Mountain - Lyrics - Heather Dale
Heather Dale is a Canadian Celtic recording artist and touring musician. She records and performs primarily her own original songs, which draw their inspiration from the folklore, mythology and history of various Celtic and non-Celtic cultures, along with some elements of modern fantasy literature. Her musical style is a mix of traditional and modern, influenced by Celtic folk, folk-rock, New Age, and world music. She has been compared to Loreena McKennitt, Sarah McLachlan, and Judy Collins.
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The mountain rose from bonds of earth and showed that all could rise.
Some men learned, while others saw with only hungry eyes.
And as the prize they conquered, like a bride without her gown.
One by one, they mined its bones and dragged the mountain down.
They built a grand cathedral in the image of the mount.
The grace was lost on hungry men who feared to be without.
And as the bombs fell from the air and shattered in the town,
One by one, they broke its bones and dragged the mountain down.
So I see the mountain in this wall of weathered stone.
I read the names of hungry men who lie in fields unsown.
Rise up had been the lesson, but we put them in the ground.
One by one, we laid their bones and dragged the mountain down.
One by one, we laid their bones and dragged the mountain down.
