Snow on Higher Ground - Keegan Joyce

From this angle, the earth isn’t straight

And the wheat fields blow, bending, except the patches they ate

From this framing, the fencing’s askew

And the wood wears its splinters and the weight of morning dew

Wild goats on the hilltop, o’er side

Some try to shoot 'em, yeah, my friends, they tried

But before you go hunting, there is something you should know

I want to be with them wild goats

Where the leaves wilt and fall short of shore

And the frost builds like spiders, its web’s 'long the floor

Where the smoke ends, and the rushing waters spill

And the embers keep burning, despite the air chill

Wild goats on the hilltop, o’er side

Some say to shoot 'em, yeah, my friends, they tried

But before you go hunting, there is something you should know

I want to be with them wild goats

I want dirt in my handprints

Like my Uncle Kevin’s got

I want sun in my eyes and sweat in my air

But it’s not my lot

Well, you can keep me right here, in the comfort of the quiet

'Cause this city is strangling my sky…

Wild goats on the hilltop, o’er side

Some try to shoot 'em, yeah, my friends, they tried

But before you go hunting, there is something you should know

I want to be with them wild goats

In my position, I can peer 'cross the scrub

And the light dapples neatly over wet rocks and mud

In my new standing, I can see my surrounds

And the stories I’m told of snow on higher ground

Wild goats on the hilltop, o’er side

Some try to shoot 'em, yeah, my friends, they tried

But before you go hunting, there is something you should know

I want to be with them wild goats…