Track · Mar 22, 2026 · English

Thistle Under Skin

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4:55

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Bare feet in the heather

Cold rain on my tongue

Every scar

Every stutter

Taught me where I’m from

I’ve been bowing to thunder

Like it held my name

Never knew there was tinder

Waiting in my veins

[Pre-Chorus]

But my breath

Catches flame when I say

I’m still here

[Chorus]

There’s a thistle under skin

Roots wrapped tight around the bone (oh)

I’ve been quieter than wind

But my heart can shake a stone

I am mountain

I am tide

I’m the storm they can’t divide

All this power

All this power lives inside

[Verse 2]

You sing low by the river

Voice rough with old doubt

But I hear in your quiver

Something breaking out

Every no that you swallowed

Rattles in your chest

You were carved to be hollow

Now you beat your breast

[Pre-Chorus]

Feel your breath

Catching flame when you say

“I’m still here

I’m still here” (hey!)

[Chorus]

There’s a thistle under skin

Roots wrapped tight around the bone

You’ve been quieter than wind

But your heart can shake a stone

You are mountain

You are tide

You’re the storm they can’t divide

All that power

All that power lives inside

[Bridge]

[Shamisen and fiddle call-and-response

Drums building on toms]

Raise your hands

To the ache

To the sky

Every tremor

Is a battle cry

We are soft

We are wild

We are wide

Every shiver

Is the strength we hide

[Chorus]

There’s a thistle under skin

Roots wrapped tight around the bone (oh yeah)

We were quieter than wind

Now we roar against the stone

We are mountain

We are tide

We’re the storm they can’t divide

All this power

All this power lives inside

[Outro]

[Wordless vocal belt over ringing chords]

Ah-ah-ah

All this power lives inside

Style

rockdual male/female vocals in a celtic-infused indie soft-rock setting; shamisen interlocking with fingerpicked electric guitar and airy pads. opens sparse with lilting unison linesthen builds each section with tighter harmoniesmallet percussionand tom swells. choruses explode into big open belts and gang shoutskick and bass driving a mid-tempo sway. final chorus adds octave vocalssustained stringsand a wordless vocal run over the last refrain for a catharticspine-tingling finish.celticsoft rockenglish

Prompt

female and male, Celtic belting with lilting and satisfying stims, japanese shamisen and Scottish, buildup, indie soft rock. A song about power we hold inside ourselves

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GeneratedMar 22, 2026

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