Mountains
Emeli Sandé; S. Khan; M. Omer; L. Juby; J. Murray Lyrics

The lyrics to "Mountains" depict a sense of longing for something unattainable, a desire to transcend the earthly plane and soar into the unknown. The opening lines "Looking at the ground, I'm crying for the sky, I know I can't hope to go where I can't be found" suggest a feeling of being trapped, of wanting something beyond one's grasp. However, the next line "But when I close my eyes, I start to fly" implies that this feeling of entrapment can be overcome, at least in the realm of imagination.

The chorus of the song expresses a yearning to be taken higher, to rise above the mundane and experience something transcendent. "The sun burns down on me, I'm praying he'll take me away, so very much higher than the peaks above me, I open myself, my spirit is free" suggests that the singer is looking for a spiritual experience, a moment of enlightenment that will allow them to shed the constraints of their physical body and ascend to a higher state of being. The subsequent verse "As a leap upon the breeze, higher than the chains of mortal man, surrounded by the wonders of a life I saw but never knew, revealed the hazy secrets of the mountain man" reinforces this idea, suggesting that this transcendence will bring with it a deeper understanding of the mysteries of the universe.