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The Glassy Mountain

from The Glassy Mountain by Sophie Ramsay

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You can ask the prophet
He'll tell you all he knows
And you can ask the skipper
The way the trade wind blows
And you can ask the soothsayer,
The bookie's tipping sides
But sometimes,
A glassy mountain decides

You can follow the magi
To the east, a burning star
Where a gypsy reads your tea leaves
And tells you the way things are
Oh you can drink the shaman's cup
And see what dreams will say
But sometimes a glassy mountain
Will tear it all away.

What you ask of the mountain
Was never yours to say
A mountain can cast you forever in stone
A mountain can turn you to clay
And you were mine my love
As I was yours, and still
A mountain will do as it does my love
A mountain will do as it will.

In the icy dark of winter night
You knock at the blackmith's shop
And the blacksmith takes you in
For he knows there is no other way up
And there you learn in solder and fire
To forge your iron shoes
And up the unspeakable face you climb
No other way to chose.

The gambler has gone cold turkey here
The skipper is far from the seas
The magi are cursing the star here
And winds do as they please
The shaman's cup is empty now
The prophet has lost his faith
And I came here to prove my love
Though you are sleeping beneath.

What you take from the mountain
Was never yours to know
A mountain can cast you forever in stone
A mountain can fold you in snow
And you were mine my love
As I was yours, and yet
A mountain will do as it does my love
Without regret.

You can ask the prophet
He'll tell you all he knows
And you can ask the skipper
The way the trade wind blows
And you can ask the soothsayer,
The bookie's tipping sides
But sometimes,
A glassy mountain decides.

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from The Glassy Mountain, released November 2, 2013

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Sophie Ramsay sings old and new folk: songs from her native Scotland alongside originals with poetic lyrics. ‘The Glassy Mountain' (2013): ‘undeniably beautiful’ (fRoots), 'Joanna Newsom meets Belle and Sebastian' (R2). ‘The Seas Between Us’ (2016): 'Atmospheric, elegant and beguiling.' (Songlines). ‘Deeply moving’ (fRoots). Sophie tours regularly with cellist singer Sarah Smout. ... more

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