1912 House Lyrics

There's a house that sits up high

Its panes reflect the darkening sky

A date sits proud above the door

But no one lives there anymore

It briefly was a happy home

A piece of mountain all their own

In summer each room bathed with light

In winter fires would warm the night

Inch by inch, stone by stone

Built by strength of human hands

Those that built it are long gone

Love and loss hit hard but still it stands

He built their home up from the ground

She made a garden all around

One year on a baby boy

Became their greatest ever joy

1914 came too soon

Faces fell as news broke through

His friends signed up but he stayed on

He could not leave his wife and son

Inch by inch, stone by stone

Built by strength of human hands

Those that built it are long gone

Love and loss hit hard but still it stands

He said he did not want to fight

In two years he had lost that right

In fear he clung onto his gun

But could not shoot nor could he run

So he never did come home

She couldn't manage on her own

The date sits proud above the door

But no one lives there anymore

Inch by inch, stone by stone

Built by strength of human hands

Those that built it are long gone

Love and loss hit hard but still it stands