Lyrics
[verse]
You call me up at midnight just to hear my voice again
Then disappear for weeks on end, leave me guessing when
You say you'll change the pattern, say this time will be the last
But here I am still waiting on a promise from the past
[chorus]
You keep me hanging on a thread that never breaks
You keep me hanging on for both our sakes
Why won't you let me go if you don't mean to stay
You keep me hanging on, but you won't hang around to stay
[verse]
I tell my friends I'm over it, I tell myself I'm free
Then the phone lights up your name and I forget to breathe
It isn't love that's holding me, it's habit dressed as hope
I keep on hanging on this fraying little rope
[chorus]
You keep me hanging on a thread that never breaks
You keep me hanging on for both our sakes
Why won't you let me go if you don't mean to stay
You keep me hanging on, but you won't hang around to stay
[bridge]
One day I'll cut the thread and watch it finally fall
One day your name won't mean a thing at all
But until that morning comes, I know I'm still your fool
Hanging on to habits I should've broken as a rule
[chorus]
You keep me hanging on a thread that never breaks
You keep me hanging on for both our sakes
Why won't you let me go if you don't mean to stay
You keep me hanging on, but you won't hang around to stay
