Mountains (song)

"**Mountains**" is a song performed by Bat For Lashes. It serves as the tenth and closing track on Natasha's fifth album, *Lost Girls*.

## Backgorund

The song was solely written by Natasha.

On September 8, 2019, Natasha shared an artwork for the track.

## Music and composition

The song title is a reference to the mountains of Los Angeles, where Natasha moved to from London after the end of her record deal and recorded *Lost Girls:*

> “They just sort of grew up out of a mist. They just appeared and, in my mind, because I was writing the script, the head girl (the lost girls' ringleader) looked like Mary Stuart Masterson, you know, or some short blonde hair and a tough girl. There were Mexican Cholas and it was this amalgamation – kind of amazing tough boyish women. When I first ever wrote about them, they all came down the mountain on their motorbikes. You just see lights and they turn up in this gang.”
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During her livestream on May 2020, she explained the song before playing it:

> "A lot of these songs [on *Lost Girls*] have been inspired by the desert and going out to Death Valley and painting mountains. This is sort of a love song, just likening somebody to just being like a mountain, something you can't penetrate, someone you can't get through to."
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## Critical reception

XS Noise opined:

> “The final track, “Mountains” is a piano ballad that builds into an explosive sonic panorama delivering the final payoff. It is a soaring song that concentrates all the ideas expressed throughout the album beautifully before signing off.”
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Narc Magazine opined:

> “Bat For Lashes is the nom de plume of Natasha Khan, who wasn’t going to write another album. Thankfully, she did. Influenced by films like The Goonies and The Lost Boys – where the album gets its name – here Khan has created a universe; one where we’re safe with the record in the Peach Sky and Mountains of a much-needed escapist’s playground.”
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## Lyrics

You know I couldn't see which way to turn

Fell down at the floor at your feet, begged you to let me burn

Told you that I'm just too afraid to stay here in your arms

Drive me off the edge of this cliff

And you can watch me crash dance

'Cause we both know, it’s not an easy ride

When it goes up in smoke, I just want to hide

Can we make it right like it was at the start?

Sing to me in the dark, sing to me in the dark

Sing to me in the dark, sing to me in the dark

So you turned to the mountain, she started to sing soft

Elvis in the midnight air, I lost your body and soul to the fog

A hundred forks in the road, a hundred knives in my heart

You said go sing to the lovers, don't ever look over your shoulders

'Cause we both know, it’s not an easy ride

When it goes up in smoke, I just want to hide

Can we make it right like it was at the start?

Sing to me in the dark, sing to me in the dark

Sing to me in the dark, sing to me in the dark

Sing to me in the dark, sing to me in the dark

Sing to me in the dark, sing to me in the dark

We both know it’s not an easy ride

When it goes up in smoke, I just want to hide

Can we make it right like it was at the start?

Sing to me in the dark, sing to me in the dark

Sing to me in the dark, sing to me in the dark

## References

1. ↑ *Lost Girls* (liner notes), 2019.
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B2JSi9wHotm/
3. ↑ https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/bat-for-lashes-lost-girls
4. ↑ https://www.xsnoize.com/album-review-bat-for-lashes-lost-girls/
5. ↑ https://narcmagazine.com/album-review-bat-for-lashes-lost-girls/