Tie a string around your waist
Show me where you hold your pain
Show me where my hand should go
Tell me where you keep your hope

And the older I get
The more I understand
We are all just barely hanging on

(Tie a string around your waist)

Tie a string around your waist
Wear it like a wedding ring
Remembering
That you're afraid of letting go
That you're afraid of everything

All the love you lost it's not gone
It's not gone
All the love you gave to me

Tie a string around your waist
Keep that until it breaks
Love, you are not alone
Something in your body knows

That the older I get
The more I understand
We are just barely hanging on

And the older I get
The more I understand
We are all just barely hanging

This is holy ground
We are standing on
So cut the cord
Between my heart and yours

All the love you lost it's not gone
It's not gone
All the love you gave to me

All the love you lost it's not gone
It's not gone
All the love you gave to me

Tie a string around your waist
Show me where you hold your pain
Show me where my hand should go
Tell me where you keep your hope