Track · Mar 27, 2026 · English

Built By Hands Like Ours

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Duration

4:02

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Sailing in on rusted boats + suit and tie dreams

Names misread on yellow lists + stitched into seams

Sweat on factory midnight floors + saving each dime

Writing letters back to home + “we made it this time”

[Pre-Chorus]

Every hard goodbye we carried + every mother’s tear

Built these streets and distant skylines + made a future here

From the fields to crowded basements + whispered

“we belong”

Turned our bruises into anchors + turned our accents into song

[Chorus]

Built by hands like ours + built by hearts on fire

Brick by brick by broken English + reaching higher

This is refuge

This is promise + this is how we stand

All the flags inside our pockets + waving in one hand

Built by hands like ours + vows in every stone

For the ones who crossed an ocean + this is home

[Verse 2]

Marching past the courthouse steps + papers in hand

Learning oaths in borrowed phrases + trying to stand

Cooking recipes from back home + kids at the door

Mixing tamarind and ketchup + something worth more

[Pre-Chorus]

Every word they tried to silence + every banned name

We turned borders into bridges + turned the fear into flame

From the camps and crowded shelters + we kept holding on

Every “go back where you came from” + made us strong

[Chorus]

Built by hands like ours + built by hearts on fire

Brick by brick by broken English + reaching higher

This is refuge

This is promise + this is how we stand

All the flags inside our pockets + waving in one hand

Built by hands like ours + vows in every stone

For the ones who crossed an ocean + this is home

[Bridge]

Not a gift from just one story + but a crowded train

All the colors at this table + all the joy and pain

From the first to latest footsteps + we repeat the vow

Built by immigrants

For immigrants + we belong right now

[Chorus]

Built by hands like ours + built by hearts on fire

Brick by brick by broken English + reaching higher

This is refuge

This is promise + this is how we stand

All the flags inside our pockets + waving in one hand

Built by hands like ours + vows in every stone

For the ones who crossed an ocean + this is home

Style

dancebright dance-pop with pulsing synth bassfour-on-the-floor kickand shimmering arps; alto female vocals up front with tight stacked harmonies on the hook. verses stay lean and rhythmic with syncopated top-lines; pre-chorus lifts into airy pads; chorus hits wide with sidechain swells and crowd-ready chants. subtle vocal chops post-choruscrisp clapsand a late-song breakdown before the final explosive refrain.poprhythmicenglish

Prompt

Dance/pop club beat, synth, alto female lead, about remembering our heritage as Americans. Built by immigrants, for immigrants, as refuge/asylum from persecution. Lyrics in a+b, a+b rhythmic format.

Credits

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Brigids_Hearth

GeneratedMar 27, 2026

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