Last problem of the Alps

Jason Lytle

From window set in beam and plaster
I glass the spot where she sat last year
Lost atop the rocks with shivering mouth

Now I cut the wood I fill the stove
I eat my soup I write my notes
Recalling the last problem of the Alps
Recalling the last problem of the Alps

We grew up in the Alpenwoods
And from day one we understood
We'd always be each others, come what may

Now I cut more wood, I do my chores
I'll wait for you forevermore...
Recalling the last problem of the Alps
Recalling our last problem of the Alps
Forever our last problem of the Alps
Forever our last problem...
Forever... Forever... Forever...
Forever... Forever... Lost atop the rocks


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    General CommentAgree that this is a continuation of Matterhorn, disagree she was a suicide. Mountain climbing is ridiculously difficult claiming hundreds of lives each year and the rule, cold as it may be, is that the dead do not burden the living... In other words, people are left where they died. Climbers often leave notes in the pockets of those who died as the narrator in Matterhorn does, his tears freezing as he descends leaving her up there.

    In this song he continues to live, hard as it may be, always reminded of her by his view of the mountain that claimed her life...
    grenon December 31, 2015   Link

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