Lyrics:

Brought on the ballast, shipped from the south 
You and I don’t belong on these city streets 
But you keep growing through the cracks 
You grow through all of these broken things 

Amaranth, you’re not alone 
Love lies bleeding bright red through the winter 
Brooklyn rising up grey all around her 
Unfading flower 
Amaranth 

Maybe I was already gone 
But I guess I thought it was fine 
To live my life on the run 
And not even know I was dying 

Amaranth, you’re not alone 
Love lies bleeding bright red through the winter 
Brooklyn rising up grey all around her 
Unfading flower 
Amaranth 

It’s hard to pull yourself up 
When you don’t think you need it
It’s hard to dig for the root 
When you can’t even see it 
And if you don’t know 
That you’re bleeding 
You can’t heal your wounds
When you think you’re bulletproof

Amaranth 
Instrumental chorus

I buried myself under the snow
I used to think spring could save me
The thing is, what I know now
Is only I can do the saving

Amaranth, you’re not alone 
Love lies bleeding bright red through the winter 
Brooklyn rising up grey all around her 
Unfading flower 
Amaranth 

Amaranth


Song and lyrics by Alicia Best and Robert Jackson 
Copyright A Different Thread 2024

Amaranth

Loved With All My Worlds

I am loved with all my weight,
With every world I hold inside.
With ancient grief in gentle hands,
With sovereign fire I will not hide.

I am loved with all my silence,
And every scream I couldn’t say.
With depths that tremble fragile hearts,
With truths too wild to be restrained.

I am loved with all my depth,
Not just the songs I’m told to sing.
Not just the smile I wear like skin,
But crowns I bore through suffering.

I am loved with all my past,
With every wound I dared to heal.
Each scar a star upon my skin,
Each grief a gate to something real.

I am loved with all my longing,
With dreams that didn’t yet come true.
With hunger only stars can see,
With shadows learning how to bloom.

I am loved in all my forms,
In fire, in ash, in growing pain.
I do not shrink to fit small rooms,
I do not apologize for being me.

I am loved with all my truth,
Unpolished, radiant, fierce and real.
I am seen beneath my skin,
I am not too much to be felt.

I am loved with all my weight,
With all my worlds, my sacred load.
I do not come in fragments here,
I come entire… to be adored.

I am loved with all my weight,
I am loved… and I am home.

I am loved with all my worlds,
I am loved… and I am home.

ALIGN.RISE.BE is for those who are ready to:

ALIGN: restoring internal coherence and nervous system regulation 
  RISE: activating life force through ancestral and embodied awareness
    BE:  living one’s truth with presence, maturity, and responsibility

ALIGN.RISE.BE — as a lived practice.

If this approach resonates, you’re welcome to explore the content and engage at your own rhythm.

Loved With All My Worlds

Midnight Thighs & Moonlight Skies is a winter spell for the feminine body — a sensual, soft, unapologetically erotic soundtrack for the woman reclaiming herself.

Blending dreamy pop, sultry R&B, and dark-feminine electropop, this album follows the arc of a woman returning to her desire: from self-love, to sensual awakening, to full erotic reclamation. Each track feels like a different altar — moonlit, intimate, breath-heavy, and dripping with confidence.

These songs were written for the woman who is learning to choose herself…
and for the woman who wants to be worshipped.

A soundtrack for slow kisses, soft hands, deep breaths, and the fire between your thighs.

Kiss My Own Collarbone

Crown Between My Thighs

I Want Without apology

Touch My Shadows

Heat Under My Skin

Made of Moonlight

December Darling

Lay Me in the Candlelight

ALIGN.RISE.BE is for those who are ready to:

ALIGN — restoring internal coherence and nervous system regulation
  RISE — activating life force through ancestral and embodied awareness
    BE — living one’s truth with presence, maturity, and responsibility

If this approach resonates, you’re welcome to explore the content and engage at your own rhythm.

“One road is ending, another road begins, come on let’s do it over again” - A Different Thread

Some things are just meant to be. Alicia Best (US) and Robert Jackson (UK) met while busking on the cobbled streets of Ireland and discovered both a musical and personal harmony that was serendipitous. In the decade since forming A Different Thread, Best and Jackson have taken their act on the road, touring over a dozen countries, supporting artists such as The Milk Carton Kids and Jody Stephens (Big Star), and garnering critical praise from the likes of Folk Radio UK, which hailed the duo as “warm, deep songwriters that have drank from the well of 20th century tradition.”

Their new album, Over Again (out Sep 2nd 25’), was written during a period of transition, marked by their arrival stateside and a solar eclipse. Recording began in their tiny home studio, continued in Sylvan Esso's Betty's (The Mountain Goats, Watchhouse), and finished at Alma Vale Studio (Phantom Limb/Yola, Elles Bailey) in the UK. 

Their sound is transcontinental, blending Jackson's British folk rock background with Best's North Carolina-bred alt-country melodies. Informed by their life experiences (navigating visas, vanlife, love across oceans) and liberal commentary on both environmental and social justice topics, the album mixes electric guitars with Appalachian dulcimer, gospel-tinged vocals with honky-tonk fiddle. While inspired by artists like Gillian Welch, The Avett Brothers, and John Prine, A Different Thread maintain a distinct sound that is all their own. 

Alicia and Robert see the creation of Over Again as a testament to the power that music has to heal and transform: “For us, this album marks a new beginning—like a rebirth—as we shed negative cycles to work towards a brighter future.”

New tracks tagged #self love