Not the Girl Who Came

Drop

Raise the shield and hold the line

Raise the shield and hold the line

Verse 1

Cold wind off the water

My braids are stiff with salt

I left a name behind me

I traded it for iron and oath

My sisters row in silence

We count the strokes as one

The river takes our singing

And answers with a drum

Pre-Chorus

So strike the wood

And strike the stone

We carry home

We carry home

Chorus

Hail the long night

Hail the flame

I am not the girl who came

Hail the long night

Hail the flame

I am not the girl who came

Post-Chorus

Hey! Hey!

Not the girl who came

Hey! Hey!

Not the girl who came

Verse 2

My mother wove a warning

In every knot she tied

She said the sea keeps nothing

That a woman will not find

So I sharpen what I'm given

I braid it in my hair

The men can keep their stories

I will keep the air

Pre-Chorus

So strike the wood

And strike the stone

We carry home

We carry home

Chorus

Hail the long night

Hail the flame

I am not the girl who came

Hail the long night

Hail the flame

I am not the girl who came

Post-Chorus

Hey! Hey!

Not the girl who came

Hey! Hey!

Not the girl who came

Bridge

(Fire fire)

Carry it higher

(Fire fire)

Carry it higher

Blood and bone and borrowed breath

We are louder than our death

Chorus

Hail the long night

Hail the flame

I am not the girl who came

Hail the long night

Hail the flame

I am not the girl who came

Drop

Raise the shield and hold the line

Raise the shield and hold the line

We are louder than our death

We are louder than our death