The Valley Answered Back [Verse 1] I walked beneath the mountain Where the river carved its name, Talking to the stones below me Like they understood my game. I said, “How many proud men Have shouted down your track, Just to hear their little voices Come a hundred times louder back?” [Pre-Chorus] I laughed and told the valley, “You're a servant to our sound— Even nature has to answer When a man is shouting loud.” [Chorus] Then the valley answered back, Not the way I thought it would. Something whispered from the darkness Where no living stranger stood. All my wisdom left me running, All my courage lost its ground— I had come to mock the echo, Till the echo turned around. [Verse 2] Up the mountain I went climbing, Heart like thunder in my chest, Leaving all my brave conclusions With the stones where they could rest. And when fear had lost its fingers, When my breathing settled down, I looked into that ancient hollow Like a king above his crown. [Pre-Chorus] I called, “What are you saying?” Feeling brave from far away— And my question crossed the canyon Then came home without delay. [Chorus] Oh, the valley answered back, First it gave me what I'd said, Then beneath my fading echo Came another voice instead. Not a sermon, not a warning, Not some wisdom old and grand— Just two words that shook my courage Like a pebble in my hand: [Break — almost whispered] “You coward…” [Bridge] Maybe every echo knows us Better than we know ourselves. Maybe what we throw at silence Doesn't always come back well. We keep shouting at creation, Wanting proof that we are heard— Till one day the world grows tired And returns a different word. [Final Chorus] So if you walk beneath that mountain And the evening turns to black, You can call into the valley— But don't demand it answer back. For the world may hold a mirror Where you hoped to find a sound, And the voice you thought you mastered May be the voice that turns you around. [Outro — distant vocal] I asked the valley, “What did you say?” …Coward… And this time I walked away.
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