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Mountain at My Gates Lyrics
I see a mountain at my gates
I see it more and more each day
What i give it takes away
Whether i go or when i stay
I see a mountain at my gates
I see it more and more each day
I see a fire out by the lake
I'll drive my car without the breaks
I see a mountain in my way
It's looming larger by the day
I see a darkness in my fate
I'll drive my car without the breaks
Oh gimme some time
Show me the foothold from which i can climb
Yeah when i feel low
You show me a signpost for where i should go
I see a mountain at my gates
I see it more and more each day
And my desire wears a dark dress
But each day i see you less
Oh gimme some time
Show me the foothold from which i can climb
Yeah when i feel low
You show me a signpost for where i should go
Through lanes and stone rows, black granite, wind blows
Fire lake and far flame go now but come again
Dark clouds gather round will I run or stand my ground?
Oh when I come to climb
Show me the mountain so far behind
Yeah it's farther away
It´s shadow gets smaller day after day
Yeah, gimme my way
Gimme my love
Gimme my choice
You keep me coming around
Gimme my fate
Gimme my lungs
Gimme my voice
You keep me coming around
I see it more and more each day
What i give it takes away
Whether i go or when i stay
I see it more and more each day
I see a fire out by the lake
I'll drive my car without the breaks
It's looming larger by the day
I see a darkness in my fate
I'll drive my car without the breaks
Show me the foothold from which i can climb
Yeah when i feel low
You show me a signpost for where i should go
I see it more and more each day
And my desire wears a dark dress
But each day i see you less
Show me the foothold from which i can climb
Yeah when i feel low
You show me a signpost for where i should go
Fire lake and far flame go now but come again
Dark clouds gather round will I run or stand my ground?
Show me the mountain so far behind
Yeah it's farther away
It´s shadow gets smaller day after day
Gimme my love
Gimme my choice
You keep me coming around
Gimme my lungs
Gimme my voice
You keep me coming around
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Your future, obstacles and challenges, and whatever helps you go forward. That challenge you keep putting off will always be right in front of you, waiting for you to overcome it. You just need to start.
The Mountain is DEATH on the horizon. I see it ahead, closer and more each day, Whatever I give to life is only going to this place. I may as well go ahead without abandon (no brakes)
This song is about getting help recovering from addiction.
The mountain is the subject of that addiction. In the first verse, it seems insurmountable "getting larger every day" and continues so until the chorus of help: "give me a foothold/signpost" and gradually it gets better until it's clear where he's going and sees the mountain and its shadow getting smaller as he moves on.
So having gone through a break up recently after 8 years I feel obsessed with this song.
Every song means what it means to an individual, for me the mountain represents the changes my life is going to take and the fear and uncertainty that brings.
The help referenced to me, means the support network I have around me, when I'm feeling down they help me to climb up the foot holes etc.
Emo - sad whatever, each to their own
I honestly think the song is about a smoker that can’t quit smoking and sees himself dying from it as the mountain gets larger. And eventually manages to quit and overcome his biggest mountain, asking for his choice and lungs back.