Don't Do It - Owen James Berry

I see the rope splintering
Splintering everyday
I'm nothing but a mortal
Trying to make my way

The last straw
Don't do it
Well all your advice
Written on tablet, etched in stone
I'll eschew it


You couldn't
You wouldn't
A fair God
Just shouldn't

If you take it
If you take it
I can't make it
Can't make it work

In the darkest
In the dankest
Corners
I used to lurk


I'll be done
Done
The reaper has won


I see the last
The last straw splintering
Well all your advice
Means nothing to my vice
Written on a tablet, etched in stone
Don't do it
I'll eschew it


You couldn't
You wouldn't
A fair God
Just shouldn't

If you take it
I won't make it
I couldn't take it
I can't make it

I'll be done
Done
The reaper
Has won

Traveling down a one way street
I saw a hidden path
And took it
I thought it wasn't there
But I saw it
I mustn't
Overlook it


But I'm afraid I still could
I'm afraid I still would

If you take it
I can't make it
Can't make it work

You couldn't
You shouldn't
A fair God
Just wouldn't


I've paid enough
In my opinion
I've made a place
My own dominion

And I don't want to lose it

I've seen the other path
A long, long time
But deep inside, I know
It'd be a crime

And I don't want to choose it


But if you take it
I'm not sure I can make it

Don't do it
You knew it

If you took it
I'd lose it
Ignore your warnings
And choose it

You couldn't
You wouldn't
A fair God
Just shouldn't

But if you do
Don't ask me why
When I say
Goodbye

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