[Verse 1] I didn’t go looking for this It just appeared at the edge Of an afternoon I’d already written off Something about the shape of the light Made me look twice
[Pre-Chorus] I don’t believe in coincidence But I can’t explain the timing There’s a word I read in a different language For exactly this
[Chorus] Call it a string Tied at both ends before I got here Pull it too hard and it knots Leave it alone and it holds I’m not calling it fate I’m saying something connected us Before either of us had a name for it
[Verse 2] I keep tracing backward through the margins Every door I almost walked past Every room I entered late And found exactly what I didn’t know I needed
[Pre-Chorus] I don’t believe in maps But I keep arriving At the same coordinates From completely different starting points
[Chorus] Call it a string Tied at both ends before I got here Pull it too hard and it knots Leave it alone and it holds I’m not calling it fate I’m saying something connected us Before either of us had a name for it
[Bridge] Some people need the story The shape, the ending written out I’d rather just feel this Running between my palms, taut and real
[Chorus] Call it a string Tied at both ends before I got here Pull it too hard and it knots Leave it alone and it holds I’m not calling it fate I’m saying something connected us Before either of us had a name for it
[Final Chorus- key lift, winning, love] Pulling on a string I followed it carefully just to get here I was careful not to break it and unwound the knot I can’t leave it alone, continue to hold It might be fate, coz even when I arrived late We were already connected it seems So here we are both together in this dream
[Outro - just guitar and voice] Called it a string, called it fate This thread brought me here And we’re both here now And we’ll stay, we’ll stay right here …