Locks and Ropes

I think of the nights you couldn't sleep without the glow of the television screen

Or all of the times that I checked all the locks cause you were afraid of the dark

I called you my wife, and you called me a liar

Well, this, this is all too much

Well, I tend to commit like a blind man in a well with nothing but rope

That he hopes will carry him out

But sees no light at the top

We shared us a place

We made it a home

But I was the ball to your chain

You still have my heart

No matter the condition you leave it in

And I, I cried out to god, I laughed in my car,

And I sobbed in my hands

I'm headed, headed for the end

And I can't hold a gun

How selfish I am

And I've been taught what was right, taught how to swim,

Been taught how to rot because of my sin

Yeah

I was, was not the first, nor the last,

But the only one to mean something between your thighs

You were drunk, you were tired and lonely at the time

Could you wear your ring and not think of me?

They say that you're honest when you're drunk

So, were you honestly honest when you slept to the beat of a heart you didn't know

You didn't know, you didn't know, you didn't know

You didn't know, you didn't know, you didn't know

(Beat of a heart, beat of a heart)

You didn't know, you didn't know, you didn't know

(Beat of a heart, beat of a heart)

You didn't know, you didn't know, you didn't know

You didn't know, you didn't know, you didn't know

You didn't know, you didn't know, you didn't know

(Beat of a heart, beat of a heart)

You didn't know, you didn't know, you didn't know

(Beat of a heart, beat of a heart)

You didn't know, you didn't know, you didn't know

(Beat of a heart, beat of a heart)

You didn't know, you didn't know, you didn't know

(Beat of a heart, beat of a heart)

And I hope for the best

But there's nothing left that beats in my chest