[Verse 1] Greca Piras, born in Cagliari Italian in the house, Sardinian in the blood Her grandmother’s words, the old Campidanese Under her mother’s breath, like salt in the air Classical halls, a cosmopolitan shine Then Alessandro Lai, and Carbonia called her name [Pre-Chorus] Public crowns above Private hands below She carried the ledger She carried the load When sisters left the table And a widower came home Greca Piras held the doors And kept the hearth alive [Chorus] Greca Piras, stand tall Greca Piras, don’t fall She knows the weight She knows the cost Greca Piras, still calls Greca Piras, through it all A house can crack And still not fall [Verse 2] Paolo drank too deep that night And broke what should have stayed closed A truth like iron in a well Buried where the dark water goes Sylvia grows with a borrowed face And no one speaks the name aloud Only Greca, Paolo, and a few Walk with that shadow through the crowd [Pre-Chorus] She chose the silence For the child’s soft sleep For Alessandro’s hands For the peace they keep Not every wound Must learn to sing Some are carried Like a hidden ring [Chorus] Greca Piras, stand tall Greca Piras, don’t fall She knows the weight She knows the cost Greca Piras, still calls Greca Piras, through it all A house can crack And still not fall [Bridge] Now Paolo wears the title Like stone on a brow Greca steps back slowly One rung, one vow She lays the keys down gentle From shelf to palm Passing the songs and burdens With a steady calm [Final Chorus] Greca Piras, stand tall Greca Piras, don’t fall She knows the weight She knows the cost Greca Piras, still calls Greca Piras, through it all A house can crack And still not fall [Outro] Greca Piras Greca Piras Let the years decide Let the silence bide
