The Mountain - Donovan (cover)

happy new year!! currently working on some slightly more professional (ish) recordings but until then here is my usual shoddy webcam effort a beautiful song with a great deal of meaning for us all in this bright new year It was up some laughing river Where Id gone to spend the day I had such fantastic visions I could hardly stand to stay And I stood up within myself And suddenly felt free And I stood above the burdens That puzzled you and me I became awareness That was shared with all around With the trees the sky the flowers And the wind the sun the ground I heard the birds were singing And I found them same as me And I understood our sorrows And why they should not be I saw this plane of living It was nothing more than faith A skin that covered glory Far beyond our love or hate A living crystal fairy land Where loving is our grace A pyro-manic garden That knows no tine or space I saw what weve been doing to it Saw it as insane Still a-marching like good Christians With our wars the sword the flame To crush all those damn infidels Defend what should be shame And again I shared our sorrows Knew we all must bear the blame I see it all as part of us To know and share alike Wither universe of willingness To know and do whats right To understand our brotherness And stop this awful race Let our children grow in peace Know their lives shall not be waste First there is a mountain Then it seems the mountains gone But then if you take another look Why its been there all along We can be just like that river As it laughs along its way Or stand beneath the shadows That take the sun away