Ropes

[Verse 1: Invincible]

It's hard to get a glimpse of hope

When you against the ropes

Try to penny pinch, but after bills and rent, ya broke

Life, it always throws a wrench, like Emp at Interscope

You in the Aftermath, succumb to numb it with a drink or smoke

To ease the pain, I sleep all day

Relieves the hangover from the E and J

Looking for a tunnel's end, a light to lead the way

But the shame has been ingrained into my DNA

'Cause Pops was a failure, Mom was on lithium

Always settled for less than the best, no one to pity 'em

No one to drop a pretty gem

At seven, tied a plastic bag over my head

Like, "What's the point of getting older and dead?"

So innocent, searching for missing links

Surrounded by the carcasses of instruments

Of dreams departed, hardened by the sentiments

Out of tune and sharpened by the artists who neglected it

I'm scarred by my resemblance

[Chorus: Tiombe Lockhart]

Silly things

That I do to feel alive

I realize

I drink and I smoke

Scrambling for a hint of hope

My tight rope

[Verse 2: Invincible]

You know the one where a rabbi, imam, and pastor walk in

To a bar, to discuss what happens if the caskets drop, and

The one inside committed suicide?

Family spastic sobbin'

The answers come in more flavors than Baskin-Robbins

Will God forgive 'em for the sin?

And will they ever make amends?

Or was it the last option off of the path they walked in?

Depending on if they believed in Hell or Heaven

Or if there was a chemical imbalance in their cerebellum

Or if the pain was overwhelming, full of self loathing

Feeling plagued by failure, like the first males chosen

Or what if Hell's frozen, and life was only this purgatory?

Full of greed, and murder, war; see, I know you heard the story

What if they wait and have faith to reincarnate?

With luck, they won't be stuck again between a rock and hard place

Running in a hamster wheel

We wondering what answer's real

And star gaze

Pray someone above to keep our heart safe

[Chorus: Tiombe Lockhart]

Silly things

That I do to feel alive

I realize

I drink and I smoke

Scrambling for a hint of hope

My tight rope

[Verse 3: Invincible]

I heard the barrels cry, wishing they could spare ya lives

Was feeling paralyzed but, no, I wasn't scared to die

Feared not livin' to the fullest, so I pulled it

All or nothing

Now somebody wanna call my bluff when

I tried to flinch

Told them that the suicide attempt

Was 'cause I'd rather die than live and ride the bench

For every victory, there's like 50 times the setbacks

For every revolution, there's a death trap

And every time I see police attackin' with a TASER gun

A protester that's down already on the ground, my face is stunned

I see people that's unaffected, like, "That's just for safety, hon"

Turn around and tell myself, "You're not the crazy one"

To all the unfazed and numb, hope that you hear

What I've spoken is clear

So you stop repressing, choking the tears

We all walk the line between insanity and sanity

And hope and despair

Hope and despair

[Bridge: Tiombe Lockhart]

I realize

I'm as big as the sun in the sky

Wild dreams and mild denies

Slow, raw, and numb outside

I dream in the snow

I drink and smoke

Hint of hope

Walking on the tight rope