Song | White Mountain |
Artist | Genesis |
Album | Genesis 1970-1975 |
Written:Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford/Mayhew | |
Thin hung the web like a trap in a cage, | |
The fox lay asleep in his lair. | |
Fang's frantic paws told the tale of his sin, | |
Far off the chase shrieked revenge. | |
Outcast he trespassed where no wolf may tread, | |
The last sacred haunt of the dead. | |
He learnt of a truth which only one wolf may know, | |
The sceptre and crown of a king. | |
Howling for blood, One-eye leads on the pack, | |
Plunging through forest and snowstorm. | |
Steep rose the ridge, ghostly peaks climbed the sky, | |
Fang sped through jungles of ice. | |
Hard on his tail, One-eye drew from the pack - | |
An old hero conquered by none. | |
Steep, far too steep, grew the pathway ahead, | |
Descent was the only escape. | |
A wolf never flees in the face of his foe, | |
Fang knew the price he would pay - | |
One-eye stood before him | |
With the crown upon his head, | |
Sceptre raised to deal the deadly blow. | |
Fang, son of Great Fang, the traitor we seek, | |
The laws of the brethren say this: | |
That only the king sees the crown of the gods, | |
And he, the usurper, must die. | |
Snarling he tore at the throat of his foe, | |
But Fang fought the hero in vain. | |
Dawn saw the white mountain tinted with red - | |
Never would the crown leave again. | |
One-eye his the crown and with laurels on his head | |
Returned amongst the tribe and dwelt in peace. |
Written: Banks Gabriel Phillips Rutherford Mayhew | |
Thin hung the web like a trap in a cage, | |
The fox lay asleep in his lair. | |
Fang' s frantic paws told the tale of his sin, | |
Far off the chase shrieked revenge. | |
Outcast he trespassed where no wolf may tread, | |
The last sacred haunt of the dead. | |
He learnt of a truth which only one wolf may know, | |
The sceptre and crown of a king. | |
Howling for blood, Oneeye leads on the pack, | |
Plunging through forest and snowstorm. | |
Steep rose the ridge, ghostly peaks climbed the sky, | |
Fang sped through jungles of ice. | |
Hard on his tail, Oneeye drew from the pack | |
An old hero conquered by none. | |
Steep, far too steep, grew the pathway ahead, | |
Descent was the only escape. | |
A wolf never flees in the face of his foe, | |
Fang knew the price he would pay | |
Oneeye stood before him | |
With the crown upon his head, | |
Sceptre raised to deal the deadly blow. | |
Fang, son of Great Fang, the traitor we seek, | |
The laws of the brethren say this: | |
That only the king sees the crown of the gods, | |
And he, the usurper, must die. | |
Snarling he tore at the throat of his foe, | |
But Fang fought the hero in vain. | |
Dawn saw the white mountain tinted with red | |
Never would the crown leave again. | |
Oneeye his the crown and with laurels on his head | |
Returned amongst the tribe and dwelt in peace. |