

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] You lit a candle in the hallway Said "It’s only one more night" Your coat still hangs beside the doorway Like you’ll be back by first daylight [Chorus] Guarded flame In the wind Hold your ground ’til I see you again If the road runs rough And the sky turns grey Guarded flame Show my love the way [Verse 2] Your muddy boots beneath the table Map of scars across your hands You laughed and called yourself a fable Made of stone and shale and sand [Chorus] [Bridge] If they call you Go softly If they break you Come home [low vocal register] I will mend what they have stolen With my arms With this old song [Chorus] [Outro] [whispered vocals] Guarded flame Stay [communal voices] Guarded flame Stay [solo whistle carries the last note Instruments fade]
Tags
folk, Slow Irish folk ballad with pipes, fiddle, whistle, bouzouki, and bodhrán. Female alto starts intimate and close to the mic over soft bouzouki and low whistle; verses build gently with fiddle swells and subtle drum pulse. Chorus blooms into full communal sing-along, layered harmonies, wide reverb on pipes. Final coda thins back out, voices in unison and a lone whistle carrying the last phrase into silence., irish folk, slow, ballad
3:39
No
1/2/2026