This Rope’s Getting Tighter-Emma Pollock

[00:00.93]I drive through streets, [00:02.71]I could walk for weeks [00:05.00]Full of life or full of loneliness [00:08.75]Whose eyes will [00:10.65]I watch from [00:12.40]Today?The day [00:16.90]I signed, [00:18.94]My horror signed [00:20.73]My glass was overflowing, celebrate [00:25.07]This rope's getting tighter [00:28.33]And someone is pulling me back to the start, [00:33.56]OhI need something that [00:38.25]I know now, [00:41.20]OhJust too far away from home now, [00:47.69]OhJust a sight or sound to trust now, [00:56.10]OhKeep it simple, [00:59.68]Keep me static [01:01.83]Just enough to lose the panic [01:05.88]Let me see the light again [01:09.28]I have to know, [01:11.29]Where it goes [01:13.13]Needing from the inside out [01:16.87]This gut rot [01:17.26]I could do without [01:20.65]So sinister, a pastime [01:24.30]I have to know, [01:26.39]I have to go [01:32.39]So cut the cord, [01:35.74]Throw overboard [01:37.74]This history that claims of me [01:41.83]My present, and my future [01:45.74]Both clear to see, [01:47.68]Both bound to be [01:49.73]A replica, this life so far [01:53.82]I think it's time [01:55.92]I raised the bar [01:57.73]But this rope's getting tighter [02:01.87]And someone is pulling me back to the start, [02:06.76]OhI need something that [02:12.85]I know now, [02:14.23]OhJust too far away from home now, [02:21.70]OhJust a sight or sound to trust now, [02:29.40]OhKeep it simple, [02:32.95]Keep me static [02:34.85]Just enough to lose the panic [02:39.33]Let me see the light again [02:42.29]I have to know, [02:44.34]I have to go [02:46.19]Needing from the inside out [02:50.14]This gut rot [02:51.46]I could do without [02:53.56]So sinister, a pastime [02:57.10]I have to know, [02:59.21]I have to go