Fire in the Valley

Release: Royal Fish

Genres: Folk Rock

Run Time: 4:13

Credits:
Emily Moore: Production
Ellie Minor: Drums

"Fire in the Valley" is the eighth track on Royal Fish. The lyrics suggest the speaker is viewing a sunrise.

This song makes use of a guitar technique in which the original part is played in one key, doubled, and then pitch shifted both up and down to the vocal key. Emily developed this technique independently. The song's middle section features birdsong from several birds native to Emily and Ellie's home state, Virginia..

Lyrics

This morning all the snow
Upon the mountain
That had fallen in the
Evening blankets everything around

Between the white cap peaks
A certain fresh anticipation
Rises up from the ground

What could it be
What could it be

This fire in the valley
That warms my vision unexpectedly

As the snow peaked mountains
Seem to shift and change direction
And I hear a whispering
Humming in the trees

My ear perceives the rustle
Of the leaves down in the valley
That were left from autumn's
Unforgiving breeze

What could it be
What could it be

This fire in the valley that
Stirs whatever lives
And sleeps and breathes

Rising from the horizon
Pouring into the sky

The golden tongues of fire
That have risen from the valley
Seem to fill the empty
Space up like a cup

The creatures of the morning
Have awoken and are running
But I am the only
Creature looking up

What could it be
What could it be

This fire in the valley
That I alone seem
Able to perceive

The cool blue crystal water
Of the day begins to pour
Into the valley and to
Quench the golden flames

The puffs of smoke unfurl
Into a group of cotton islands
Floating overtop the
Snowy mountain range

What could it be
What could it be
What could it be
(What could it be)
What could it be
(What could it be)
What could it be
What could it be
(What could it be)
What could it be
(What could it be)
What could it be

This fire in the valley
That leaves.