Friday, April 22, 2016

Throwback song: Fire on the mountain by Asa


This song, released in 2007, was a pivotal one early in Aa's career. It wasn't just the lyrics, it wasn't just the excellent video that fully captured the words. It was the sound and the uniqueness of it all. It was so different, yet so good.

Fire On The Mountain was one of the singles from Aa's debut album; "Aa". A track that was as much about the times as it was prophetic, the song brilliantly covered a range of issues, literally and metaphorically. It was ever-present on the airwaves around the country for a long time and was the perfect foundation for the album that was to come. The track is simply a classic!

About the track, Aa once said: "The song title is a metaphor. Whichever way you look at it, there's fire—trouble. Things are not always rosy and things are not always beautiful. Every day we hear of bizarre things and we can't help but wonder, "Where is this world going?" We have to remind ourselves of that sometimes."

LYRICS

Ooh. Why? Oh-oh mmh.

 

There is fire on the mountain

And nobody seems to be on the run

Oh there is fire on the mountain top

And no one is a-running

 

I wake up in the morning

Tell you what I see on my TV screen

I see the blood of an innocent child

And everybody's watching

 

Now I'm looking out my window

And what do I see?

I see an army of a-soldier man

marching across the street

 

Hey Mr soldier man

Tomorrow is the day you go to war

But you are fighting for another man's cause

And you don't even know him

 

Ooh!

What did he say to make you so blind

To your conscience and reason

Could it be love for your country

Or for the gun you use in killing?

So...

There is fire on the mountain

And nobody seems to be on the run

Oh there is fire on the mountain top

And no one is a-running

 

Hey Mr Lover man

Can I get a chance to talk to you

'Cause you are fooling with a dead man's corpse

And you don't know what you do

 

So you say you have a lover

And you love her like no other

So you buy her a diamond

That someone has died on

Don't you think there's something wrong with this

 

Tell me

Who's responsible for what we teach our children?

Is it the internet

Or the stars on television?

Why oh why

Why oh why oh

 

So little Lucy turns sixteen

And like the movie she's been seeing

She has a lover in her daddy

She can't tell nobody

Till she makes the evening news

 

 

For there is fire on the mountain

And nobody seems to be on the run

Oh there is fire on the mountain top

And no one is a-running. Oh yes.

 

One day the river will overflow

And there'll be nowhere for us to go

And we will run, run,

Wishing we had put out fire...

 

Oh Lord!

For there is fire on the mountain - yeah, yeah

And nobody seems to be on the run

Oh there is fire on the mountain top

And no one is a-running

 

So yeah, yeah, yeah ...

There is fire in Africa

Fire everywhere, can't we see it?

And no one is a-running

(fade)

 

 


Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

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