I’ve been playing around with a few song ideas in recent months and last weekend was a big and unexpected dose of inspiration. Fortunately I had time to take advantage of it and so moved into the studio and finished my track ‘On Mt Luxmore’.
It’s a song about a hike I went on in New Zealand that besides being stunningly good looking, came at a pivotal time in my life. It had such a profound and restorative effect on me, that I decided to go on many more similar adventures over the coming years. I hope you enjoy it and for those who are interested here are the lyrics:
‘On Mt Luxmore’
In a hut on the top of the world
I spent some time with my friends
In a lawless and beautiful land
Where history belonged only to the hills
And I’ll never forget the sun setting
Over the mountains of Fiordland
Nor the feeling that I was content
Not four walls but a timeless home
I felt that there was nothing left but the view ahead
Just this, no past to trouble my soul
Stepping above the clouds
Was to leave all memories below
Fresh as the emerald fire
Sweeping over the fellside
The untouched wilderness
Stripped me to my purity
Earlier than I can express
Where I have always been
I felt that there was nothing left but the view ahead
Just this, no past to trouble my soul
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