Hope got my hands tied round my back
And time put a rope around my head
Hung from the rafters of my fear
Dark in the eyes

I try and face the world
I can't bear to
My knees hit the ground
And my hands start shaking
Old feelings from
New faces
A rope on the floor
And a poor man hanging

Please help me chop
This tree down
Or hold me from underneath
Words never once cut me down
Oh don't you cry for me

I've seen an ocean run away
Torn from the truth that holds my soul
Down in the grave where I belong
Oh what a ride

Identified my devil
Wings to the sky on the run from trouble
With my own hands
No shovel
I dug through the ground
Now I'm hanging above saying

Please help me chop
This tree down
Or hold me from underneath
Words never once cut me down
Oh don't you cry for me

Down by the grave
That the law man laid
When the gravel got paved
Finally I'm saved

When the sun went down
It set the sky on fire
I saw an angel fly
I never felt so high

Please help me chop
This tree down
Or hold me from underneath
Words never once cut me down
Oh don't you cry for me