Story Behind The Song

Thomas Fire, Ventura California December 2017

Song Description

During the Dec 2017 Thomas Fire in Ventura California many families had to abandon their homes and take refuge at the fair grounds, which is right on the Pacific Ocean. This song captures the urgency of the event.

Lyrics

Take what you can get down to the water
Go on run and I bid ya farewell
Don't look back the flames are getting' hotter
Gotta make hast and get out of this hell

A devil wind howls, castles are burning
the crimson beast is laying its claim
the people look on, helplessly hoping
cursin' their luck and praying it rains

We watch on as the dark clouds rise
Losing all that we own to the sky

Go Go Go Go
The fire's gonna come little one, we gotta go
Get yourself go down to the water
The hills gonna burn and a hard wind, there she blows
Get yourself go down below
Ah, save yourself and get down to the water below

I could not see the embers on the rooftop
Nor the smoke as it rose up from the floor
And I did not hear the wailing in the distance
until the angles came knocking on my door

Oh the fire's gonna come little one, we gotta go
Get yourself go down to the water
Ah the sky's growing dark and a hard wind there she blows
Get yourself go down below
Ah, save yourself and get down to the water below
Go Go Go Go
Go on save yourself and get down to the water below