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Running Through Long Grass

from Signal Hill by The Mentalist Collective

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The song is a breakneck folk shuffle featuring Brendan Christie on lead vocals, with a chorus that will live in your head and is inspired by the grassy plains of Central Otago, New Zealand.

Christie reflects: “As a kid I grew up with regular visits to Lake Hawea, long before much of the development had gone up beyond the waterfront. We’d camp in an old caravan and hut on a small section about ten minutes walk from the lakeside. Behind us were acres and acres of empty plains and farmland, covered in golden grass which had grown up to my knees, sometimes even higher. This song tries to embody how it felt to run through these fields, often alone, and how exciting and freeing it felt when I was young.”

“Running Through Long Grass” has long held a cherished place in the band’s setlist as a dance-floor-filler and an epic anthem that commands attention and often has audience members singing along.

lyrics

Golden fur I feel
Barefoot and bound to start
On hands and feet I kneel
Trying to outpace the world

I’m running through long grass

I disappear a while,
lie beneath the ground
Shaking shield and sword
swallowed up by the crowd

I’m running through long grass
And I’m running through long grass.
Through long grass.

Jumping fire and ash,
Broken rock and earth
No obstacle I yield
And haven’t since my birth

I’m running through long grass

People wonder why
I cannot tell them all
Everyone inside
runs fast or stands tall

We’re running through long grass
Now we’re running through long grass
Through long grass.

Now we’re running through long grass
Now we’re running through long grass
And as we’re running through long grass
Through long grass.

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from Signal Hill, track released September 25, 2023

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The Mentalist Collective Dunedin, New Zealand

Formed as an acoustic project in 2008, the Mentalist Collective is a collaboration of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Brendan Christie, Scott Campbell, Rob Milne, Danie Erickson, Ed Lobo and Simon Christie. The Mentalist Collective use an influence of folk and rock music to create a unique blend of styles with a heavy emphasis on vocal harmony.
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