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Mountain of the Soul

from Hymns of the Black Flag by Echo Park Orchestra

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Recorded in Bristol and Altea

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Mountain of the Soul

We travel the road of excess
In search of a sure fire system
To the palace on the next Express
The palace of dubious wisdom
There are millions of men with delusions
Who see just what they want to see
Happy to live with illusions
With a cast-iron guarantee

We’re out of the swamps and the lowlands
We’re out of the rain and the mud
With a map that was made by a madman
With a short-cut scribbled in blood
This mountain may go on forever
Though we seem to be on the right track
But every time that we take a step forward
We seem to take two paces back

Ten for the laws that are carved in stone
Nine for miraculous oracle bones
Eight for the folds in the saffron robe
Seven for the sounds of the holy mode
Six for the strings of the penitents whip
Five fingers, ears, nose, eyes and lip
Four elements to be dismissed
Three little words for “No, not this”
Two forces struggle for control
The yin, the yang, the hot and cold
One way up
The mountain of the soul
There’s nothing there beyond your goal
Your holy book it smells of mould
No way up
The mountain of the soul

This mountain was once on the seabed
And the shipwrecks went down in the foam
Until the ridiculous pressure
Turned all the sailors to stone
Now each is the ghost of a pilgrim
With a Saint James seashell sign
Each dragging the weight of an anchor
Up the glacial incline

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from Hymns of the Black Flag, released September 10, 2011
Steve Hogg: vocals
Caroline Gill: vocals
Manoj Baruah: violinda, tamburis
José Toral: acoustic guitar, cajon, clave, woodblocks
Matthew Wood: accordion
Jim Blomfield: harpsichord
Will Gregory: soprano and alto sax
Pete Judge: trumpet, flugelhorn
David Pagett: clarinet
Henry Shaftoe: vibes
Peter Ridsdale: guitar, vibes, xylophone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, melodica, bull castanets
Roshan Wijetunge: contrabass
Andy Roger: drumkit
Tani Allende: congas

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