Many boys who grow up fatherless know that some sort of hole was left in their lives due to the absence of a dad. It is only from the height acquired in manhood that a boy fully understands that the opening that he thought was a hole … is really a canyon. If only someone would’ve shown us the …Ropes. “Ropes” is one fatherless father’s love song written to his flawed, but faithfully -fathered son.