[Verse 1] Emotions spill over the edges They always do Running past every boundary that I drew I get attached to the fragments "Ohhhhhh" Then find I have to cut the whole thing loose Life is a sly little dealer Shuffling cards that I never choose I laugh at the way it can corner me In paths I didn’t plan to walk into [Chorus] This is the fabric of life Coming apart as it’s being sewn tight Every thread is a risk Every second can slip from your grip Nothing was made to stay We’re only passing through "That's right " anyway So, I pull you close Only to let you go For that's the only pattern I know [Verse 2] Split-second decisions can shift For or against you Plans that were measured for months Can turn on a dime Sometimes the wildest disasters Start with a simple “why not” They say the heart hides its secrets I’ve been told it guards what it lost Loved ones I can’t put my arms around Their presence still lingers Like they never left at all [Instrumental break: heavy intense, reversed guitar chugs with reversed piano 8 bars] [Chorus] This is the fabric of life Coming apart as it’s being sewn tight Every thread is a risk Every second can slip from your grip Nothing was made to stay We’re only passing through "That's right " anyway So, I pull you close Only to let you go For that's the only pattern I know [Bridge] My mind is like a time capsule So many memories as I live This extraordinary reprieve Written in my design Old photographs In a shoebox If you look close, You can almost hear "ohhhhhhh" What we never wrote Iin the lines Is it worth the ache For a moment That’s here "Mmmmmmm" A blink then it's gone "I think it is" I knew it all along [Instrumental break: heavy reversed guitar chugs with reversed piano 8 bars] [Chorus] This is the fabric of life Coming apart as it’s being sewn tight Every thread is a risk Every second can slip from your grip Nothing was made to stay We’re only passing through "That's right " anyway So, I pull you close Only to let you go For that's the only pattern I know [Chorus] This is the fabric of life Coming apart as it’s being sewn tight Every thread is a risk Every second can slip from your grip Nothing was made to stay We’re only passing through "That's right " anyway So, I pull you close Only to let you go For that's the only pattern I know Nothing was made to stay Only passing through anyway Fabric of life Every day on display [Outro: piano with sparse reversed chugs]
