Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You were born when my hair
Was already tied back from the storm
Little hands
Little heartbeat
Pressed to my worn-out uniform
I had miles in my eyes
You had milk on your breath
You grabbed my finger
Held it
Like a promise to the death
[Chorus]
I’ll be your harbor
Little brother
When the black tide pulls you under
Call my name across the water
I will answer
I will come
I’ll be your harbor
Little brother
Through the thunder
Through the wonder
Every wave that ever shook you
Breaks soft against my love
[Verse 2]
You grew tall while I wandered
Chasing pay on foreign coasts
Missed your teeth
Missed your first steps
Heard them only in my ghosts
But your letters were lanterns
On the darkest watch I kept
"Are you safe? Are you lonely?"
Was the line on which I slept
[Chorus]
I’ll be your harbor
Little brother
When the black tide pulls you under
Call my name across the water
I will answer
I will come
I’ll be your harbor
Little brother
Through the thunder
Through the wonder
Every wave that ever shook you
Breaks soft against my love
[Bridge]
One day you’ll cast off too
Chasing some bright line of blue (oh-oh)
If the world turns rough and cruel
Let it break on me
Not you
I’ll stand tall on the shoreline
’til my knees sink in the foam
If your voice is ever trembling
I will sing you back home
[Chorus]
I’ll be your harbor
Little brother
When the black tide pulls you under
Call my name across the water
I will answer
I will come (I will come)
I’ll be your harbor
Little brother
Through the thunder
Through the wonder
Every wave that ever shook you
Breaks soft against my love
[Outro]
So sleep to the sound of the sea now
Hear it hush
Hear it hum
You were always my best journey
And I’m proud of who you’ve become
Style
haunting maritime shanty with female vocalslow drones and distant toms like slow wavesghostly choir harmonies on the chorussparse fiddle and pump organ weaving in and out. verses keep it close and intimatealmost whispered; chorus swells with layered call-and-responsethen fall back to a softfading coda like fog rolling off the sea.
Prompt
Haunting loving shantie song with female leads, older sister by far song to much younger brother about loving him,always being here for him, proud of him. Shantie, haunting ocean waves
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RefinedGeneratedMar 1, 2026
ModelAria v5
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