Held Together By a Thread

[verse]
I’m held together by a thread,
quilted into the seams...
of a life i've lived instead
of the one i've lived in dreams

I've walked along a well-worn path
and over coals no longer hot
learned to hold the world that i have
let go of the one that is not

[chorus]
I've carried all the weight that i can
Up the hill and back down again
a pattern i have yet to shed
held together by a thread

[verse 2]
I think about it from time to time
all the chances i didn't take
but i don't regret it going by
if i help the others make their way

We have made this, house of stone
chiseled deep in  every groove
so many times you could have gone
but don't expect, a rock to move

[chorus]
And you carried all  that you could
we built this life where we have stood
so many others may have fled
but we held together by a common thread

[instrumental]

[final chorus]
And we carry, yeah, we, carry on
while so many others have come and gone
through all these years and those ahead
we hold together, by a thread

Held Together By a Thread

I write the songs that make the whole world cringe.

Held Together By a Thread

Joe Linstrum