Dan Bern | Mountain of Untruth

All the lies you’ve told will echo through your head
As you climb up the mountain of untruth
All the lies you’ve told will be preserved in stone
Marked with its date and place of time and name of the deceived

The mountain of untruth is treacherous and twisted
And everyone who lives there lives there only to remind you of your–imperfection
But climb you will, for climb it you must
Don’t bother looking far for the mountain of untruth

You find all the souls you’ve cheated and those you’ve cheated with
Living high up on the mountain of untruth
And every false word that you’ve uttered echoes through the valleys day and night

The mountain of untruth is calling you to settle
Is calling you to take your first few painful steps and start removing–grains of sand
For remove them you will
For remove them you must
And when you begin you’ll not continue on until the mountain’s
Laid bare like a canyon in New Mexico

The mountain, the mountain, the mountain of untruth
The mountain, the mountain, the mountain of untruth
God himself could never have created such a place
Get ready now to climb up the mountain of untruth

Don’t think about it–don’t try to figure out a way to make it easier on you
Don’t wish that it were small–wishing it were small
Is why the mountain’s there at all

(lyrics: Dan Bern)