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Waxahatchee – Fire (2020) | Track profile | Dork

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Waxahatchee
Saint Cloud
Fire

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Fire

Release date: 27th March 2020

From Saint CloudTrack 3

3:37

Rock Music Alternative

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About This Track

'Fire' arrives as the opening statement of Waxahatchee's reflective turn, a song born from clear-eyed self-examination and written during a drive from Memphis into West Tennessee. Katie Crutchfield's voice carries the weight of hard-won clarity here, moving through verses that measure desire against contentment, asking whether love and gratitude might ever feel like enough. The production strips away the distortion of her previous work, letting acoustic country textures frame the song's emotional architecture with precision. The lyrics circle around images of fire and rain, of tainted places left behind, of learning to see from a partial view. There is no resolution offered, only the patient work of someone newly at peace, moving closer to acceptance. A Dork four-star record, 'Saint Cloud' represents the culmination of a decade of songwriting craft, and 'Fire' announces that arrival with quiet assurance.

"Fire" is a single by Waxahatchee, from the album Saint Cloud, released 27th March 2020. The track is 3:37 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 13 articles about Waxahatchee.

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Lyrics

Fire

That's what I wanted
It's not as if we cry a river, call it rain
West Memphis is on fire in the light of day
Give me something, it ain't enough
It ain't enough
I take it for granted
If I could love you unconditionally
I could iron out the edges of the darkest sky
For some of us it ain't enough
It ain't enough
And I take off driving
Past places been tainted
I put on a good show for you
And when I turn back around
Will you drain me back out
Will you let me believe that I broke through?
Tomorrow could feel like a hundred years later
I'm wiser and slow and attuned
And I am down on my knees
I'm a bird in the trees
I can learn to see with a partial view
I can learn to be easy as I move in close to you
And that's what I wanted
It's not as if we cry a river, call it rain
West Memphis is on fire in the light of day
Give me something, it ain't enough
It ain't enough
I take it for granted
If I could love you unconditionally
I could iron out the edges of the darkest sky
For some of us it ain't enough
It ain't enough

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Track details

From Saint Cloud

3:372020Single

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Album

27th March 2020

Track number

3

Release year

2020

1Oxbow
2:53
2Can’t Do Much
3:44
3Fire
3:37
4Lilacs
3:16

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Katie Crutchfield
Producer: Brad Cook
Engineer: Jerry Ordóñez, Jonathan Low
Drums: Nick Kinsey
Keyboards: Brad Cook, Katie Crutchfield
Vocals: Katie Crutchfield
Acoustic Guitar: Bill Lennox, Bobby Colombo, Brad Cook, Katie Crutchfield
Additional Engineering: Jonathan Low
Bass Guitar: Brad Cook
Electric Guitar: Bill Lennox, Bobby Colombo
Mastering Engineer: Brent Lambert
Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Low
Percussion: Nick Kinsey
Piano: Brad Cook, Katie Crutchfield
Synthesizer: Brad Cook

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