Nicole Atkins - Red Ropes lyrics

You said you'd show me the ropes As you tied me to the tracks It 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 A born again misfit Unraveling of timeless truths Retracing other writers’ roots The red rope binds in fast embrace Some knots don't untie Some knots do not untie Pray for forgiveness Cry for reprieve sponsored links Because the ties that bind don't come undone As fast as you'd believed 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 Heaven hollowed out its veins And fixed a hallowed man You found the cure for pain Swore you'd never hurt again I’ll always be a prize fighter Even up against the ropes You'll always be a liar Punch drunk on busted hopes Pray for forgiveness Cry for reprieve Because the ties that bind don't come undone As fast as you'd believed 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