Orenda Fink - "High Ground"

Orenda Fink is the other half of 'Azure Ray' with Maria Taylor, who has also been on this blog as a solo artist. The more I hear of Orenda and Maria as solo artists, the more I realize how great Azure Ray really were. "High Ground" is from her 2009 album 'Ask the Night' on Saddle Creek, a label that has grown from strength to strength over the last decade or so. It's a mandolin heavy gothic song recalling her southern roots. Hauntingly beautiful.


Hey, big man, come down from there
You know, with your hands,
What you can do from there
I know that you loved one long time ago
And what happened to you then
Made your heart turn to stone

And there’s a rain coming down
To the valley below
And I know just how they feel
Cause when the water rises
They start to look for high ground
Just like me when you come around

Hey, big man, big wind, don’t blow
Don’t come search for me
I beg of you both

'Cause there’s a rain coming down
To the valley below
And I know just how they feel
Cause when the water rises
They start to look for high ground
Just like me when you come around

All you have to do
Is think of me and you
And all these things
Enter my dreams
And warn, yes they warn me

That there’s a rain coming down
To the valley below
And I know just how they feel
Cause when the water rises
They start to look for high ground
Just like me when you come around