Biography:
A Silver Mt. Zion uses a number of different variations of the name on different releases with respect to line-up changes.
A Silver Mt. Zion is a band formed in 1999, in Montreal, Quebec, by Godspeed You! Black Emperor musicians Efrim Menuck, Sophie Trudeau and Thierry Amar. According to an interview with VPRO Radio in The Netherlands, originally the project was for Efrim to learn how to score music, but the idea was soon abandoned as Efrim decided that he preferred music not to be defined by rules, preferring simply what sounds best.
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[Verse 1]
C#m A
On silver mount zion
E G#m
All buried in ruins
C#m A
We was dancing the hora
E G#m
Until we vomited blood
C#m A
Spinning like crazy
E G#m
Shoshana was jonesing
C#m A
The towers had fallen
E G#m
And the wind called out my grandfather's name
[Verse 2]
C#m A
Let's kill first the banker
E G#m
With his professional demeanor
C#m A
Let's televise and broadcast
E G#m
The raping of kings
C#m A
Let our crowds be fed on
E G#m
Teargas and plate-glass
C#m A
Cause a people united
E G#m
Is a wonderful thing
[Verse 3]
C#m A
I know that you're dying
E G#m
And I know I'm unwell
C#m A
And together we sashay
E G#m
Through variations of hell
[Bridge]
C#m A E G#m
And as you walk through valleys of fear
C#m A E C#m
The lure of my bed is ever near
[Outro]
C#m A E G#m
Oh, don't be afraid, though the parade
A
Will not pass our way
C#m A E
It's nobler to never get paid
G#m A
Than to bank on shit and dismay
C#m A
On silver mount zion
E G#m
All buried in ruins
C#m A
We was dancing the hora
E G#m
Until we vomited blood
C#m A
Spinning like crazy
E G#m
Shoshana was jonesing
C#m A
The towers had fallen
E G#m
And the wind called out my grandfather's name
[Verse 2]
C#m A
Let's kill first the banker
E G#m
With his professional demeanor
C#m A
Let's televise and broadcast
E G#m
The raping of kings
C#m A
Let our crowds be fed on
E G#m
Teargas and plate-glass
C#m A
Cause a people united
E G#m
Is a wonderful thing
[Verse 3]
C#m A
I know that you're dying
E G#m
And I know I'm unwell
C#m A
And together we sashay
E G#m
Through variations of hell
[Bridge]
C#m A E G#m
And as you walk through valleys of fear
C#m A E C#m
The lure of my bed is ever near
[Outro]
C#m A E G#m
Oh, don't be afraid, though the parade
A
Will not pass our way
C#m A E
It's nobler to never get paid
G#m A
Than to bank on shit and dismay
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