The Mountain Climber

3 weeks ago by @lbrewington

Liner Notes

This weeks SongSidekick Song Circle was to create a song that was not from my continent, which is North America. The thought on my mind when sitting down to this song was to write a song that looked at a character that lives live on the edge as guide to live a more perfect life, and with the prompt on my mind I thought of the Swiss Alps and the alpine climbers who test their spirit on the hallowed peaks. From there we now have The Mountain Climber.

#songsidekicksongcircle #nothere #acoustic #mountainsong

Took three hours from sitting down to final demo post. No clue why I would pronounce pasture so oddly on this demo version but that's what came out.

Lyrics

[capo 3]

am
rock and rope
g
a prayer to the sky
c g
pine forests cloak the low divide
c g am
o i'm a mountain climber

am
a red fox slipping
g
through the shadow
c g
a cowbell rings from a high pasture
for i am a mountain climber

a communion of the
submlime
a jagged cathedral of stone and ice
i am a mountain climber

dm am
the air thins and the world narrows
if i'm not dying i'll be living
g7
ascending toward the heavens
f
rock rope and sky

c g am
focus is what i need
for i am a mountain climber

inner breath
calm
and move

fear
and pain
removed

blue white expanse
year round snow mantles
muffled footsteps
as the summits blush their color
catching fire, eternal molten chill

focus is ...

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