1912 House Songtext
von The Carrivick Sisters

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