This song came together in fits and starts (as most of them do) about life's enduring lessons in love, loss, and the connections that bind us, even if only tenuously.

Your Heart to Mine (Marcotte)

You were never very good at looking me in the eye
Small hands and a big sky
‘I’m sorry’ was a rare occasion
Hated that the world would take you by surprise
You battened down the hatches of your life
To keep out the invaders

You never stood at the edge of anything
Never knew how to open up and let me in
Such a thin and fragile thread
Binds your heart to mine

Did you ever think of how it felt to be left behind
As you turned toward a new life
The choice was yours, and you made it
Cracks along the surface, pieces scattered on the floor
We don’t really talk about it anymore,
What was given, what was taken

Nothing that day ever could have changed your mind
You’d later say you did what you had to do to survive
A thin and fragile thread
Binds your heart to mine

Days to weeks to months to years
Clock hands spin so fast
Pages turn tomorrow burns
Down to the ashes of the
Past oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh

Hammer swings down, it’s each of us for ourselves
A penny tossed in the wishing well
Only changes our reflections
We learned to be ready at any moment for a fight
Monsters don’t only come out at night
Covered eyes don’t offer much protection

You found a way to forgive what we’ll never forget
A hard step to take in the absence of regret
A thin and fragile thread
Binds your heart to mine
Your heart to mine
Your heart to mine

~~Our thanks to Maddie Batzli for her harmony vocals on this song!~~