[Verse 1]
[M] We came in split by the sea
Half a prayer, half a bruise
[F] With salt in our hair
And cracks in our shoes
[M] This house took the lost ones in
With names carved deep in stone
[F] Half of us wanted out
Half of us called it home
[Pre-Chorus]
[M] Hear the doorframe shake
[F] Hear the old hearts wake
[M] We were built from leaving
[F] Still we learned to stay
[Chorus]
House of half gods
We sing, we sing
Broken-blooded, bare and scarred
We sing, we sing
Half of us human
Half left behind
Still we rise in one voice
For the days to come
[Verse 2]
[F] I saw your hands all burned
From carrying the light
[M] I saw your eyes held up
Like windows through the night
[F] No one here was made whole
No one came unshaken
[M] But every lost piece fit
When the dawn came breaking
[Pre-Chorus]
[F] Hear the floorboards cry
[M] Hear the young ones try
[F] We were built from leaving
[M] Still we learn to rise
[Chorus]
House of half gods
We sing, we sing
Broken-blooded, bare and scarred
We sing, we sing
Half of us human
Half left behind
Still we rise in one voice
For the days to come
[Bridge]
[M] If the future comes empty-handed
[F] We will fill it with our names
[M] If the world keeps pulling under
[F] We will hold each other flames
[M + F]
Oh, oh
Don’t let us fade
Oh, oh
We were made to stay
[Final Chorus]
House of half gods
We sing, we sing
Broken-blooded, bare and scarred
We sing, we sing
Half of us human
Half left behind
Still we rise in one voice
For the days to come
House of half gods
We sing, we sing
All our lost years turned to gold
We sing, we sing
If hope is a door
Then we are the key
And this broken home still holds
What we’re meant to be