Mountain Man

from Shades of Memory (demo) by ADESA

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lyrics

LOCATION: Dashrath Manjhi Passthrough, Bihar, India.
YEAR: 1966-88 AD.

PROLOGUE: The incredible, and true, story of a man (Dashrath Manjhi) who literally set himself against a mountain... no further introduction needed - look this one up!

LYRICS:
My back
My back is breaking,
But I, I will not be broken!
I pit myself against this mountain gladly and each day
I dream of its defeat.

All I have is my obduration
All my sweat and determination.

Each day I weather the storm of their scorn
More implacable than the rock that is my enemy;
Yes, the Gehlour may weather the storm of time
But I, I have resolution!

The sun, it burns my back and the haft, it burns my hand
But I raise my hammer high
And I bring my hammer down!
The rain, it stings my eyes and the wind, it strips my skin
But I raise my hammer high
And I bring my hammer down…

The years have numbered two and twenty
The mountain has taken my wife, my youth and liberty
But I have scarred its face to the bone
With my hands and with my will I have cut it to the bone.

credits

from Shades of Memory (demo), released December 10, 2018
Music by A.Kelly. Lyrics by G.Harris.

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ADESA Calgary, Alberta

Forged across a 20 year friendship, Adesa brings together two Scots, now living in Canada and the US, continuing a personal exploration of crushing, groove-based heaviness, guttural, attacking vocals and epic storytelling.

Expect the heaviness of Crowbar, the aggression of Pantera, the evocation of Gojira and the rawness of Raging Speedhorn.

THE RIFF IS DEAD.

LONG LIVE THE RIFF. ... more