Discover the story of the song > Roscoe – Midlake

The song talks about a group of people called the mountaineers who gather stones and timber to build a house specially for the protagonist and his partner. They travel many miles and when they finally arrive, they start building the house on a roof that leaks when it rains. The protagonist reflects on the changes that have taken place in their village and how they like the newness of their garden, but when the mountaineers return, they are all mixed up with no place to stay.