Red Ropes

You said you'd show me the ropes
As you tied me to the tracks
Didn't help to struggle
Lies were good as facts

For years and years
You swore up and down you were over it
Your eyes had seen the kingdom
A born again misfit
Born again misfit

Unraveling up timeless truths
Tracing all the writer's roots
Red rope binds and fast embrace
Some knots don't untie
Some knots do not untie

Beg for forgiveness
Cry for reprieve
Because these ties that bind
Don't come undone as fast as you'd believe
Beg for a new heart
That breaks but does not bleed
The red ropes are a viper's nest
You can never leave

Heaven hollowed out its veins
And fixed a hollow man
You found a cure for a pain
You swore you'd never hurt again

I'll always be a prized fighter
Even up against the ropes
You'll always be a liar
Punch-drunk on busted hopes

Beg for forgiveness
Cry for reprieve
Because the ties that bind
Don't come undone as fast as you'd believe
Beg for a new heart
That breaks but does not bleed
And the red ropes are a viper's nest

Beg for forgiveness
Cry for reprieve
Because the ties that bind
Don't come undone as fast you'd believe
Beg for a new heart
That breaks but does not bleed
And the red ropes are a viper's nest
That you can never leave