Letras
Well I’m standing in the sunlight
In a public park in Tennessee
And I know the soft earth below
Has always made room for me
She’s been carryin’ my weight
For 20 some-odd years
And what have I given in return?
I have lived in apartment buildings
Soarin’ high above the ground
I’ve seen clear water flow out
From my tap somehow
But now here I am just taking my time
And taking a walk in the light
When something blocks the sun ahead
I thought it was a mountain
But it was just a pile of sand
Towering so high
A nine to five creation
We try, try, try
To fit that fire in our hands
But what we build up as mountains
Are just piles of sand
Now this old river path
Ain’t quite what it used to be
There’s a job side on my right
And a prison across the street
But through four rounds of barbed wire
I still see it clear as air
No matter what we build around it
This river ain’t goin nowhere
I thought it was a mountain
But it was just a pile of sand
Towering so high
A nine to five creation
We try, try, try
To fit that fire in our hands
But what we build up as mountains
Are just piles of sand
Empires fall
Civilizations fade from view
I see it in the Sphinx’s missing nose
And in cracked roman statues
If I could wake them up
And ask what they believed
I wonder if they’d smile
And say “yeah we know what you mean”
We thought it was a mountain
But it was just a pile of sand
One on top of the other
Through a thousand generations
We try, try, try
As it slips right through our hands
We keep climbing to the highest peak
Just to slide back down again
Because what we build up as mountains
What we build up as mountains
What we build up as mountains
Are just piles of sand