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title: "Let's Move to the Top of a Mountain"

meaning: "KŌAN A escape fantasy: me and you on the mountain: bear protection pact, ditch TV for the view, sick of oxygen, flower-named kids, roof naps and herbal tea."

year: 2022
release: "KŌAN"
releaseType: "album"

artist: "Scoobert Doobert"
artistId: "#scoobert"

credits: "Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp. Artwork by Grizzard Graphics."

spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/album/2wGa9TxP1UvCn1hnfyyV6v"
youtube: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=262Lyzs67yQ"
officialVideo: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=262Lyzs67yQ"
apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/kōan/1618191665"

press:
  - outlet: "Indie Shuffle — Let's Move to the Top of a Mountain"
    url: "https://www.indieshuffle.com/schoobert-doobert-lets-move-to-the-top-of-a-mountain"

themes: ["KŌAN", "escape", "love", "nature", "utopia"]

isrc: QZRP52103163
isrcSource: soundexchange
lyrics: |
  Let's move on top of a mountain
  Me and you
  Do do do
  To the top of a mountain
  Just me and you
  Do do do

  Celebration
  We're going going going party
  Did you know that I never seen
  A bear not in a zoo
  Will you protect me?
  And I'll protect you

  Television
  Do we do we do we
  Need it
  I don't think that I ever will
  Get tired this view
  Yeah we got nature
  I got you
  Do do do

  Let's move on top of a mountain
  Tin tin tin
  I'm getting sick of all this oxygen
  We'll name our kids after flowers
  And even let them pick their own religion

  Move to the top of a mountain
  Do do do
  Me and you
  Do do do
  To the top of a mountain
  Do do do
  Just me and you
  Do do do

  Constellation
  I never ever ever ever seen one
  Take a nap on the roof with me
  We'll wake up to the sun
  Do do do
  And in our kitchen
  Sip herbal tea

  Let's move on top of a mountain
  Tin tin tin
  I'm getting sick of all this oxygen
  We'll name our kids after flowers
  And even let them pick their own religion

  Move to the top of a mountain
  Do do do
  Me and you
  Do do do
  To the top of a mountain
  Do do do
  Just me and you
  Do do do

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Track two on [*KŌAN*](/albums/koan/), **KŌAN A** (March 18, 2022), after [*Think About It*](/songs/think-about-it/). Luke solo. Where track one spirals on NFTs and Schrödinger, this answers with a mountain utopia: a scat hook (*do do do*) and domestic fantasy as pop celebration. The grammar wobbles between *on top of a mountain* and *to the top of a mountain*, as if the plan isn't quite real yet.

The fantasy is built from things the narrator has never had. *Will you protect me? And I'll protect you* turns love into mutual guard duty against a nature he's only met in a zoo, and *I never ever ever ever seen* a constellation is a quiet light-pollution confession. In between: ditch the television, name the kids after flowers, let them pick their own religion, sip herbal tea. Same wellness register as [*Don't Worry*](/songs/dont-worry/) and [*High Society*](/songs/high-society/), but sincere here rather than satirical.

The koan never resolves. You just sing yourself uphill. Pairs with [*Boardwalk*](/songs/boardwalk/) as KŌAN A's movement against wandering: one wants altitude, the other can't leave the sand.

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