PJ Harvey - Dance on the Mountain lyrics

Kalashnikovs were brought across
The mountain on the back of mules
They stored their weapons in a school

There's something wrong
There's something wrong something terrifying
Something terrifying

And now the slopes something terrifying
Of dry grass something terrifying
Hold crouching boys something terrifying
Watch their fathers dance
Something terrifying holding hands
Something terrifying they follow the drums
Something terrifying

And something terrifying
Something terrifying is going on
Something terrifying

The oldest dancer takes off his hat
To place a glass of water on his head
Bares his teeth wakes the dead

This is their land they dance upon
Something terrifying is going on

Something terrifying something terrifying
Something terrifying something terrifying

The dancer falls to kneel before
The village elder stains on his shirt
Rising up growing strong

The boy children start to dance
It's terrifying it’s terrifying

In the distance people call
Like a river running home
In the distance people call
Like a river calling out
In the distance people call
In the oldest language known

It's terrifying it's terrifying
It's terrifying