The Mountainside

Take me down the gully in the snow
I know that it's cold
But I still feel the sun's warm glow
If the fire can't do diligence to keep us till the spring
May we die the kind of death the brave would bring

You drop the axe upon the log that's frozen in the Earth
Just one speck of wood to burn would earn our time a wider berth
I doubt the change could much make us survive
But it's okay, right now we're still alive

And I love the way your hard hands move to make your handmade pack
And I love the way your skin and muscle twitch across your back
And I love the way you're working for the warmth that we now lack
And I love you, oh my darling, I love you

I break my leg and fall into a trap between a sheet
You tie a rope around me and you guard us from the sleet
But all I want to do is fall asleep a thousand years
And I don't want to cry because the wind will freeze my tears

You hold me in the darkness underneath the deer skin throw
There are two ways you can leave now
But no place that I can go
And I beg you now to leave me here
To sleep until I die
Our paths will cross again next life as spirits in the sky

And I love the way your hard hands move to make your handmade pack
And I love the way your skin and muscle twitch across your back
And I love the way you're working for the warmth that we now lack
And I love you, oh my darling, I love you