Week 258 // Predators

by Mount Everest

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price

about

This is the type of song that I hear in my head when I'm out walking around looking at New York. But I'm not really trying to look at New York; that's just the city I happen to live in. I'm trying to look at America. This can be a hard city to live in if you're trying to look at America, because it doesn't have a whole lot in common with the rest of the country. It goes about it's ridiculousness, fully convinced of its importance, while the rest of the country does something else. I wanted the obliviousness of this city to be in this song, and I wanted the truth of the outside world to seep in all around that obliviousness. This is a song about watching people who don't give a lot of thought to the fact that they live in an imperial superpower, or a surveillance state, or a would be democracy seriously flirting with the idea of become a full-blown theocracy. This is a song about looking at a whole lot of people who are convinced that what happens in this city is more important than all of that. This is a song about the warmth and solace I've known by becoming one of those people.

lyrics

Behold the angels
Weeping tears over the park
Old time believers
From the cradle to the grave
Take hold a piece of you
You watched them pull apart
Hold tight the bigger piece
Don't let it get away

And rule Britannia
Oh Columbia, what art
To own a pile of dirt
Protect it to the grave
And all the angels
Weeping tears over the park
And all our saviors
Keeping predators at bay

credits

released October 26, 2015

license

some rights reserved

about

Mount Everest Maine

I’ve been making up a new song every week since 2010.
Follow me on Instagram [mounteverestmusic] and explore more than 600 songs here.

contact / help

Contact Mount Everest

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Mount Everest, you may also like:

Wooden Cave
by Thin Lear

Thin Lear's sophisticated rock music is tempered with soaring chamber pop accents and an undeniable gift for melody. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 30, 2020
go to album
Lit Way Down
by Mt Went

Beautiful and mysterious folk-adjacent songs from this UK outfit that wreathe delicate acoustic guitar in mist-like synths. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 10, 2021
go to album
Pearls to Swine
by Adam Torres

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 2, 2016
go to album
The Convincer (20th Anniversary Edition)
by Nick Lowe

Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2021
go to album
Chaparral
by Dillbilly

The Ohio songwriter navigates gender, queerness, class, and privilege through a powerful mix of country rock, folk ballads, and bluegrass. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 14, 2021
go to album
Into the Light
by Franklin Gothic

Rich and rococo indie pop songs define this LP from Franklin Gothic, a light psychedelic sheen washing over all of it. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 20, 2022
go to album
Pete Yorn Sings The Classics
by Pete Yorn

On his new LP, Pete Yorn offers his take on classic songs by The Pixies, Roxy Music, The Beach Boys, & more. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 17, 2021
go to album