[Verse 1] You left your cart beside the rain I held the door; you waved me through A hundred small repairs like that Can change the grain of what we do [Pre-Chorus] A city is a stitched-up coat Each careful seam can bear the load [Chorus] Bend the hinge, don’t break the frame Pass the kindness down the chain Step off-beat, but turn as one Grace is how the work gets done Bend the hinge, don’t break the frame Build a world worth handing on [Verse 2] At the counter, tempers rise You let the tired cashier breathe One patient word can alter course Like ballast set beneath a ship [Pre-Chorus] No grand design begins alone We shape the ground beneath our own [Chorus] Bend the hinge, don’t break the frame Pass the kindness down the chain Step off-beat, but turn as one Grace is how the work gets done Bend the hinge, don’t break the frame Build a world worth handing on [Bridge] A thousand hands, one steady span We mend the place the way we can [Final Chorus] Bend the hinge, don’t break the frame Pass the kindness down the chain Step off-beat, but turn as one Grace is how the work gets done Bend the hinge, don’t break the frame Build a world worth handing on
