03 - The High Country

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King David, before he was King, he was a shepherd. This is the song his dogs would sing.

Lyrics

We climb where the pine gives way to stone
The bells ring out - I count them as we go
Each one I know, the lead, the lag, the lost
The wind shifts west and I circle wide
Chorus:
Up here we're all that's needed
The ridge, the flock, the two of us
I read the weather in the air
You read the route, I read them
We've done this climb a hundred times before
Verse 2:
The footing changes - dirt to rock to scree
My legs remember every switchback, every grade
One bleats wrong and I'm already moving
Keeping them together, keeping them safe
Chorus:
Up here we're all that's needed
The ridge, the flock, the two of us
I read the weather in the air
You read the route, I read them
We've done this climb a hundred times before
Bridge:
The air gets thin but carries sound for miles
I hear what's coming long before you see
A cloud formation, pressure in my bones
Time to move them faster up the slope
Verse 3:
The last bell finds its place as light fades down
Another day of climbing, everyone accounted for
The high meadow holds them through the night
Tomorrow we'll do this all again
Final Chorus:
Up here we're all that's needed
The ridge, the flock, the two of us
I read the weather in the air
You read the route, I read them
We've done this climb a hundred times before
Outro:
And we'll do it a hundred more
Up here, that's the work, what we're built for

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