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We live on a mountain
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like:
Car-parts, bottles and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around
It's become a habit
A way
To start the day
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
It's real early morning
No-one is awake
I'm back at my cliff
Still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make
On their way down
I follow them with my eyes 'till they crash
Imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks
When it lands
Will my eyes
Be closed or open?
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like:
Car-parts, bottles and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around
It's become a habit
A way
To start the day
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
It's real early morning
No-one is awake
I'm back at my cliff
Still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make
On their way down
I follow them with my eyes 'till they crash
Imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks
When it lands
Will my eyes
Be closed or open?
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
Lyrics submitted by dank
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then she goes back in to her partner and carries on feeling safe again with her lover.
It's very beautiful. and it's really something to consider when you go into a relationship: do you want to blend with your partner 24/7 or do you want to still keep a few moments for yourself alone?
the words "it's become a habit" and how she holds back what the ritual involves suggests to me she meditates using cannabis, like myself and many others (maybe i'm reaching too far here, but i think it's very possible). cannabis and meditation and understanding one's body tend to go together.
when her body breaks, this is the metaphorical destruction of the ego/self. meditation and psychedelics lead you to this state. she transcends the material world if she throws enough off that cliff (even herself). "renewal" of one's personality each morning is possible with meditation and/or proper use of psychedelics.
I love this song, and although it has a real uplifting effect when you listen to it full blast I get goosepimples with a combination of overwhelming happiness, sadness and regret all at once. Its an amazingly provocative song. I love it.
I mean I have a bf that drives me INSANE- like literally no one else would put up with him. And sometimes when I'm near on the point of ending it all with him, when he literally drives me to the point of insanity I have to take myself away - and I have my own literal 'ritual' of what I do (I'm not sharing that one with you all!). Even when your mind runs away with you and you consider those crazy thoughts like 'what would they do without me, would they care if I was gone?' in regards to the lyrics about throwing herself off the cliff. When I'm angry (way angry) my mind and thoughts are so clear - I can daydream about the craziest and vivid of things and they always seem so dramatic and poetic, like drowning or jumping off things.
Then when I am 'back to normal' I can return and feel 'safe again' in my relationship and return to normal life (happy relationship). In one way it is like sweeping it under the carpet, ignoring the flaws. Although he drives me crazy I love him too much to leave.
I guess due to my experiences this is what this song screams out to me and this is how I understood it when I heard it.
In the beginning she talks about living on top a great mountain = Putting her relationship on a pedestal
Every morning walking to the edge of the relationship to gather all the things that are wrong, and throws them off the mountain (out of sight out of mind).
She does this everyday to help her insecurity, and stay on top of the world with her partner. She imagines what it would be like if she through her self out of love, due to her "garbage" and what it would feel like to be off the mountain of love. When she's out will she survive? Will She Learn? Will she find more love?
This helps her to appreciate what she has, and it's happier to let things go then to see the whole truth of the facts at times.
I just feel this is it in a nutshell, Bjorks lyrics are very misconstrued at times, but that's what I truly think this song is about.
I also don't see this being about a relationship she's in, unless that relationship is with God, or Earth.