Once a die-hard rocker, Don Conoscenti is one of the most respected musicians and critically acclaimed songwriters in acoustic
music. His live performances are a soulful fusion of styles blended from his experience playing rock, jazz, blues, folk, funk and country. But his primary love is the landscape of storytelling and songwriting. He lives in Taos, New Mexico.
Conoscenti’s 2001 release, Paradox of Grace, featured the pivotal song,
“The Other Side”. Following the attacks of Sept 11, 2001 the song was played regularly on WFUV-FM in New York City and as a result he was invited to perform it on the nationally syndicated television program ‘Crossing Over with John Edward’. Because of it’s comforting effect the song continues to be used internationally in healing and hospice work
and is played or performed at countless memorial services.
The Other Side
from Paradox of Grace - Cogtone 010 - 2001
i’m over on the other side
where life and death softly divide.
left my skin and bones behind
now i’m over on the other side.
can you feel me there with you?
my breath is gone but i’m not through.
loved you then and i still do
from over on the other side.
i can fly. really fly.
below the earth ... all through the sky.
tell em all i did not die.
i’m just over on the other side.
it’s good here on the other side.
the sweetest songs...the bluest skies.
thank you for the tears you cried
but it’s good here on the other side.
i can fly. really fly.
below the earth...all through the sky.
tell em all i did not die.
i’m just over on the other side
the world is smaller than a needle’s eye.
where life and death softly divide.
when you leave your skin and bones behind
i’ll be waiting on the other side.
i can fly. really fly.
below the earth ... all through the sky.
go tell em all i did not die.
i’m just over on the other side.
Credits:
DonCon: all instruments, lead vocal, high vocal at end
Ellis Paul: harmony vocals
Recorded by Don Richmond at Howling Dog Studios in Alamosa Colorado
Don Conoscenti
Published by Desert Muse/SESAC