Rope Ends

Lyrics for Rope Ends

She is still young She is still young She is still young She is still young Another day of emptiness This life is wearing her down The room around her is a mess Her children: safe with her mom She is still young but feeling old Two children with different fathers She sits on the bathroom floor alone The shower chain broke Her neck hurts Then another night of emptiness to wear her down Naked to the world, she wraps her sadness in a gown Her children fast asleep, she sears the dark with glassy eyes Choosing carefully among her husband's business ties "Over!" she cries through rope ends and silk ties Beautiful life escaping her young blue eyes "Over!" she cries through rope ends and silk ties (But life holds her hand, refusing to let go) Beautiful life escaping her young blue eyes (Leaving her breathing on the floor) They're still asleep; don't hear her cry And she's still obsessed with rope ends This time she picks a stronger tie With Winnie the Pooh and friends She is still young but feeling old A child dying to be a mother Now she hangs from the ceiling all alone All pressure is falling from her Seeing guilt has taught her guilt; she's raised on disbelief Merely twenty, beautiful but with a taste for grief She has learnt all that there is to know about hopelessness Seeing that no effort in this world can stand her test Over!" she cries through rope ends and silk ties (And Winnie is strong; would never let her fall) Beautiful life escaping her young blue eyes (Prevents her from breathing 'til she's not there at all) Over!" she cries through rope ends and silk ties (But life holds her hand, refusing to let go) Beautiful life escaping her young blue eyes (Leaving her breathing on the floor) Seeing guilt has taught her guilt; she's raised on disbelief Merely twenty, beautiful but with a taste for grief She has learnt all that there is to know about helplessness Seeing that no care in this world can ease her stress Helpless she lies in rope ends and undies (The ceiling let go, the old house let her fall) Unseeing eyes fixating Eeyore's smile (Dropping her breathing to the hard, cold floor) "Over!" she cries as she's going unblind (Hitting her head; a broken china soul) Still in this life, still in this troubled mind (Red stains on porcelain and she's not there at all) Breathing she cries for rope ends and silk ties (Blackened and bruised, learning how to see) Beautiful eyes Piglet stands shy behind (Staring at her tooth crimsoned ivory) Broken she lies undead and unblind (Hours they pass this broken china soul) Beautiful life, beautiful crying young eyes (Red stains on porcelain and she's not there at all)