Benjamin Scheuer - A MOUNTAIN FOR ELODIE, solo (live at Abbey Road)

Written about his daughter, this song is title track from Benjamin Scheuer's new show,
A MOUNTAIN FOR ELODIE.

Recorded live in London, at Abbey Road Studio 2. (Lyric below.)

A MOUNTAIN FOR ELODIE
Daughter of the daughter of the mountain
Born in the city to gray winter’s roar
Vernixed and bloody, you lie on your mother
Who wears a look of wonder I’ve never seen before

We name you Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie
We name you Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie

Through mid-summer’s door, we sail east over ocean
To the mountain your ancestors knew
In the homes that they built with their hands
From the stones on the lands
They are waiting for you
At the seat of the giant are Nonna and Poppa
We walk up the mountain through purple Welsh heather for…

Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie,
A mountain for Elodie, Elodie, Elodie

Elodie
A mountain for Elodie
Where the sky meets the earth, blending pink into brown
I’ll carry you up, and then one day you’ll carry me down
A mountain for Elodie
Carry me down
A mountain for Elodie

I’d never heard of the mountain
‘Til your mum introduced it to me
Walking its paths help me know her more fully
And also has helped me to see
How this convergence of love and blood
and faces and histories has lead us to you
And as your generation continues the climb
The mountain becomes something new

A mountain for Elodie, Elodie, Elodie, Elodie
A mountain for Elodie, Elodie, Elodie

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Audio engineered & mixed by Robin Baynton
Director: Alex Stenhouse http://www.alexstenhouse.com
Director of Photography: Ben Davies - https://bristoldp.co.uk/
2nd AC: Tom Crane
Edit/Colour: Alex Stenhouse

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Scheuer's album "Songs From THE LION" can be found:
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