African Bush Elephant — Mountain That Walks

Lyrics

[Intro]
(war-drums, distant) … the ground knows I am coming …

[Verse 1]
I am the mountain that decided it could walk,
six thousand kilos quiet — I don't need to talk.
I push the forest over when the forest's in my way,
and the herd survives the desert 'cause I remember where the water lay.

[Chorus]
Mountain that walks! Mountain that walks!
The strongest thing alive, and the gentlest in the drought —
I carry every road I've ever known inside my head,
and I lead my blood to water when the rivers all run out.

[Verse 2]
Power isn't pushing — power's who you save;
I remember every dry year, every grandmother's grave.
The tusks are for the fighting, but the memory is the throne:
I am the mountain that walks, and I never walk alone.

[Bridge]
(drums build) strength is just endurance with a longer memory…

[Outro]
(low brass) … the ground knows. the ground remembers too.