Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Three days to empty out the shop
She folds the indigo by hand
I flew in thinking I would save her
From a buyer and a man
She says the needles stopped obeying
Her thumb won't find the thread
And all the years I called this place too small
Were years she sewed me instead
[Pre-Chorus]
So I put down the scissors
I put down the plan
I ask her how to do it
Not how to make her stay
[Chorus]
Thread the needle
Thread the needle
Show me where the pattern turns
Thread the needle
Thread the needle
I have so much left to learn
You gave me the door
I mistook it for a wall
Thread the needle
Thread the needle
[Post-Chorus]
Mm-hmm
Mm-hmm
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
[Verse 2]
She tells me close the shutters
Count the bolts out loud
A customer from twenty years ago
Leaves flowers on the counter now
I want to argue with the landlord
I want to bar the gate
But my grandmother is humming
And she's not the one who's late
[Pre-Chorus]
So I sit on the stool
Where I learned my name
And I let her be the teacher
Of a going that's not a shame
[Chorus]
Thread the needle
Thread the needle
Show me where the pattern turns
Thread the needle
Thread the needle
I have so much left to learn
You gave me the door
I mistook it for a wall
Thread the needle
Thread the needle
[Bridge]
Saturday the sign comes down
Sunday she can't lift her arm
She laughs and says the timing's funny
Says she's always been a little late
I braid her hair
She braids the fabric
We are both making something
Neither one of us will keep
[Chorus]
Thread the needle
Thread the needle
Show me where the pattern turns
Thread the needle
Thread the needle
I have so much left to learn
You gave me the door
I called it a wall
Thread the needle
Thread the needle
[Outro]
Mm-hmm
Thread the needle
Mm-hmm
Thread the needle