ViNci - The Lady On The Hill (Official Audio)

Описание: Track 8 from the album "THE LONG GAME".

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*// LYRICS //*

There’s a woman living high up on the granite ridge.
Past the broken levee and the burning bridge.
I watched the line of suitors in their rented cars.
Trying to buy her favor with some stolen stars.
I saw the man from the lottery in a suit of blue.
He promised her the ocean and the morning dew.
But she looked at his palms, soft as linen sheets.
And she sent him walking back into the empty streets.

I asked the wind, "What does she require?"
Does she want gold?
The wind said, "No, she wants the fire."
She wants the soul!
She doesn't want a kingdom that was bought on a loan!
She wants a man who can carve it out of stone!

So I ain't gonna take the carriage ride!
I got a hammer and I got my pride!
I’m clearing out the forest, I’m leveling the field!
Until the heavy mountain is forced to yield!
I will climb the hill by my own means!
Not like the beggars or the false kings!
I’m building a road that is gonna last!
And I ain't looking back at the shadows I cast!

I met a traveler coming down the mountainside.
With a heavy bag of silver and nowhere to hide.
He said, "Boy, don't you bother, she is cold as ice."
"She doesn't care for luck and she doesn't care for dice."
I looked him in the eye and I saw the fear.
He tried to take a shortcut, but the path wasn't clear.
You cannot cheat the Lady, you cannot cheat the climb.
The only currency she takes is the sweat and time.

I asked the wind, "What does she require?"
Does she want gold?
The wind said, "No, she wants the fire."
She wants the soul!
She doesn't want a kingdom that was bought on a loan!
She wants a man who can carve it out of stone!

So I ain't gonna take the carriage ride!
I got a hammer and I got my pride!
I’m clearing out the forest, I’m leveling the field!
Until the heavy mountain is forced to yield!
I will climb the hill by my own means!
Not like the beggars or the false kings!
I’m building a road that is gonna last!
And I ain't looking back at the shadows I cast!

One stone.
One mile.
One day.
I’ll see her smile.
I'LL SEE HER SMILE!

So I ain't gonna take the carriage ride!
I got a hammer and I got my pride!
I’m clearing out the forest, I’m leveling the field!
Until the heavy mountain is forced to yield!
I will climb the hill by my own means!
Not like the beggars or the false kings!
I’m building a road that is gonna last!
And I ain't looking back at the shadows I cast!

By my own means.
By my own means.
Unstoppable.

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