Foot of the mountain is the lead single from the 2009 album with the same name. Reaching number 3 in Germany, it’s the band’s highest charting single in that country since Take On Me.
The song is an amalgamation of two songs, one written by Magne and one written by Paul. Magne’s contribution can be...
[Verse 1]
Keep your clever lines, hold your easy rhymes
Silence everything, silence always wins
It's a perfect alibi, there's no need to analyze
It will be all right through the longest night, just silence everything
[Chorus]
But we could live by the foot of a mountain
We could clear us a yard in the back
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
We could stay there and never come back
[Verse 2]
Learn from my mistake, leave what others take
Speak when spoken to and do what others do
Silence always wins, so silence everything
It will be all right in the morning light, just silence everything
[Chorus]
But we could live by the foot of a mountain
We could clear us a yard in the back
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
We could stay there and never come back
We could stay there and never come back
You know it, we could leave tonight
[Chorus]
But we could live by the foot of a mountain
We could make us a white picket fence
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
We could stay there and see how it ends
Yes, we could stay there and see how it ends
We could stay there and see how it ends
We could stay there and see how it ends
Foot of the Mountain was written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy & Martin Terefe & Magne Furuholmen.
Foot of the Mountain was produced by Mark Saunders & a-ha.
a-ha released Foot of the Mountain on Fri Jun 12 2009.