Of Mice and Men - Chapter 5

Song Lyrics: It's Like Moving Mountains

It's like whatever I say
Ooh
I Just can't get through you
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh

Now, now she loved me, shawty I loved her
Used to jump up in the maybach and roll out
Used to care, she used to share
The love that she used to give me can't be found
I lost my way, she said she'd stay
And lately I've been sleeping with a ghost
My stock is down and out, I used to be worth my weight in gold
That was before the great depression kicked in and rocked us
And that was before the hurricane came in and stopped us
I told you to leave, but you lied to me
When you said that, baby no worries I promise to get us back

I know sorries, just wouldn't do it
Her heart is obliterated, I'm trying to travel through
But it's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains... hey
But I keep climbing and hoping things would change
And the sky turns grey, and the water from the rain washes progress away
It's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains...
Why just leave me, just leave me, be
Just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me, Be
Why you just leave me, just leave me be ooh

She, she don't touch me, I don't touch her
We aint really even ever say a word.
I really want to give her everything she deserves
But, the bad took away the good
She thinks that I'm full of it, arguments, always pissed, man I'm tired
Every kiss, that I missed, girl you know I'm trying
You never believe me when I say, and I never believe it when you say
I love you, and I shouldn't complain about it
I should take it like a man and walk up out it
Cause we will never be the same ooh
I've been standing in gas, and you have been the flames

I know sorries, just wouldn't do it
Her heart is obliterated, I'm trying to get through
Gotta move this mountain, yeah
It's like moving mountains... hey
But I keep climbing and hoping things would change
And the sky turns grey, and the water from the rain washes progress away
It's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains...
Well baby why you just leave me,
Just leave me, be
Just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me be ooh

[Background singing]
This must be a slow death,
that i'm travelin' on.
It feels so wrong, i'm
barely holdin' on
See, no matter what it takes
i've gotta get it together.

And these hills that im travelin' up
She ain't showin' me love
I'm down on my love

I know sorries, just wouldn't do it
Her heart is obliterated, I'm trying travel through
But it's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains... hey
But I keep climbing and hoping things would change
And the sky turns grey, and the water from the rain washes progress away
It's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains...
Well baby why you just leave me,
Just leave me, be
Just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me be ooh
By: Usher

I chose this song because I felt like they related to the way a lot of characters felt in the book. They all are missing something something or someone in their life and it is so hard to find someone, just like it is hard to move mountains. Curley's wife is lonely because she cant talk to anyone because of Curley, and Candy, Crooks and Lennie are all shunned because they have some sort of disability.

Personal Response:
I think that there is no one to blame for the tragic events in the book. Lennie does all the bad things because he doesn't understand what he is doing wrong. Also he is very big, and strong and doesn't know how to control his own strength. In the movie the scene between Lennie and Curley's wife is played a little differently because in the book it isn't Curley's wife who says "oh that's nice", it is actually Lennie. I think the way she is killed by Lennie is pretty right. He shook her so hard that it snapped her neck. The thing that is different is that in the book Georges lies to Curley where he thinks Lennie would go, while in the movie he did no such thing. In this chapter we also realize how lonely Curley's wife is. It shows how much she is longing for someone to talk to.