Leaving the Mountain - Katie Melua

We were leaving the mountain, it needed the day

I watched as the whiteness melted away

Our driver liked talking, with the hills in his eyes

And he mentioned a forest buried in ice

He wanted to go and show it off glistening

And it all came alive in our listening

I could hear crisp Edelweiss

Just in the words that rang in my mind

It really did glow like art in a gallery

In the mind, and then it was vanishing

And that place that was there

Deep in thе land

It put something new in the air

Down in the valley, homes letting out smoke

And signs of landslides, I saw as he spoke

Dad said "let's go there, it's right on our way"

But we didn't have time to, we'll see it someday

He wanted to go and show it off glistening

And it all came alive in our listening

I could hear crisp Edelweiss

Just in the words that rang in my mind

It really did glow like art in a gallery

In the mind, and then it was vanishing

And that place in the land

One of those things you try

But you can't understand

One of those things you try

But you can't understand