surveyor song

from to the heart of the mountain by beholding

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i'm a hard working mountain surveyor
i live on the edge of the world
i'm a tirelessly trekking mountain surveyor
and i live on the edge of the world

i learned all about cutting up trails in the rockies
rain squalls and sheer ice too
i've been told that it's dangerous alone in the mountains
there's nothing i would rather do

i'm a hard working mountain surveyor
i wake up before dawn
i float on the shale and i breath in the mist
i'll keep doing it til i'm gone

on my days off i go down to the lake
this time i swam away from my friends
i swam to an island off in the distance
i stayed there until it got dark

and when it got dark and the crickets were singing
i climbed on top of a tree
and on top of that tree i stared at my mountains
and a little light stared back at me

so the next day i woke up before dawn
i had my coffee on the sand
i followed the light into the mountains
and no one ever saw me again

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from to the heart of the mountain, released November 20, 2020

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