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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They came up the lane in the grey of the morning
Boots in the puddles
Coats turned high
Masks on their faces
Eyes hard as iron
Hands on our children
We dared not cry
[Verse 2]
“Just for a while
” so soft were their voices
“Only a lesson
And then they’ll come back”
My tongue turned to stone
My knees turned to water
I watched my own heart in a stranger’s sack
[Chorus]
But we’ll stand in the gap
Shoulder to shoulder
Hands on the gate when they darken our door
If fear is a tide
Then love is a boulder
We’ll anchor these little ones safe to the shore
We’ll anchor these little ones safe to the shore (hey!)
[Verse 3]
I cursed in my chest till it burned like whiskey
I shook like a leaf as they marched away
The sky didn’t crack
The ground didn’t open
Just small waving hands
And nothing to say
[Verse 4]
For years we were ghosts in our own small kitchens
Stories in whispers
Looks at the floor
The names of our children carved into timber
The sound of the latch
The fear at the door
[Chorus]
But we’ll stand in the gap
Shoulder to shoulder
Hands on the gate when they darken our door
If fear is a tide
Then love is a boulder
We’ll anchor these little ones safe to the shore
We’ll anchor these little ones safe to the shore
[Bridge]
One voice in the hall
Then a second beside her (oh)
A third at the well with her sleeves rolled high
We gathered like crows on the cold stone corner
And faced the road with our heads held high
[Verse 5]
Now when wheels turn on that bend in the mountain
We rise from the fields
From the shops
From the quay
No child walks that road in the grasp of a stranger
A wall built of mothers is all they see
[Chorus]
We will stand in the gap
Shoulder to shoulder
Hands on the gate when they darken our door
If fear is a tide
Then love is a boulder
We’ll anchor these little ones safe to the shore
We’ll anchor these little ones safe to the shore
[Outro]
So come
Little lambs
Let the wide world tremble
We’ve woven a circle from village to town
Behind every small hand is ten thousand fingers
And masks fall away when we stand our ground
Details
GeneratedJan 23, 2026
Duration4:29
LanguageEnglish
Style
folk, Lilted Irish folk ballad with female vocals; gentle picked guitar and low whistle set a haunted mood, bodhrán entering as tension rises. Verses stay close and intimate, almost a hush; chorus opens with strong unison voices and close harmonies, fiddle answering the melody. Final refrain swells with communal gang vocals, steady drum pulse, and a held drone that feels like a line in the sand., female vocals, irish folk
Credits
Prompt by
Brigids_Hearth
Brigids_HearthModelAria v5
Prompt
Irish folk song, female vocals, about watching children being whisked away by masked men, feeling angry, fearful, helpless, impotent, then standing with others to protect the kids.
