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Jason Lytle — Matterhorn

Album: Dept. of Disappearance
Avg rating:

6.2

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Total ratings: 96

Released: 2012
Length: 4:55
Plays (last 30 days): 0

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10 o'clock and her life quit going
It wasn't long till it started snowing
And the end saw the wind really blowing around

Lone bird on a perch nearby
Saw something in her come untied
And then shivered just a bit as she aimed toward the sky

Get down that Matterhorn
What's wrong with the safe and warm ?
What's wrong with a book and tea at night ?
Up high in a friendless wind
Tears frozen upon descent
Get down that matterhorn again

There's a handwritten note he wrote
In the pocket of a cold down coat
On the body of the one who has left our world

And in the note there's a love professed
And some apology about some mess
But she won't be reading those words too soon

Get down that Matterhorn
What's wrong with the safe and warm ?
What's wrong with a book and tea at night ?
Up high in a friendless wind
Tears frozen upon descent
Get down that matterhorn again

Up high in a frightening sky
What's wrong with a quiet night ?
Get down that Matterhorn again.

Comments (15)add comment

Absolutely! By and large he was Grandaddy, i.e. he wrote and recorded much of their music on his own.

sirdroseph wrote:

This dude was in Grandaddy?

Posted 10 years ago by jpdribbler [ Reply ]

Awful vocal, sounds like some petulant teenage kid you want to slap. Lets down the track

Posted 10 years ago by The_Walrus [ Reply ]

jpdribbler wrote:

One probable definition: A song by the band Grandaddy

Proclivities wrote:

Apparently, the playlist is not based on either of our humble opinions, but what is a "Grandaddy song"?

This dude was in Grandaddy?

Posted 10 years ago by sirdroseph [ Reply ]

Lytle is a genius songwriter. One of the best lyricist ever.

Posted 10 years ago by mostling [ Reply ]

Great song, great album, just don't understand the low rating.

Posted 10 years ago by pinem [ Reply ]

slippery wrote:

Nice. Only me that for some reason come to think of Runaway train with Soul asylum?

Yeah, a very slowed down version.

Posted 10 years ago by jim1964 [ Reply ]

Nice. Only me that for some reason come to think of Runaway train with Soul asylum?

Posted 10 years ago by slippery [ Reply ]

Nice, I would like to hear more of this artist, although I'm apparently in the minority.

Posted 11 years ago by olivertwist [ Reply ]

One probable definition: A song by the band Grandaddy

Proclivities wrote:

Apparently, the playlist is not based on either of our humble opinions, but what is a "Grandaddy song"?

Posted 11 years ago by jpdribbler [ Reply ]

toomanyollys wrote:

Slightly disappointed with this album - it's ok, but seems bizarre to me that this makes it to the RP playlist when a lot of much better (imho) Grandaddy songs don't...

Apparently, the playlist is not based on either of our humble opinions, but what is a "Grandaddy song"?

Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities [ Reply ]

jpdribbler wrote:

I might be a tad biased here being the uploader... that being said, I agree that the new record generally falls into the "quite nice, 6/7-ish" category. Your Final Setting Sun (which earned an insta-"sorry") is stunning, though.

toomanyollys wrote:

Slightly disappointed with this album - it's ok, but seems bizarre to me that this makes it to the RP playlist when a lot of much better (imho) Grandaddy songs don't...

Agreed on both points! Such is the mystery of the upload system... us listeners can never truly understand how He works! :)

Posted 11 years ago by toomanyollys [ Reply ]

toomanyollys wrote:

Slightly disappointed with this album - it's ok, but seems bizarre to me that this makes it to the RP playlist when a lot of much better (imho) Grandaddy songs don't...

Posted 11 years ago by jpdribbler [ Reply ]

Slightly disappointed with this album - it's ok, but seems bizarre to me that this makes it to the RP playlist when a lot of much better (imho) Grandaddy songs don't...