Mountain Song from United Front by La Querencia

I need to see
Something bigger than me
Its not a mountain I seek
Or a vision to keep
It's the everyday people surrounding me
Out here on this street
Taking me in
Asking what I think and
If I wanna learn

I need to know
Someone stronger than me
And if I let go
They'll challenge me
and demand my return
‘Cause once you see
How far you've come
You can't go back
To thinkin’ we're really free

The noise out there it's killing me
I can’t sit back, drift, or tread lightly
Just to make peace as if I’m not in this
Like a señorito as he surveys his property
And so begins the goal to learn responsibility

We do this together
Knocked down we stand up
The weakest among us
Turn out the strongest
Shared aspirations are
Something harder to reach
And if we succeed
The challenge will be
to maintain unity
‘Cause once we see
How far we’ve come
We can’t now settle
For the deal on the table

So if you’re searching
Come down from the mountain
Ignore these trifling philistines
With no right to speak
Who spurn investigation
And refuse to learn responsibility

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