[Verse 1]
I’m not the girl in the frame
Not the spark in the glass
Just a face in the room
While the moment goes past
My hair catches fire
When the rain hits slow
Auburn at the ends
Like a coal under snow
[Pre-Chorus]
But I hear old names
In the back of my chest
Like a drum in the hills
That won’t ever rest
[Chorus]
Auburn bloodline
Running through me
Auburn bloodline
I was born to be
Not the main scene
Not the crown, not the claim
Just a girl with the fire
And the old world name
(Auburn bloodline)
[Verse 2]
Irish on one side
Scottish in the bone
Salt in the memory
Stone in the tone
The blood loved hard
Through famine and fire
Held the small hands
And climbed higher and higher
My mother said, child
You don’t have to shine
You can be the root
You can still be mine
[Pre-Chorus]
So I wear what I am
Like a bruise and a prayer
Ancient and tender
Still standing there
[Chorus]
Auburn bloodline
Running through me
Auburn bloodline
I was born to be
Not the main scene
Not the crown, not the claim
Just a girl with the fire
And the old world name
(Auburn bloodline)
[Bridge]
Let them call me background
Let them pass me by
I’m the smoke from the hearth
I’m the turn in the sky
If the world won’t make room
I’ll make my own flame
From the Irish and Scottish
I carry the name
[Final Chorus]
Auburn bloodline
Running through me
Auburn bloodline
I was born to be
Not the main scene
Not the crown, not the claim
Just a girl with the fire
And the old world name
(Auburn bloodline)