"What?" lyrics

When I was sturdier I'd talk about how
"Certainly we all will die
We'll eat shadows, we will bury candles
Die, die, die."

When I was sturdier I thought
"So what? I am forever mountainous!"

I bravely said, "No death of any kind
Could matter to my mountain mind
Come years, come surging, I am tall!"

When I was "sturdier" I was secretly scared
And the fear was blinding

As you can see, I am no rock

Through mountain wind
What I actually am is thinning clouds