[Verse 1]

Well, the roof is leaking, the walls are thin,

The wind howls through where love's worn thin.

The clock on the wall ticks slow, not fast,

Every second's a reminder of the past.

A bottle of pills, and the ink runs red,

We're only together by a thread.

[Chorus]

Oh, the world keeps spinnin’, but it’s upside down,

Feels like a circus and I'm a ghost in town.

I try to smile, but it’s a mask instead,

We’re holdin’ on, yeah, by a thread.

[Verse 2]

I sent a prayer down the telephone wire,

But all I got back was static and fire.

The preacher said the Lord provides,

But I see him rollin’ in his Cadillac ride.

The truth’s been sold, the lies been spread,

And we're only together by a thread.

[Chorus]

Oh, the world keeps spinnin’, but it’s upside down,

Feels like a circus and I'm in a ghost town.

I try to smile, but it’s a mask instead,

We’re holdin’ on, yeah, by a thread.

[Bridge]

The neighbors whisper, the vultures fly,

There's a crack in the pavement, nowhere to hide.

Dreams slip through my fingers like grains of sand,

I can feel the quake, but I can’t seem to land.

[Verse 3]

But the sun still rises, though it’s hard to see,

The fight’s in my blood, but it’s wearin’ on me.

I patch the holes, I mend the seams,

Still chasing shadows of forgotten dreams.

A house of cards where we make our bed,

we're Still only together by that thread.

[Chorus]

Oh, the world keeps spinnin’, but it’s upside down,

Feels like a circus and I'm in a ghost town.

I try to smile, but it’s a mask instead,

We’re holdin’ on, yeah, by a thread.

[Outro]

So I’ll sew that thread and make it tight,

Tie it to hope, through the long dark night.

For even a thread can hold the dead,

If you’ve got the heart to stitch the dead.