Name: We Bear Witness
Duration: P00H04M13S
Description: Animals don't ask themselves how best to bring up their young. They just know. We as humans, on the other hand, are constantly questioning how best to raise our children. Sometimes it seems to me that they are on their own trajectory either way, no matter what we do, and our true purpose as parents is simply to bear witness to their becoming.

We Bear Witness

from Shine by Alex Spencer

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Animals don't ask themselves how best to bring up their young. They just know. We as humans, on the other hand, are constantly questioning how best to raise our children. Sometimes it seems to me that they are on their own trajectory either way, no matter what we do, and our true purpose as parents is simply to bear witness to their becoming.

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We Bear Witness
They're on their own trajectory
These children of ours.
Following an arch through space
We are merely their surroundings.
Their water, their air, their place.
Their place.

At least that's what I think sometimes
But at other times I am crushed by the weight
Of carrying and keeping,
Guiding and seeking,
Showing and teaching
Releasing or reaching
Being or doing
Leaving or pursuing
Stopping or starting
Arriving or departing
We're their water, their air, their place.
Their place.

The elephant mother knows where the water is
She leads her little one through the blinding sand storm
Across the bewildering desert, she knows the way.
She knows the way.
She knows the way.

Mostly we bear witness to their becoming.

credits

from Shine, released December 4, 2019
Double Bass: Ben Lehmann
Drums: Martial Frenzel
Saxophone: Paul Engelmann
Viola: Alice Rose
Cello: Gábor Hartyáni

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Alex Spencer Berlin, Germany

Set afloat on a soft and shimmering stream, Alex Spencer's music is the kind of boat ride in which simple human rowing begins to resonate with deeper, inner currents. UK born Alex Spencer set down roots in Berlin in the year 2000. Today, she can be seen walking her black Labrador dog through Görlitzer Park, playing the singer-songwriter circuit and, on occasion, also raising her three children. ... more

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May 4

The Leadmill

Sheffield, UK
May 8

KOKO

London, UK
May 24

Manchester Academy 3

Manchester, UK
Jul 19

Robin Park

Wigan, UK
Sep 6

The Hairy Dog

Derby, UK

discography

Supermoon

Feb 2021
Supermoon

Apr 2020
Shine

Dec 2019
Growing Pains

Dec 2018

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