Sadie Rivers - Threadbare Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Grandma's fingers, calloused and worn
Threading memories through fabric torn
Old mill stories, she whispers low
'bout the women who made this town their home
Northern winds through empty halls
Where machines once sang their working calls

[Chorus]
We're threadbare but we're holding on
Like the dress she mended all night long
Patch by patch and seam by seam
We stitch together broken dreams
Though the fabric's wearing thin
We keep weaving, we keep spinning

[Verse 2]
Down these streets where chimneys sleep
Past the gates where shadows creep
My inheritance is in these hands
Learning strength in making plans
Coffee stains and cigarette burns
Each scar a lesson that she learned

[Bridge]
The needle rises and falls like rain
Click-click-clicking through years of pain
But darling, we're still here
Standing proud through another year
Though the world keeps pushing through
These threads between me and you

[Chorus]
We're threadbare but we're holding on
Like the dress she mended all night long
Patch by patch and seam by seam
We stitch together broken dreams
Though the fabric's wearing thin
We keep weaving, we keep spinning

[Verse 3]
Sunday best hung out to dry
Faded colors against grey skies
The neighbors wave from worn-out doors
Their stories echo mine and yours
This tapestry of you and me
Holds more strength than they can see

[Outro]
So let them say we're coming undone
'Cause baby, we've only just begun
These threads between me and you
Are stronger than what we've been through
Threadbare but beautiful still
Like the stories of this old mill