Old Ties Put to a New Use 6-20-04 (Song)

by Phil Laws   Jan 20, 2008


Friend and love meet tangly
Thread from tact and trust
This rope that won't hang me
The noose I adjust

Old ties put to as new use
Bold eyes bind me and seduce
Old ties put to as new use
Bold eyes bind me and seduce

I think it through
As to ends
Each line has two
Mine slackens

Struggle to dissuade
Wrestle with fears that accost
Constrained in a braid
As hairs from each love lost

Old ties put to a new use
Scold vies intent with abuse
Old ties put to a new use
Scold vies intent with abuse

Tying the hands
Strung along
Working the bands
Lash with thong

Until I can break free
I beg for release
This rope that has hung me
A war fought in peace

Old ties put to a new use
Cold cries entreaty a truce
Old ties put to a new use
Cold cries entreaty a truce

String around my finger
Tight without a knot
Pain of it still lingers
Reason I forgot

Old ties put to a new use
Hold plies my need to get loose
Old ties put to a new use
Hold plies my need to get loose

Draggin' a rope
Torn in two
Scuffing my feet
The knots undo

No rein you can't chew through
Sew up your own end
No rope that can't hang you
Heal with this portend

Old ties put to a new use
Sold highs, restrained and reduced
Old ties put to a new use
Sold highs, restrained and reduced

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