Their self-titled album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. In the Future was a finalist for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize and was also nominated for "Best Alternative Album" in the 2009 Juno Awards. The song "Stay Free" from In the Future was featured on the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack.
In 2005 the band opened for Coldplay on their Twisted Logic Tour for three weeks, with their final opening in San Diego.
In September 2010 Black Mountain performed in an amphitheater located in the woods of Oisterwijk at the Incubate (festival) in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Leader Stephen McBean also heads another similarly named band, Pink Mountaintops, who are the more experimental side of McBean's musical abilities. Black Mountain is the front line band for Black Mountain Army, a collective of musicians, artists and friends in Vancouver. In an interview the band said "Black Mountain is just the five of us. The Black Mountain Army… which has kind of gotten blown out of proportion, it was kind of just a joke, because everybody thought we were this hippie collective, like we all lived in one house. But it’s basically just our friends at home in Vancouver, just our extended family of creative people that we know."
Several members of the band have, for as long as a decade, worked for organizations that meet the basic living requirements of the chronically poor, drug addicted and mentally ill in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighborhood, such as Insite. In an interview, the band said: "After work we all try not to think too hard about the effect it has on our lives. It keeps us grounded."
Wilderness Heart was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.
March 11, 2014 The Black Mountain song "Wucan" was featured on season 2 of the FOX drama "The Following" during the eighth episode entitled "Messenger".
The Black Mountain song "Druganaut" is featured in a June, 2014 Father's Day commercial for J.C. Penney.
Don't Run Our Hearts Around
Black Mountain Lyrics
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Don't hit 'em to the ground.
Let's find a better place,
And quit this whole damn race.
I've planned our great escape,
Through lens and wire.
I'm fast but you are quick.
Don't run our hearts around.
What they said,
What they said you could become.
Hit the lights,
You're the chosen one.
What they said you could become.
Don't run our hearts around.
The song "Don't Run Our Hearts Around" by Black Mountain is an ode to lovers who are already tired and fed up of living in constant competition with one another. The lyrics serve as a gentle reminder that love is not a competition to be won, but rather a space for two people who genuinely care about each other to coexist harmoniously. The title of the song is a warning to both lovers not to emotionally and mentally overwhelm each other or trample upon each other's feelings.
The song's key message is love and respect for each other’s feelings. The first two lines "Don't run our hearts around, Don't hit 'em to the ground" indicates that the relationship should not be a competition but a safe space where two people can share their lives. The lines "Let's find a better place, And quit this whole damn race" suggest that there should be no need to compete in a relationship, and the focus should be on finding a better space where they can live happily together.
The lyrics in the middle of the song “I've planned our great escape, Through lens and wire. I'm fast, but you are quick” is a metaphor for the singer's plan to improve their relationship. The great escape through lens and wire could refer to finding new ways of communication, and being fast vs quick could refer to finding solutions promptly vs. decisively.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't run our hearts around.
Do not play with our emotions or lead us on unnecessarily.
Don't hit 'em to the ground.
Do not hurt our feelings or break our hearts.
Let's find a better place,
Let us search for a better situation or environment for our well-being.
And quit this whole damn race.
We should opt-out of this negative, rat race lifestyle.
I've planned our great escape,
I have strategized and prepared for us to exit our current circumstances.
Through lens and wire.
Using technology and communication, we will successfully make our escape.
I'm fast but you are quick.
I may be skilled and efficient, but you possess a valuable talent and quality that complements and adds to our success.
What they said,
The expectations or opinions set forth by others.
What they said you could become.
The potential they have identified in us and the limitations they have placed on us.
Hit the lights,
Turn off or dismiss those preconceived notions.
You're the chosen one.
You have the ability and power to determine your own path and success.
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Amber Erica Webber, Jeremy Victor Schmidt, Joshua Mark Wells, Matthew Camirand, Stephen Gordon McBean
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
thamescanada
Showed this to my dad (who grew up in the 60's and 70's) and he thought this band was from his era! almost gave him a heart attack when he found out they're from my generation lol
Marty Birkinshaw
also from 'carts of darkness' docu.. top tune many thanks
Maurice Mukiri
Same here, that song keeps playing in my head
dildoit
Lets make a group;-)
BIBICUS 1
3 bottles of goof
718heavyduty
Nice Riff! Gottta check out more of this band.
The Cursing Photographer
I love that vintage vibe
blindmelonsoup
Black Mountain has restored my faith in music
Angela Bower
Fucking Awesome. I wanna be in a band like this...
Johan Mood
"Every time you work, you work to make some money. You better have a really good plan on what you're going to do with that money because when you work you're using up your life"