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Sail Across The Mountain

This version of Sail Across The Mountain was released by Gary Moore in 1973.

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As the day begins, it finds me wonderin’
what to do with myself.
You came here, you left your mark, you disappeared,
now there is nobody else.

Time was we sailed across the mountain.
The song of the sky made my body rejoice.
Time was we sailed across the mountain.
Sailed across the mountain,
and the sun was in my voice.

I need someone to come along and
take this weight right of my shoulder before I fall.
You were here, but now you’ve gone.
The summer came and slept away from under us all.

Time was we sailed across the mountain.
The mist cleared away and I saw your face there.
Time was we sailed across the mountain.
Sailed across the mountain,
and the sun was in your hair.

The mountainside is very steep,
can’t go on, I’ve tried to sleep.
Somebody lay me down.
If you don’t climb, you’re gonna fall,
catch your wary dreams at all.
A-a-ah, yeah (somebody lay me down).
Back in the ground,
yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah.
Somebody lay me down.
I need somebody (somebody lay me down).
Need somebody to lay me down,
yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah,
somebody to lay me down.

How I got here I can’t say.
It was my own fault,
I admit that I should have learned.
From watching others I have seen
it’s either up or down,
there can be no in-between.

Time was we sailed across the mountain.
To think it could last can’t have been very wise.
Time sent me falling down the mountain.
Falling down the mountain,
for the sun was in my eyes.

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About Lyrics and Sail Across The Mountain by Gary Moore

The lyrics to Sail Across The Mountain are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Gary Moore used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Sail Across The Mountain have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Gary Moore and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Sail Across The Mountain by Gary Moore. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Sail Across The Mountain" means the words set to the music of Sail Across The Mountain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gary Moore. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Sail Across The Mountain and the lyrics to Sail Across The Mountain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gary Moore who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sail Across The Mountain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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