High and Low
This Is Deer Country Lyrics

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You've got
A lonely way of walking
You've got a lonely way of talking
You've got a lonely way
Of loving me

We were walking through
The bright sky

And I was falling through
Your bright eyes
I was calling name to
The nighttime

You're breathing real softly
I saw your lips rise beside me
High and low
High and low
High and low

In the dream
We were walking
And the ghosts
Were calling
And the water
Was rising up to meet me

And the tide was rolling in
You asked me where I'd been
Said I don't know
But I'm back
By the way

Looked down to the water
And the voice was getting louder
And the lake rolls and took you away

So I walked and I called for you
Come home here like you used to
But you were gone, you had gone,
Gone away

You got a lonely way of walking
You got a lonely way of talking

You got this lonely way
Of loving me

Overall Meaning

The song High and Low by This Is Deer Country is a melancholic analysis of a relationship that is coming to an end. The singer observes his partner's loneliness in the way they walk, talk, and love him. As they stroll through the world together, he sees the emptiness in their eyes, noticing their reticence to truly open up and be vulnerable with him. The lyrics seem to suggest that their relationship may have been contingent upon a lack of true intimacy, with the partner remaining removed and distant even as they walk together under a bright sky.

The second verse takes place within a dream, where the singer and his partner are walking through a landscape that is becoming increasingly dangerous. Ghosts call out to the couple as the water rises around them, threatening to consume them whole. In this moment, the partner turns to the singer and asks where he has been, to which he can only respond with a vague "I don't know, but I'm back." As the voice of the ghosts grows louder and louder, the partner is suddenly taken away by the rolling tide. In the final verse, the singer mourns the loss of his partner, calling out for them and hoping in vain that they will return to him. Their love is imbued with a sense of isolation and loneliness, a dynamic that ultimately proved untenable.

Overall, High and Low is a haunting exploration of a love that has been built upon a shaky foundation. The singer's observations of his partner's loneliness, coupled with the dream sequence that seems to predict the end of their relationship, paint a picture of a couple for whom love was never enough. The song is musically sparse, with a simple guitar strumming pattern that allows the lyrics to take center stage. The slow, mournful melody underscores the sense of melancholy that pervades the entire track.

Line by Line Meaning

You've got
You possess

A lonely way of walking
A solitary manner of moving on foot

You've got a lonely way of talking
You possess a desolate style of speaking

You've got a lonely way
You possess a lonesome approach

Of loving me
When it comes to loving me

We were walking through
We strolled together among

The bright sky
An illuminated atmosphere above

And I was falling through
I was descending into

Your bright eyes
The vivid color of your eyes

I was calling name to
I was shouting a name towards

The nighttime
The dark hours of the day

You're breathing real softly
You are inhaling and exhaling gently

I saw your lips rise beside me
I noticed your mouth curving upwards next to me

High and low
The extremes

In the dream
In the fantasy

We were walking
We were moving on foot together

And the ghosts
And the apparitions

Were calling
Were shouting out

And the water
And the liquid

Was rising up to meet me
Was lifting towards me

And the tide was rolling in
And the oceanic currents were advancing

You asked me where I'd been
You inquired about my whereabouts

Said I don't know
I responded with uncertainty

But I'm back
But now I have returned

By the way
Incidentally

Looked down to the water
I gazed downwards into the liquid

And the voice was getting louder
And the sound became more intense

And the lake rolls and took you away
And the body of water overwhelmed and removed you

So I walked and I called for you
So I moved on foot while shouting for you

Come home here like you used to
Return to where you belong like before

But you were gone, you had gone
But you were absent, you departed

Gone away
Left to a different location

You got a lonely way of walking
You possess a solitary approach to moving on foot

You got a lonely way of talking
You possess a lonesome style of speaking

You got this lonely way
You possess a desolate manner

Of loving me
When it comes to loving me

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@masonleather

1y↑2

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@mississippirougarou

1y↑24

Driving at night in rural Mississippi feels more like there are several hundred deer per square mile.

@masonleather

1y↑3

🤣 I bet!

@scottmartin7042

1y↑1

Wanna hear something crazy? I live in Paterson NJ and I drive to work at like 4am and ive hit 2 deers in the city proper of Paterson, which is one of the most densely populated areas in America. My block is a typical urban block in New Jersey. Meaning we mostly all rent and the houses are right on top of each other with most homes being 2 or 3 family houses. I get on the highway to work 5 mins from my house and I see deer almost every day getting on the highway.

@johnnyclemmons9756

42w

Seems like it in Alabama too.

@Tex_I_Can

1y↑7

I've actually wondered about this. Thank you for putting it all together. I need to go to the website and order and cuff for my Henry X 44 magnum.

@masonleather

1y↑2

Glad to be of service! Sounds like a plan, I love doing the loops for 44s!

@anthonysheppard2504

1y↑6

Great video I’ve been hunting in Oregon sense I was a little kid and I can say those numbers are about spot on

@masonleather

1y↑2

Thanks! I’ve heard Oregon is a very tough hunt, particularly the black tails on the western side of the state. I drove through there once and the terrain was beautiful but looked very thick.

@MrUNCLESAM84

1y↑9

You're absolutely right regarding the Midwest and especially Iowa, the south western Iowa is infested with white tail deer unlike the central and eastern parts of the state.

@masonleather

Texas is the same way, there are large areas nearly devoid of deer and others overrun

@Andres-fz3jl

47w

Very cool

@TTT-du6oj

19w↑1

This is a very informative video,Thanks👍

@masonleather

19w

Glad to be of service!

@RitterRundown

1y↑8

Interesting info. Glad I'm in the Midwest with a decent density to hunt.

@lavenderlilacproductions

1y↑1

I just wish he'd not have told anyone about it. Too many refugees from crappier states arriving here already...

@Andres-fz3jl

47w

Very cool

@tarasmith963

1y↑2

Thanks for doing the the flaxen for us southerns

@a.joegevara3519

11w

Alabama has 4 months of season, 2 deer a day, of which only 1 can be an antlered buck. Here in the southern part of the state we don't have a vigorous rut. I've seen maybe 15 road killed on the road I live on, 3 in front of my property 😢
I'm always watching when I drive, and have a HD deer catcher on the front of my truck.

@homeinthewhiteoaks

17w

The same thinking you used for Louisiana can apply to Indiana and other corn belt states. Half the land area is farm fields, so those 19 deer per square mile all pile into woodlots. Then fan out at night to go into ag lands, that's why its the state rising quickly in the record books. Good soils, High deer numbers and one Buck per hunter. The one Buck rule has us seeing 4.5 year old deer often.

@COVERT_ARRANGEMENTS

32w↑1

I live in middle Tennessee and I see a full size Buck at least once a week in my neighborhood and about 1-3 doe per day just moping around in the area. 😊

@antdogboyness_66

MICHIGANG! i knew we would be up there, every man i know hunts and we see deer down here in the cities! there’s deer crossing signs in residential areas lol

@ownlydown5933

1y↑3

This was a great Vid.
Yea in the northwest it's definitely very tough to hunt. Plus there ALOT of predators out here and from what I read on FB the wolves are a big problem too. But they're protected. And there's no hound Hunting. So those Pumas are Literally doing whatever they want.
But that's just my opinion.
Personally I know I just need to try harder.

@masonleather

1y↑1

Thanks!

@delmuswu-tangbroadnax9056

1y↑1

Lol you should make an hour long video. So many people would watch the whole thing. Plus I'm in upstate NY and I saw at least 30 deer today just on the side of the road within 10 miles

@masonleather

1y↑1

Haha, I might if it weren’t so hard to edit and upload

@HardCorps88

1y↑3

Southeast Kansas always has deer due to farmers soybean fields, alfalfa also. It was easy as a kid to sit off the pasture and plug one. Good eating.

@masonleather

1y↑1

Crop fed, I bet they were good!

@Logan-xz7yl

14w

@@masonleather my picture right here on my profile is my last southeast ks deer

@kasp9889

1y↑1

Awesome video!

@masonleather

Thanks!

@Blck_baby_yoda

I live in Oregon and I can say that where live Albany it’s mostly flat and thick woods and we barely see deer because they can comfortably live anywhere but when we go east it’s mountain hunting mostly steep 500-2000ft elevation change on some hikes it’s more open and we can more easily rule out where the deer bed and feed but it can still be hard hunting

@krisglennon5461

38w↑1

I grew up in New Hampshire and been in Maine alot lived there and lived in MD and now in ohio there are dear everywhere ohio has tons of bucks only thing I see different isnh and maine are much harder hunting you need to cover big woods but there are dear you'll see em love the video and the info thanks bud

@masonleather

35w↑1

Glad to be of service!

@Andres-fz3jl

47w

Very cool

@BaltimoreGuardDog

11w

No camouflage background ? I think it’s a great video wish you covered the species a bit more cool topic

@youngchevyboy605-5

49w

Louisiana is also alligator heavy in swamp areas and pushes alot of deer into north Louisiana and into Mississippi.

@Septimius13

Hey Lee! Looking for a nice rig for my buddy’s g17 with a light and sights on it (for comp or zombie apocalypse lol), if I get you some measurements on it would you consider making something or too much of a pita?

@masonleather

Hi Tim, I don’t do holsters unfortunately

@Septimius13

@@masonleather ahhh fair enough no worries. Thanks for the reply!

@miguelruelas2704

1y↑2

I’m from North Dakota and I feel like we have more deer than that I’ve seen a lot of herds and deer everywhere that’s crazy

@masonleather

1y↑1

Very possible, some states have a lot more reliable data than others, entirely possible the numbers aren’t 100% accurate

@masonleather

Very possible, some states have a lot more reliable data than others, entirely possible the numbers aren’t 100% accurate

@edgargonzalez723

They are all over East/NorthEast Texas see em like normal out there day and nite

@holdenbrown8225

1y↑3

Driving in Alabama during the night is nearly impossible without nearly hitting a deer or hitting one . My first 3 deer I killed was from my Tacoma btw 😂

@masonleather

Alabama has a bunch for sure!

@Chuck_Stick

27w

Absolutely! I do shift work, and transiting to/from work when the sun is set you'll encounter a veritable ocean of deer. Hit two, and doe and fawn, this time last year at once.

@Nurprocess

1y↑2

Checking out the website

@masonleather

1y↑1

Thanks!

@XxTheWRLDxX

41w

I see a crap ton of deer around here in Cincinnati

@jude6005

I’m surprised Nebraska isn’t higher, Ive almost deer on main roads in town.. several times… this week

@jude6005

Nvm my area has about 25 deer per square mile

@billypippin7825

My question is, is it quality over quantity or quality over quality?

@williameastin8970

Great video but he could have mentioned that the invasive deer in hawaii are only on two of the islands

@henrydavis3305

Do you plan on making a cuff for the M1 Garand that can hold an 8rd clip

@masonleather

At some point

@JEST3R_

I could’ve told you Mississippi has almost too many deer. I drive to and from work at night and the amount of deer I need to swerve away from is incredible. I could bag more deer from driving than my buddies up north wearing camo holding .308’s 🤣🤣🤣

@bigal25938

15w

Ton of deer in WV.

@johnkane46

Not from the US but very interesting - would have thought the heavy forests of the North West and North East would have dominated the deer populations.

@masonleather

1y↑1

There’s certainly deer in those places but the south is also heavily forested, farmed with crops they’ll eat and there’s plenty of water as well without the rough winters.

@scottrogers9723

It's weird because driving here in montana your more than likely to his one lol

@vetobillz6738

Nevada has big deer elk

@jaredmackey4511

Great video. Also, technically a moose is a deer lol

@Vervr724

1y↑1

I was riding in my car and i saw 2 deer in Minnesota

@chillhousedudes

1y↑1

I actually like your channel 🙂

@masonleather

Thanks! Glad to be of service!

@ernestgrass1643

51w

Moose is the largest deer species. So me being me I would think that your chart is incorrect. Now I know and understand that you lump most deer species together. But I found it odd that you separated both caribou and moose out.

@Stnais

1y↑1

As a Louisianian, there are deer in swamps, which is where I hunt

@masonleather

Oh I agree, I’m more referring to the literal open water itself

@cadeclayton8325

Same thing here in Florida, sometimes you can catch them almost belly deep out in the swamps

@cadeclayton8325

Not like literally catch them I meant like you can see them

@AbelGuerra-xz3pc

35w

I live in Florida and I believe our wildlife officials don’t know for sure how many deer are here and don’t know how to manage wildlife all us hunters know how many deer there are and the vast majority of deer are does anyway that we aren’t allowed to harvest

@critterjon4061

20w

Hear me out , but I have a very slight hunch that the deer are in the woods

@masonleather

20w

Or on the highway

@johnf6967

Most of the Idaho deer are on private ranches 😢.

@biggestounce

51w

I figured NY would be up on the top for the Northeast. Here in Upstate, you are practically tripping over deer.

@natepotter1709

1y↑1

i almost hit one tonight and instead of it charging at me it pissed on my car's hood as revenge 😂

@masonleather

🤣

@kennethharrison4847

43w

Your kidding in pacific County washington they have a massive elk population.

@masonleather

41w

This video isn’t about elk

@boredi6050

The south

@daneboro6847

1y↑1

I'm in Arizona i feel like our population is pretty low in comparison to other states I've visited, been hunting them as a kid, man it was so disappointing unless you get a tag in the hot spots, I don't put in for deer in my state anymore, ill go to Texas or California.

@masonleather

1y↑1

It definitely is, Arizona definitely has some beautiful landscapes and unique hunting opportunities though!

@daneboro6847

@@masonleather Yes sir Kaibab is the unit on the border with Utah, awesome world record mulies, rugged terrain, tough hunt, hard to get drawn for, in the south the couse deer, ghost of the desert fun to hunt, again some unforgiving terrain though.

@brotherpigeons8395

1y↑1

From Kentucky. I’ve killed more with a car than a gun.

@paulthomas963

You can hunt from my back patio. The deer bastards have moved in.

@TheShaunNerd

I'm surprised by how low Illinois is. I see them F-ers EVERYWHERE

@masonleather

There are definitely going to be much higher concentrations in certain areas of a given state. I wish I had the data to break it down even further.

@lavenderlilacproductions

1y↑2

Seems the deer don't like Yankee liberals either.

@brothazoot

My family had a herd of 27 deer just outside of town in CT with population of 50k people. Population of deer in my area is out of control and needs management hunts just to keep the deer population in check. Only issue comes with actually getting the guns in my state 😂😂

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