Yo, look at the sandbag Just look at the sandbag one single heavy sack of dirt sitting at the gate trying to play hero against a wall of rolling white fate but the water don’t care about your little burlap the water came to take it all in a snap hear that no siren no warning no time to prepare for it Just a hairline fracture in the stone over there a snap a crack then screams drowning out quiet bedtime dreams the sandbag gone down stream in a rush like a sandbag in a hurry a sudden heavy roaring kind of hush like a sound of worry no time to run no time to sandbag the floor when the river is already kicking down the front door you were busy spinning a quiet little life but the flood don't negotiate with the likes of life
The Immortal Wize
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Bag It UpYo, look at the sandbag Just look at the sandbag one single heavy sack of dirt sitting at the gate trying to play hero against a wall of rolling white fate but the water don’t care about your little burlap the water came to take it all in a snap hear that no siren no warning no time to prepare for it Just a hairline fracture in the stone over there a snap a crack then screams drowning out quiet bedtime dreams the sandbag gone down stream in a rush like a sandbag in a hurry a sudden heavy roaring kind of hush like a sound of worry no time to run no time to sandbag the floor when the river is already kicking down the front door you were busy spinning a quiet little life but the flood don't negotiate with the likes of life  |
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Poetic DeathTrust sharpens the blade Loyalty holds you still Love cuts your throat |
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