Hike Your Own Hike
by @kludge
Liner Notes
#hiking #dobro
I love hiking, and “hike your own hike” is common advice in the hiking community. Choose your own trail, set your own pace, hike in a way that makes you happy and comfortable. I wanted to expand on the idea as general life advice, and also give a sense of why I find the hiking experience so profoundly rewarding.
Lyrics
Is this what you should be doing?
Is this where you want to be?
Are you feeling trapped or feeling free?
Go as far as you have to
Go as far as you can walk
Touch the mountaintops, or touch the sea
You can hike with friends and family
You can hike somewhere alone
You can hike with those you meet along the way
No place is truly nowhere
You’ll know it coz you’ve been there
And maybe you’ll return again someday
(chorus)
Hike your own hike
Don’t let anybody tell you where to go
Don’t let anybody tell you you’re too fast or you’re too slow
You’ll get there when you get there
And you’ll see what you will see
Hike your own hike
When you listen to the birdsongs
And you listen to the wind
And you can’t hear cars even if you try
Just listen to your body
And listen to your heart
Because the listening is its own reason why
(chorus)
You might get lost
You might get injured
You might let your fears keep you trapped inside
Nature finds you
Nature heals your aching heart
Just let Earth and Sky and Spirit be your guide
When you come back to the place
Where the canyons turn to valleys
Where the trails turn to sidewalks and to roads
You’ll feel the Earth beneath the pavement
Feel the Sky above that roof
And you’ll bring Nature everywhere you go
(chorus)
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"Just listen to your body
And listen to your heart
Because the listening is its own reason why"
there's so much you managed to capture here, both about the joy of hiking and the joy of living. man, i love songs that are simultaneously literal and also metaphors. this is such a shining example of that.
also, can we talk about that last verse??? so profoundly beautiful and true. i think the world would be a much kinder place if everyone went on a hike sometimes.
fantastic song, dave. thanks for writing it <3