Mend this careless thread
It's gone askew
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back and pull it)
(Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet)
Or pull and see how much we can undo
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back and pull it)
(Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet)

On a burning bridge, your options are minimal at best
Depending on where you're standing
And how much breath is in your chest
If it came down to it
Would you high-tail home and hide
Or dance on fire and enjoy the ride

Mend this careless thread
It's gone askew
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back and pull it)
(Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet)
Or pull and see how much we can undo
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back and pull it)
(Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet)

At the heart of it all
That innermost, your fiery core
There's an amassing armor
And it's building you into a bore
Life's a match in a gas tank
Don't ever mourn the ebbing tide
Just dance on fire and enjoy the ride

Mend this careless thread
It's gone askew
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back and pull it)
(Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet)
Or pull and see how much we can undo
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back and pull it)
(Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet)

Mend this careless thread
It's gone askew
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back and pull it)
(Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet)
Or pull and see how much we can undo
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back and pull it)
(Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet)


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Pendulous Threads Lyrics as written by Brandon Charles Boyd Benjamin Lee Kenney

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    This song is easily my favorite on the CD. It sounds like the song keeps spinning faster and faster. I am totally impressed with what Incubus has done with this new CD. They channeled their intuition and imagination to conjure up more novel music, then they poured their hearts and souls over it, giving the album a depth and wholeness that hasn't been seen in the best. It's to Incubus what Casino Royale was for the Bond series.

    Brad324on December 03, 2006   Link

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