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Red Ropes Lyrics by Nicole Atkins

Slow Phaser (Deluxe Edition)

2014

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
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Nicole Atkins

Nicole Atkins

About “Red Ropes” by Nicole Atkins

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"Red Ropes" is credited to Nicole Atkins. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Red Ropes" appears on "Slow Phaser (Deluxe Edition)" in 2014.

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