What will you do?
What will you do?
Every fool gets a lucky chance or two

I been waitin' for the cards to fall
To catch all your mistakes
I been watchin' you to see you break

Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh

I watched you grow
I saw you fall again and again
You'd cut your knee
You'd start to bleed
But wouldn't let the pain in
You let the dogs bite at your ankles
Let the sunshine burn your eyes
But will you just walk away this time?

Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh

I'll watch you crumble into sand
If the right shows mercy
I'll use the left hand

Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh


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    In keeping with the parallels with The Odyssey, this could also be from the point of view of Poseidon, about his animosity toward Odysseus.

    SkipWhiteon January 11, 2012   Link

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