I'm blind-folded on this carriage ride that they call life.
Keep trying to make it through the next turn, knuckles white and holdin' tight.
So here I go, takin' the curve
But I know that I'm never alone.
I think of you, and how you never let me go.

[Chorus:]
I feel connected (connected), protected (protected)
It's like you're standing right with me all the time.
You hear me (you hear me), you're near me (you're near me)
And everything else is gonna be alright.
'Cause nothing can break this, nothing can break this, nothing can break this tie.
Connected, oh connected inside.

It's not an accident, the time we spent apart.
But now we're so close, I can always find you right here in my heart.
You've given me somethin' I need, and I don't ever want it to end.
Because of you, I know I've found my strength again.

[Chorus:]
I feel connected (connected), protected (protected)
It's like you're standing right with me all the time.
You hear me (you hear me), you're near me (you're near me)
And everything else is gonna be alright.
'Cause nothing can break this, nothing can break this, nothing can break this tie.
Connected, oh connected inside.

[Bridge:]
Every time that I breathe, I can feel the energy.
Reachin' out, flowin' through, you to me and me to you.
Wake or dream
Walk or stand, you are everywhere I am.
Separate souls, unified, touching at the speed of light.
Oh, yeah, oh whoa yeah

[Chorus:]
I feel connected (connected), protected (protected)
It's like you're standing right with me all the time.
You hear me, you're near me
And everything else's gonna be alright.
Connected (connected), protected (protected)
Cause you in my mind, now I'm doing fine
You hear me, you're near me
And everything else's gonna be alright.
'Cause nothing can break this, nothing can break this, nothing can break this tie.
Connected, connected inside, connected, connected inside, connected.
Oh yeah!