[Chorus]I walk around with knots on my neck and my chestAnd my neck and my chestI walk around with knots on my neck and my chestAnd my neck and my chestI'm a, I'm a open book in a closed casketI'm a, I'm a open book in a closed casketI'm a, I'm a open book in a closed casketI'm a, I'm a open book in a closed casketBaby, I walk around with knots[Refrain]KnotsKnotsKnots[Verse 1]Knots, don't ask the question if you don't want the answer, oh my goshAsk what the news is, I became a nuisance when we tied that knotAnd walked down the aisle, holding back a smile, how many years?Like lassoing ocean waves when I try to hold back my tearsYou told a story and you got to my name and it made you flinchI became your stutter, I became a knot, I became a glitchUnlucky tangles, I'm tripping up, tripping over words, tripping over shoesTripping over me, tripping over you, tripping over tripping, running outta roomRunning outta knots[Refrain]Knots (Don't think about it too much)Knots (That lump)Knots (That lump in your throat)[Chorus]I walk around with knots on my neck and my chestAnd my neck and my chestI walk around with knots on my neck and my chestAnd my neck and my chestI'm a open book in a closed casket (Get it?)I'm a open book in a closed casket (In a closed cask— oh!)I'm a, I'm a open book in a closed casket (Ah!)I'm a, I'm a open book in a… (Yeah)I walk around with knots[Refrain]KnotsKnotsKnots[Verse 2]KnotsIn my neck and in my chestPulling strings 'til they intersectUh, uh, still in the carpool by yourselfI had to fasten up my belt, I cut chords if you couldn't tellOoh, ooh, I don't fade to black, I cut to static (Static)I don't fade to black, I cut to static (Static)Tightrope, try to make it back, it's acrobaticI hope you could get some luck from scratching at it (At it, huh, at it)Something's kind of rubbing off (Uh, uh, yeah)Took it up another notch (Uh, uh, uh)Had to turn the oven off (Uh, uh)Puppeteered and strung along (Uh-huh)Stories end in "Never mind," stories end in record timeI know it's a cruel, cruel world, it happens every timeGet through yours, I'll get through mineIt's just another dot, dot, dot, just another dotted lineI walk around with knots[Verse 3]In my chest, no matter how hard my lungs tryKnots on my neck, try to speak, but I'm tongue-tiedThat knot's the strongest yet, I don't think it's coming untiedCold in the room, cold ever since the sun diedEver since the two sides turned into the one sideTwo-faced people only look at you through one eyeToo late— seen you, brought a rope into a gunfightShoelaced evil, watch your step before you dust biteTreat me like a dust mite, thought we had enough, right?Knots like a fisherman, hooked me in with one biteKnots like a businessman, tied the tie a touch tightNot doing this again, thinking 'bout that one nightKnots[Outro]You took out that film too soonThere was light (Knots) bleeding in the red roomI'll do anything but stand in front of the projectorI'd watch it all again
