The Mountain

We woke up on the mountain

Air was clear sun was shining

All we could see was silver

And so we started thinking

Then when we came off the mountain

All of the lanes were static

All expressions were frozen

Over each other's traffic

Second time the dusk was setting

Streets filled with different people

All of them tired and distant

Some of them tried to know us

We had carried our instruments

And hid behind our features

Laughed and joked and hoped that they'd have

They'd have something to show us

At sea in the cities

Alien in the suburbs

Adrift on peripheries

Wake up back on the mountain

At sea in the cities

Alien in the suburbs

Adrift on peripheries

Wake up back on the mountain

We went back to the mountain

They spoke a different language

A mess of walls and fences

The mountain we created

Our faces amongst the landed

Except that we were nameless

Only inherited stories

Since we fell off the mountain

Then the mountain came between us

And took away the buildings

We were the half remembered

The only two remaining

Then we knew we were the mountain

You said "I'll do this for you"

Covered what we had broken

Forgot about the mountain

At sea in the cities

Alien in the suburbs

Adrift on peripheries

Wake up back on the mountain

At sea in the cities

Alien in the suburbs

Adrift on peripheries

Wake up back on the mountain