Hello
Its been a good 6 months since I've posted here although I have been browsing/lurking from time to time. In the meantime I've written a few songs, this one being the most recent. The mountain is a metaphor for a place of refuge or isolation. Its not autobiographical but about someone I know. I quite like the overall shape of the lyrics but they are a but clumsy in places. What I really don't like is the transition into the chorus. Definitely a WIP! Oh, and the occasional background sounds you can hear are a creaky kitchen chair!
https://soundcloud.com/thelostlad/mountain-manLyrics:
For ten lonely years I’ve walked on this mountain
Woken each morning by the ptarmigan’s call
At night I may brood on the lights in the valley
I’m sheltered on high from what may befall
Most times I take the path of least resistance
At least I can bathe in a cool waterfall
At times I have cried when I thought of my brothers
Toiling for gold in lands far away
Comfort I find in the clough on the hillside
I take to my den at the end of the day
Most times I take the path of least resistance
At least I can see the hawk take its prey
A quill by my bedside / Is my weapon of choice
A voice on the mountain / I’ll be
Turn from the outside / No life to rejoice
The voice on the mountain / Is me
When I think back to the joys of my childhood
I can’t see where my life went awry
I somehow took a path much less travelled
No means of return now I’m close to the sky
Most times I take the path of least resistance
At least I can watch the stream running by
In years still to come I aim to endeavour
To journey once more to those down below
The years will be long, my face may be ravaged
I pray that they see me as one of their own
For now I will take the path of least resistance
At least I can call the mountain my home
A quill by my bedside / Is my weapon of choice
A voice on the mountain / I’ll be
Turn from the outside / No life to rejoice
The voice on the mountain / Is me