Celestial Fire

Intro (Soft wind across frozen hills. Distant bells. Sustained guitar note rises like dawn.) Whisper: "The old ones called it celestial fire..." Pan pipes answer. Rickenbacker chimes. Verse 1 ( harmonic voice echo yodel rising call) I walked the ridge where the silence grows Past sleeping pines and the winter snows The stars hung still in a crystal sea Then the sky unfolded its mystery Green rivers flowing from pole to pole Silver feathers across the soul No earthly painter could ever trace The living colours that filled that place Pre-Chorus Emerald curtains softly sway Violet shadows drift away Ruby embers start to rise Dancing through the northern skies Chorus Aurora Fire Burning without flame Painting every mountain Calling out my name Aurora Fire Ancient as the stars Heaven writing poetry Across the dark (Falsetto harmony) "Across the dark..." Verse 2 Gold began to thread the green Like woven silk in a royal dream Turquoise rivers turned to light Flowing through the velvet night Some saw angels in the glow Some saw warnings long ago I just stood beneath the stream Watching colour learn to dream Chorus Aurora Fire Burning without flame Painting every valley Calling out my name Aurora Fire Bright celestial rain Heaven spilling colours Across the frozen plain (Instrumental Santana-style soaring guitar Rickenbacker arpeggios Pan pipes and strings answer each phrase) Choir "Ahh" harmonies float above The music gradually expands like curtains of aurora spreading across the horizon Bridge Green for the forests Blue for the sea Gold for the dreamers Who still believe Purple for mystery Red for the heart White for the starlight That gave us our start Final Chorus Aurora Fire Living sky above Every colour singing A language made of love Aurora Fire Bright celestial sea For one brief moment The universe looked back at me Outro (Music strips back to guitar and wind.) Whisper: "Celestial fire..." (Single sustained guitar note.) Distant choir. Fade into the sound of the northern wind