I was called to attention, I was stowed in the line
I was told when to wake and rest and that time wasn't mine
I was everyone's victim, though I'm holding the gun
At some soft-faced stranger, who hates my father's son but who am I?
Verse
I ve resolved all my reasonings for finally giving up
Til i swallowed down this paper and pen and spit this song back up
I've been waiting in the background, singing songs to just myself
About the world in which we live in, and its deteriorating health
Bridge
But who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?!
Chorus
I am the mountain you're running up
I am the river that flows and floods, that flows and floods
I am the sky, you are wind and dust
I'm giving hate but i wanna love, i wanna love it all
Guitar solo/pre-verse
Verse
I have tried every angle, done my job and played my part
Until they found me in the corner, lying with my guilty heart
Cause I ve been calling all your calls, wondering if its my fault
Could i be wrong? could I?
Chorus
I am the mountain you're running up
I am the river that flows and floods, that flows and floods
I am the sky, you are wind and dust
I'm giving hate but i wanna love, i wanna love it all
Breakdown
We've been running since the day we were born
We learn our lessons or learn to be scorned
This is my pen it doesn't write for you
Now the chapter is closed, yes its sad but true
We've been living everyday we're alive
We grow up weak or we learn to survive
A name's a name and its all just the same
When the bottom falls out we're gonna find whose to blame cuz
Chorus
I am the mountain you're running up
I am the river that flows and floods, that flows and floods
I am the sky, you are wind and dust
I'm giving hate but i wanna love, i wanna love it all