Ropes (feat. KJ McNeill, Joshua Bessinger & Sharon Martin)

You reap the ending that you sow Tug my heart strings even though In time your forfeit won the fight You went and left so I'd be right Seesaws bobbing up and down Treetops swaying with their trunks fixed to the ground Mothers rock their babies to and fro The pendulum swings Which way you never know You never know Ropes drawn tight with strain Pull us different ways Tears like drops of rain Sink in before it frays Ropes brace us up so brace yourself The strain is heart to take And we break The wind is blowing east to west Day turns to night History's the rest Trying hard to just give in And let the ending now begin Ropes drawn tight with strain Pull us different ways Tears like drops of rain Sink in before it frays Ropes brace us up so brace yourself The strain is heart to take And we break A rope that pulls the corset taught And set my stomach in a knot A rope of pearls wrapped as a noose is Reminding me there's no excuses Ropes that bear the sails of ships Slipping through my fingertips A rope that draws the curtain And all we know for certain is Ropes drawn tight with strain Pull us different ways (for goodness sake) Though my heart will break (ropes brace us up so brace yourself the strain is heart to take) I will not break Ropes drawn tight with strain Pull us different ways Tears like drops of rain Sink in before it frays Ropes brace us up so brace yourself The strain is heart to take And we break And we break