorded the 2018 Forest Park EP, followed by 2019’s From the Garden EP [Nettwerk], which received praise from the likes of American Songwriter, Atwood Magazine and more. Even in the midst of a prolific few years, he still found the time to recognize peace around him.

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