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Valley in the Mirror - LP

by Rorie

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Michael this is the kind of music that floods my emotions when I find it because it is just so good. This album has melodies for days, incredible vocals, pure beauty in its instrumentation. The kind of music you’re always hoping you will find, and rarely do… Favorite track: Dance.
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1.
Dance 03:12
It’s like waking up in a dream Letting go when you can’t see I knew we were more than make-believe That cold night back in Queens People say a lot of things that could be right But I’ve been waiting for your kind of light It’s that kind of love makes you dare to start Up at a thousand feet, not for the faint of heart Ooo can I dance with you forever, forever? Train rides up and down the coast Kissing you standing in the snow Oh we know it won’t be easy But I promise it’ll be the real thing It’s that kind of love makes you dare to start Up at a thousand feet, not for the faint of heart Ooo can I dance with you forever, forever? And I’d trade anything to know we made a Home worth coming home to It’s that kind of love makes you dare to start Up at a thousand feet, not for the faint of heart Ooo can I dance with you forever, forever?
2.
Train 02:56
Train I know the right place to go Know the right place to be But my mind is tangled on the tracks That lead to what we need Fighting with all my heart Letting go of false starts Find it hard to shake the rhyme It might take a bit more time We’ve been running circles in this town Caught a cab and rode it round and round And I know I’ve been driving you insane But we will we will catch that train Tired of talking to myself Wanna be with you and no one else Chasing down a perfect ending Still working out the beginning We’ve been running circles in this town Caught a cab and rode it round and round And I know I’ve been driving you insane But we will we will catch that train Wires crossed, seeing colors One thought and the other Help me draw the line Where you and I collide We’ve been running circles in this town Caught a cab and rode it round and round And I know I’ve been driving you insane But we will we will catch that train We will we will catch that train We will we will
3.
Drift 03:01
Drift Sitting in the coffee shop at midnight When they closed we left like we were friends You were shaking when you asked If we could make this last and I thought “I don’t really know if this is right” Snow was sticking to your coat Take a chance, take it slow You said you’d go anywhere at all, but Anywhere at all meant you’d mean it for a while And slowly drift away in the fall I know it’s been a few long months There are things that I’ll no longer tell but I’m still finding reasons to figure you out Because I don’t understand myself Sitting on the porch again at midnight Too late to find a place where we’d agree Even when we tried we were wind and firelight So you drifted far away from me I know it’s been a few long months There are things that I’ll no longer tell but I’m still finding reasons to figure you out Because I don’t understand myself Summer days are drifting in and out now And I’m running out of time to comprehend The way we wander round these same old roads And still can’t seem to make amends I know it’s been a few long months There are things that I’ll no longer tell but I’m still finding reasons to figure you out Because I don’t understand and I know it’s time to face this life And take some time to figure it out cause How can I explain the ways of someone else When I don’t understand myself?
4.
Lion on the Highway You wake up where you never thought you’d be Shadows in the kitchen on a Friday evening Phone in your hand, you can’t seem to breathe Somebody tell me this isn’t happening When you’re eighteen you still gotta dream But it starts to fade, it starts to bleed Til you’re out on the highway with blood on your sleeves Wondering where the road signs lead When you’re on the run, something’s gotta change When nothing can erase where you’ve been Feeling done with all the give and take Cause everything you gave was spent Heard there’s a grace that meets you where you’re at Wanna believe in a love like that A seat at the table, place to hang your hat Knows what we need before we ask You know when you’ve been in the desert too long Down on your knees, need a new song Please don’t believe that you’re too far gone for freedom When you’re on the run, something’s gotta change When nothing can erase where you’ve been Feeling done with all the give and take Cause everything you gave was spent We’re going back to the heart of it We’re going back to the heart of it now We’re going back to the heart of it We’re going back to the heart of it now We’re going back to the heart of it (repeat x4) CHORUS
5.
Love Alive 03:40
Love Alive I’ve been wrapped up in a story of love Can’t get it out of my head It shines in the dark, awakens our hearts Brings to life what was dead Hallelujah I have been set free And my ever wandering heart can see Love alive it’s evergreen Roots run deep by the stream Of living water that floods the earth with peace Love alive it’s evergreen The one who would leave a whole pasture of sheep To find the one lost along the way Welcomes us home where we don’t walk alone And all our debts have been paid This living well does not run dry All the riches in this world can’t buy Love alive it’s evergreen Roots run deep by the stream Of living water that floods the earth with peace Love alive it’s evergreen Lamb of God, Prince of Peace You flood our hearts, all we need Love alive it’s evergreen Roots run deep by the stream Of living water that floods the earth with peace Love alive it’s evergreen
6.
Sun 03:44
Sun Heavy heart and empty pockets All this work weighing me down Won’t amount to much but still I try To carve a statue from the stone Ribbon highways pave the maps of Virginia And I go flying through places I’ve grown Try to hold still but everything is changing And I know this life is not my own Now I’m sinking in the depths of the sun Can’t pretend to hide from anyone There’s no holding back the light to stay Where I’ve been waiting, where I’ve been waiting Start to wonder when you hear that you’re winning And all you see are places you fell What’s it take, take to be real? Cause I’m about to break this shell Now I’m sinking in the depths of the sun Can’t pretend to hide from anyone There’s no holding back the light to stay Where I’ve been waiting, where I’ve been waiting Holding on to hope Done with waiting around Haunted by the time I’ve wasted wishing I was Someone else, someone else Now I’m sinking in the depths of the sun Can’t pretend to hide from anyone There’s no holding back the light to stay Where I’ve been waiting, where I’ve been waiting x2
7.
Up in Smoke 03:50
Up in Smoke Don’t wanna self-destruct I know I think too much But if I think too much Maybe I’ll find a way out of this labrynth Should’ve seen the patterns It’s the kind of glass that shatters and We’re words away from endings now We’d better breathe before we go up in smoke Like I’m a haunted house, you’re the ghost and Nobody else wants to get close to this Can’t you see it’s done Try to sort it all in boxes, and act like I don’t care But it wraps around the chimney in the winter air We could’ve still been friends but we said too much It was a slow burn but it’s speeding up We’d better breathe before we go up in smoke Like I’m a haunted house, you’re the ghost and Nobody else wants to get close to this Can’t you see it’s done Words are just words til you use them wrong And they stay around for way too long (x2) We’d better breathe before we go up in smoke Like I’m a haunted house, you’re the ghost and Nobody else wants to get close to this Can’t you see it’s done (repeat)
8.
Just Right 03:12
Just Right That August night, the porch lights were dim Dropped me off, didn’t know if I’d see you again Stood there thinking of all I’d missed Unprepared to be honest I Didn’t know, didn’t know I could feel so sure You’ve got me up all night Staring at the ceiling, I’ve been wrong before But something’s different when you’re on my mind It’s just right Summer sky and stop motion dreams The bridge, you, empty streets of DC The feeling when you know life is changing But someone’s there to hold you when it’s raining Didn’t know, didn’t know I could feel so sure You’ve got me up all night Staring at the ceiling, I’ve been wrong before But something’s different when you’re on my mind It’s just right You’ve got me running back to your car Abandoning my broken heart Believe me love, we will make it Pieces of a new mosaic Didn’t know, didn’t know I could feel so sure You’ve got me up all night Staring at the ceiling, I’ve been wrong before But something’s different when you’re on my mind It’s just right
9.
Apogee 03:25
Apogee Awake, watching the car lights You never sleep at night anyway On your face, shades and colors We’re running from another kind of spell The way to fight loneliness is to seek out the lonely Stare it in the eyes, refuse to let it win we’re only Far as we’ll ever be Far as we’ll ever be The road gets harder but I’ll paint your heart on mine There are safer places, but here we’re so alive Don’t wanna turn my back trying to buy time And in the end be left with just a faulty compromise The way to fight loneliness is to seek out the lonely Stare it in the eyes, refuse to let it win we’re only Far as we’ll ever be Far as we’ll ever be Far as we’ll ever be Far as we’ll ever be (repeat)
10.
Cadence 03:22
Cadence In the quiet hour I wait The cadence of your heart inside my veins There’s a reason for the space Between the finish line and this broken place All my life I am satisfied in your endless love In your steady tide I will rise, knowing that you’ve won Your grace took every fall when I was on the run Though the storms rage on again Trading what was built in faith for rubble and regret I will not forget, that you are stronger yet Even wind and the waves obey Everything you say, for you are good I will rise, knowing that you’ve won Your faithfulness abounds surely as the sun In the end your love endures Step by step through every turn A valley of dry bones Breathed to life on the way home What was lost surely will be found Your glory echoes out through all that’s yet to come I will rise knowing that you’ve won Time is marching on to the sound of love The sound of love, your love your love

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released January 31, 2020

Dance, Train, Lion on the Highway, Apogee, Sun, Drift – music and lyrics by Rorie, vocals and piano by Rorie, production/acoustic guitar/electric guitar/bgvs/mixing by Chris Cubeta, production/bass/programming/synths/piano/bgvs/mixing by Gary Atturio, drums by Jake St. John
Love Alive, Cadence – music and lyrics by Rorie, vocals by Rorie, production/programming/guitars by Jordan Sapp
Just Right, Up in Smoke – music and lyrics by Rorie, vocals and piano by Rorie, production/piano/programming by Charlotte Martin, mixing by Lynn Gräber
Mastering by Alex DeTurk
A special thank you to Robert Hemmig, Madeline and Joe Dummerth, David Hemmig, Beverly Rose, Matthew Rea, Kathryn Rea, David Rea, Steven Ochocki, and all Kickstarter Backers for helping to make this album possible!

Executive Produced by Erin Rea Ochocki
Design by Camilla Dorinsky
Photography by LaRue Photography
© 2019 Rorie, All Rights Reserved. roriemusic.com

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Rorie Houston, Texas

RORIE is a singer-songwriter-producer, crafting music that tells stories of heartache and hope. With poetic lyrics and emotive vocals, her songs follow an honest journey of faith and life.

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