[Lyric] Mountain of Joy (Maya Caskie)

The day that I stopped being lonesome
All the door handles towered overhead
And all tabletops were taped from end to end

I remember frosted windows
Big hand guiding me quietly in
To a little room with a little you

He’s so angry but I love you
And I can’t reconcile the two
But there’s a landscape I could show you -
Canyons burning and breathing in summer blue
And swimmable oceans, and mountains of joy –
Let’s go

The day that you stopped being happy
I was out after dark with my friends
Switching worlds in the shadow of the Thames

We spoke about it some years after -
All the things you believe, those you don’t
From the mouth of the smartest man we know
He’s so angry but I love you
And I can’t reconcile the two
But there’s a landscape I could show you -
The valleys burning and breathing in summer blue
And swimmable oceans, mountain of joy
Stream of consciousness, beautiful noise...
What beautiful noise scaling up the walls of my family home

When my friends have moved and married
When I give up on another human hope
And I’ve weathered on
And I’ve weathered on

Since the first day of January
And the tiny peach that I first met
Though it seems some’s been wasted
I know some peace could come of us yet
Swimmable oceans, mountains of joy -
Let’s go