Red Strings Around Our Ankles

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Funny Isn’t it I was stuck to you like glue Holding on to every quiet Every cracked and crooked truth Red strings around our ankles Pulling tight Then letting go We said goodbye to our baby You said goodbye to me also [Chorus] Isn’t it funny After all that time The thing that keeps us tied Is the boy we never tried to know We talk about him still In the spaces that we kill Would we hurt this much If we’d let him grow Red strings around our ankles Still won’t let us go [Verse 2] The world tried to tear us Pulled our futures into shreds Two souls hating distance Still sleeping in different beds I moved on I learned a new name Let a stranger touch my skin Loved a good and gentle man But you kept your fingerprints within [Chorus] Isn’t it funny After all that time The thing that keeps us tied Is the boy we never tried to know We talk about him still Every “what if” makes us ill Would we still be side by side If we’d let him grow Red strings around our ankles Still won’t let us go [Bridge] I can’t love the same again (oh no) Every kiss has got your taste Every room I fill with someone new You are hiding in the empty space Ten years on I hear you say “We were kids We had to choose” But I see his shadow in your eyes Both of us Still holding what we lose [Chorus] Isn’t it funny How we came undone Yet the part of us we shunned Is the only place we ever meet We talk about him still Like a ghost we love for real Would we still be together If we’d let him breathe Red strings around our ankles You and me You and me