Humble Mountain Man - Sir Ed Hillary tribute song

Tribute song and video for Sir Edmund Hillary.

this was a fun project we set out to do together. not as fun and rewarding as climbing a big mountain tho...

a big THANKS to all the people who we took photos of.

Sir Ed told his son, "never be afraid to stand alone"

Humble Mountain Man by Trillion
- song lyrics -
(written and recorded on sat 12th Jan 2008)

You may be gone but you live on in my wallet
you'll never be forgotten in the bottom of my pocket
you've taught us by example - translated back to our inner fibre
and you leave behind a wealth greater than that within a fiver.

He was our superman with a heart of gold
when he was cast they blew apart the mold
a modest champion - who'd walk the extra mile
and never forget to smile
A practical chap - he was quite unique
in '53 he climbed the worlds highest peak
others who tried came to early fates
so Ed and Tensing, left behind their burly mates
they almost made it to the pearly gates
and told the gate keeper -- see you at a further date
He gave half a toss, and knocked the bastard off,
with mask and parka on and a nasty cough
then blasted off in the Antarctic frost
in a tractor made tough enough to last across
It's not the mountains that we conquer but ourselves he said,
And now he's dead.
So cheers to Ed, and raise our beers to Ed
and all the summits we'll be climbing in the years ahead

The legend of Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
is pulsing through our heads circuits of capillaries
He climbed mountain tops just for the hell of it
an ordinary man -- with no need for embellishment
With pack on back he inched up a tight crack
A few precise whacks of his ice axe
and he was on top of the world looking down over creation
even queeny lizard breath rose to the occasion
why can't we all win -- we either tackle or run
we're taught - the battle is won when we're packing a gun
it can never be done through military power
the battle's only won in humilities hour
challenging ourselves beyond the daily grind
is the only way the darkness ever stays behind
i won't tire or stop 'til my eyelids drop
keep on striving 'til I rise to the top
tomorrow all my plans may crumble
but I'll still show respect and stay humble
we could wipe away the tears and turn away
or listen to the lesson we can learn today
Our knight baffled belief when he wrestled the beast
now his vessel has ceased, and we're bereft in the grief
from north to south, west and east
may our humble mountain man Ever-rest in peace

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[NZtrillion]

yes, TENZING. oops, i spelt his name wrong. silly me!

as far as i know there is only one Tenzing who climbed with Ed... this is the same one that is mentioned in the song...

[znome1]

where is tenzing in this song? I think its unfair to not include him.

[NZtrillion]

see lyrics:

"in '53 he climbed the worlds highest peak

others who tried came to early fates

so Ed and TENSING, left behind their burly mates

they almost made it to the pearly gates

and told the gate keeper -- see you at a further date"

[cantabile17]

cool song but the same guy (writer) is on the vid too many times

[NZtrillion]

haha, that is cos we didnt get enough photo's of random people. do you know how hard it is to convince people to take their photo? :)

once we have 200 new photos of you and your friends, we'll remove all the ones of that guy, and put yours in... get snapping!

[GeoffBlackmore]

Cool song. Also, the girl at 36 seconds is cute :)

[DeFineAl]

I thought this was a great little video, I like it so much I've got it on my phone and think about it everytime I see the guy on the trike as he does get around a bit. I really don't understand the gollywog thing I was'nt insulted with the white rabbit!!! but then I don't have a chip on my shoulder LOL

[HellHammerX]

Is that Mark Wahlberg in the vid?

[SirMaskMusic]

@alexskatesdou It's just a video? Sure when it comes to the rights and disrespect of blacks it's just a video, but if the video showed a few seconds of abuse of an animals folks would be pissed, if it insulted women you'd be pissed, but you bigot, have no respect for Blacks so "it's just a video". You're a bigot.

[SirMaskMusic]

We can't expect a racist to admit they're a racist. The doll is insulting. How the hell can you give a DOWN THUMB when a BLACK person is telling you that you're being insulting and racist? Because racists always think nothing of insulting those that they think are lower than they are. After all, you are GOD right. And using a Black creation, rap, to spread ignorance. WTF

[alexskatesdou]

@SirMaskMusic what the heck you racist its just a video dont just go of and say that on some one that is deads video cock head

[SirMaskMusic]

1 black gollywog doll, you guys are some very racists folks. Shame on you, it's 2009, no time for racist pricks.

[zukomina]

thats New Zealand money $5

[putmeinyourstereotyp]

love it!

[12astile]

what kind of money is that?