[Verse 1: Mary Chapin Carpenter]
The dark road up ahead
The light in late September
The music in my head
That I've memorized forever
Words I should've said
And doors I never should've entered

[Refrain: Mary Chapin Carpenter]
I'm just looking for the thread
That ties it all together

[Verse 2: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart]
Old letters never read
Old grudges burned to embers
Migrations overhead
The beating wings of purple vespers
Did you jump or wеre you led?
Does it еven really matter?

[Refrain: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart]
You're just looking for the thread
That ties it all together

[Bridge: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, Mary Chapin Carpenter]
Against silver skies fled
All the lies we come to shed
Like leaves from trees before the winter
I made a prayer from what you said
That no one is ever dead
Because time and love remember
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart]
There are dark roads up ahead
Tie your compass to some leather
We are marching to the edge
In every kind of weather
If life is but a pledge
I have made mine from a feather

[Refrain: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart]
And a ribbon for the thread
That ties it all together
We're just lookin' for the thread
That ties us all together
Lookin' for the thread
That ties us all together
Lookin' for the thread
That ties us all together

[Instrumental Outro]