well the mountain stands high up across the plains through the strong and the mystic season he stands so tall lady snow she rests on his side never thinking at the end of the winter she d trade his soul for the river and she ll flow away further and faster with time well the mountain is there still strong but bare but the river is taking her home spring time comes and he knows that he ll be alone but at the end of the summer she ll return but he knows that it ain t for him she ll stand on the side of another broken mountain i wish i was a mountain so strong in my resolve i wish i was a mountain cause i would stand my ground and never fall well the winter returns to the mountain each year but the mountain knows its never the same and this year his lady snow she came as rain and she tore up his sides and crumbled his cliffs and mud like his tears rained down but he stood tall and would never topple to the ground i wish i was a mountain so strong in my resolve i wish i was a mountain cause i would stand my ground and never fall well the winter returns to the mountain each year but the mountain knows its never the same and this year his lady snow she came as rain i wish i was a mountain so strong in my resolve i wish i was a mountain cause i would stand my ground and never fall yes i would stand my ground and never fall yes i would stand my ground and never fall i wish i was a mountain i wish i was a mountain i wish i was a mountain 