**THE RED THREAD** *(Soul-Blues Duet)* [Intro – Male] I want you with all your colors The ones the world can see And the hidden shades that only Your heart reveals to me I want you in your questions In your fears and restless nights In your laughter and your passions In your dreams that reach the light [Verse 1 – Female] And I want you in your silence In the words you leave unsaid In the roads you've walked alone And the tears you've softly shed I want the truth that lives inside you Not the mask that people see For the soul I've come to cherish Is the soul that set me free [Pre-Chorus – Duet] Sometimes it seems we're drifting Like waves upon the sea Yet something keeps on calling You back to me... [Chorus – Duet] There's a red thread between us Stronger than time and space Invisible but unbroken Guiding us through every place What was meant to divide us Only pulls us closer still Every storm becomes a bridge Every doubt bends to our will [Verse 2 – Male] Do you know what always moved me? What still leaves me in awe? Every time confusion finds us Love rewrites its own law Something deeper than reason Something stronger than fear Takes our scattered pieces And brings them back so near [Verse 2 – Female] Like a river finds the ocean Like the stars return to light We keep finding one another Through the darkness of the night [Chorus – Duet] There's a red thread between us Stronger than time and space Invisible but unbroken Guiding us through every place What was meant to divide us Only pulls us closer still Every storm becomes a bridge Every doubt bends to our will [Bridge – Spoken] Female: How can something feel so real When we've never held each other's hand? Male: Maybe because some connections Are born beyond the physical world. Female: Beyond distance? Male: Beyond distance... Female: Beyond certainty? Male: Beyond certainty... Together: Some souls simply recognize each other. [Guitar & Sax Solo] [Final Chorus – Duet] There's a red thread between us No matter where we are Crossing every border Following every star What was meant to divide us Became the reason we grew For every road I ever traveled Was somehow leading to you [Outro – Duet] Male: I want you with all your colors... Female: And I want you with all your light... Male: Through every fear and every question... Female: Through every day and every night... Together: And while the world keeps searching For answers it can't explain We'll keep walking together Along that red thread once again... Oooooh... Oooooh... The red thread... The red thread...