Kasey Chambers, born June 4, 1976 in Mount Gambier, Australia is Australia… Read Full Bio ↴Kasey Chambers, born June 4, 1976 in Mount Gambier, Australia is Australia's most popular country music performer with three successive albums reaching #1 on the Australian album charts in 2002, 2004 and 2006, each achieving multi-platinum sales. Kasey's signature tune "Not Pretty Enough" hit #1 on the ARIA singles charts in 2002, where it remained at the top spot for 4 weeks.

This Mountain
Kasey Chambers Lyrics

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Well a wise man once said to me
If your heart don't break you won't be
Free
I'm as free as a bird
Flying out over flying out over the sea

I call out to the wind
No one comes to let me in

I hear the thunder
The weight on my shoulders
The weight up on my shoulders crushing
Me

Shine down on this mountain
Rain down on my face
Call out to the river
To wash me out
To was me out of this place

Well I wish that I was a sailor man
With the wheel of the ship held in my
Hand
But I don't like the water
I'm more like the anchor
I wish I was the anchor in me

Sometimes I wish I was a sin
So the ones I love wouldn't let me in
I wouldn't have to try to find the

Answers
To give 'em all the answers they need

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Kasey Chambers's "This Mountain" express the inner turmoil of a person who seeks freedom but is burdened by the weight of their emotions. The song begins with a quote from a wise man who tells the singer that in order to be free, one must experience heartbreak. The singer acknowledges this truth and claims that she is free as a bird flying over the sea. However, she is haunted by the weight of her problems, and the burden is crushing her.

In the second stanza, the singer calls out to the wind, but no one comes to let her in. She hears thunder, which is a symbol of the turmoil fomenting inside her. The weight on her shoulders is suffocating, and she longs for rain to wash her face, to rejuvenate her soul. She wishes she were a sailor man, but she is more like an anchor.

In the final stanza, the singer wishes she were a sin so that her loved ones wouldn't let her in, and she wouldn't have to try to find answers to all their problems. In essence, the singer is saying that she herself longs for release from the burden of her sorrow, but she is also acutely aware of how her emotional struggles weigh on others.

Line by Line Meaning

Well a wise man once said to me
I was told by a wise man

If your heart don't break you won't be
You need to experience heartbreak to be truly free

Free
Feelings of freedom

I'm as free as a bird
I feel as free as a bird

Flying out over flying out over the sea
Flying aimlessly over the sea

I call out to the wind
I cry out to the wind

No one comes to let me in
Nobody comes to my aid

I hear the thunder
I hear the sound of thunder

The weight on my shoulders
The burden on my mind

The weight up on my shoulders crushing
The burden is becoming too heavy

Me
Feeling overwhelmed