Of Mice & Men - The Mountain

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LYRICS:
I took my heart in my hands,
And placed it inside the mountain,
Because I can't stand to think,
That the strongest roots won't,
Save you when the bough breaks.

I count the days on my hands,
That I've sat inside this mountain,
And watched the world decay.
Beaten by the wind, and fire, and rain.

Plagues and pestilence, they fill my head.
Trapped in the finality of every end.
When every tear shed becomes a sea,
For you to sink in...

You have the same disease,
And the contagion spreads.
The same disease as me,
The curse of empathy.

All hail the mountain.
Cold and callous.
Bastion of blood and stone.
All hail the mountain,
Alter and antidote.

You have the same disease,
And the contagion spreads.
The same disease as me,
The curse of empathy.

Have I just become a monolith,
Somewhere in between gallant and grotesque?
Well, I could never find peace in emptiness,
With these drums of war pounding in my chest.

I refuse to come down.
Leave me inside my mountain.
Leave me inside my mountain.
Leave me inside my mountain.

All hail the mountain
Alter, and antidote.

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“The mountain that we reference in this song is an ideation of a person’s monolith of identities that they create for themselves. If you think of a social media profile, or the face that you show to the world, that is very much a curated version of yourself. While that person is still you, it is a specifically designed version of you, because you can’t or don’t want to fully open up because it’s not the right time or place. Along with that, this song focuses on empathy, and how for somebody like me, empathy can be just as much of a curse as it is a blessing. I tend to, for better or worse, assimilate pain from the circumstances and people around me - I can’t see something sad happen to somebody else and not feel bad. But conversely, I can decide to turn myself into a stone-cold mountain and not feel anything - it’s always possible to turn yourself off but you risk losing yourself within that. I don’t like to think that my songs are about me - I’m more of a storyteller, and from that perspective, the subject that I’m talking about loses themselves within their mountain, they lose who they are in the cold identity that they have designed so that they don’t have to be open to compassion and empathy. I feel like people are doing that more and more, and we have more mountains in 2019 than we have people.” - Aaron Pauley

ives

This band’s development is insane. They were literally like a post-hardcore project that went heavy.

psftw

This song is the definition of why I love OM&M. Easily the best song on the album

oddinaryme

I love the less processed more raw thick drums. The snare cracks. Kicks are so full.

BarbellThor

That breakdown reminds me of a breakdown that would be on The Flood. I'm loving this album. Heavy at times and very melodic at times. I think this song has the perfect combination of heavy and clean. Thank you OM&M for this album.

skinnypx

Best song on the album! This song is brutal!!!!

TheWalkersBR

I love the part 2:00 - 2:30, that beat really starts to kick and flow and the guitars just keep churning out good vibes, man that shit is better then the breakdown if you ask me. Fucking fire. Hot.

ryanmorley

I am very glad they did not change the genre, because now so many bands have changed their genre, but this band, them more and more onfire🔥🔥🔥🔥

rinoputra

Okay okay.... that breakdown smacks. 😁😁😁

joyepicness

What an exceptional album - and we get to hear the angelic and devilish vocal side of Mr P - liking the hair now too Aaron!

bobballard

I personally love all the different phases this band has had, but I'm genuinely impressed at how much they've come into their own with a completely different main vocalist. It's still OM&M to the core. Weirdly, I was worried the breakdowns wouldn't be that good because it's VERY hard to play complex patterns on a guitar or bass and sing or scream at the same time. Not sure if Pauley is still playing bass or not, but this is impressive!!

samrunsads

"You have the same disease,
And the contagion spreads.
The same disease as me,
The curse of empathy.
"

That hit my soul like a gong.

FioraTheMasquerade

Up on the mountain, I see down bel- wait

isaacy.

HOW TF IS THESE PEOPLE NOT THE MOST FAMOUS METAL BAND EVER

Q-

"Even when I think I'm over it I end up on the bottom of it all again I'm still alive and keep climbing keep climbing the mountain" Oh, wait, wrong song...

vlm