Sleeping Ute is a small mountain in southwest Colorado. if you're on the "north road" heading south and driving towards the mountain it looks like a man that is sleeping with his arms crossed over his chest. The Ute's believed that this was a chief that fell asleep nursing his wounds after battle. It is still a commonly held belief by the local natives that one day he will awaken and destroy the enemies of the Ute's.
The phrase "If i could lie still like that grey hill" is referencing the mountain. If he could just stay still and patiently sleep until the opportune moment he would be better off, but he "can't help himself" and can't just lie there because he desperately needs to take action. Lying there won't solve anything. He need to do something outside of what he has always does. The mountain has always been lying there despite fires, despite the wrong-doing, the Ute's are a tribe that continue to struggle and the Sleeping Ute still lies there.
Sleeping Ute is a small mountain in southwest Colorado. if you're on the "north road" heading south and driving towards the mountain it looks like a man that is sleeping with his arms crossed over his chest. The Ute's believed that this was a chief that fell asleep nursing his wounds after battle. It is still a commonly held belief by the local natives that one day he will awaken and destroy the enemies of the Ute's.
The phrase "If i could lie still like that grey hill" is referencing the mountain. If he could just stay still and patiently sleep until the opportune moment he would be better off, but he "can't help himself" and can't just lie there because he desperately needs to take action. Lying there won't solve anything. He need to do something outside of what he has always does. The mountain has always been lying there despite fires, despite the wrong-doing, the Ute's are a tribe that continue to struggle and the Sleeping Ute still lies there.