It keeps coming back

I can't seem to escape from my past.
No matter how hard I try, there's always somebody that ties me down to it.
It's like an anchor that won't let me fly and reach my dreams, my goals, my heaven.
My past keeps me from my future, and it makes a lousy present.

The past should be irrelevant when your future shows so much potential.

Thank you everybody for tying me down to my past like a thief is tied to a cross.