The Mountain

18 hours ago by @ballyhoot

Liner Notes

I wrote the first two verses sometime last year but had no idea what they were about and had no music. So for FAWM this year, I decided what the song was about, came up with a chorus, wrote a third verse, and came up with the music. Almost gave up on it but finally got it to this point and decided that was good enough. Recorded on my bed with my phone's GarageBand app -- 1 acoustic rhythm guitar, 2 tracks of electric guitar, and a third track of electric guitar pretending to be a bass guitar, one main vocal track, one doubling vocal track, and a third vocal track for the chorus.
#folk #rock #started-as-acoustic-only-song #wish-it-had-drums

Lyrics

The mountain was hard
Stopping me cold
I couldn't climb to the sky
I couldn't keep hold

These muscles of mine
Are wearing me down
My fingers are slipping
Don't look at the ground

CHORUS:
But climb I must and climb I do
All the way, all the way, to get back to you
But climb I must and climb I do
All the way
To you

The mountain, I built it
Built it from my mistakes
There's no way around it
There's no way for it to break

(Chorus)
(Break)
(Chorus)

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