Carrion Moth - The Knot Lyrics

How I have starved
These years of privation
Gnaw through my bones
To taste bitter freedom
Ligatures bind me
Lashed to the yoke
Beast of burden
Bludgeoned by hope
That I'll drown in the sun
And walk forth in day light
Speak my own name
Speak truth aloud

Sever the knot
Let violence unbind
Sever the knot

Too weak to be prey
I made poor quarry
Left to die
Tied to the millstone
Down in the dirt
I will crawl
Until my legs
Can carry me home
Bowed and bent
But unbroken by neglect
Pride pierced through by arrows

Sever the knot
Let violence unbind
Sever the knot

What these hands
Cannot untie
Let the knife
Divide
Carve the ending
Into stone
Grind this heart of iron
To dust

I watch the braid unravel and fall
From one I held so beautiful
Touch the matted blood
Animal sweat
Bitterness streaks
The corners of my mouth
Spit out my bridle
Unknot my tongue
Speak
In freedom
Free
To doubt
If I was bound at all