Hydra -

Trouble comes in pairs

I could’ve heed this warning,

But I was busy removing the head of a hydra

-Dead to rights was it

Was there anything you could’ve said

To provoke a good response?

‘Cause now I’m in dismay

And I know we’re all in danger,

And I know we’re all afraid,

But the Promised Lands' worth it in the end

I hack further into my feelings

I slice closer to the source

Problems sprout like little seedlings

-Take one out, then birth two more

I couldn’t make this up

I was after anything thing to show I’m brave

I am stuck in a jungle of avarice

-Kept me hungry

-Kept me a slave

I only did more action ‘cause my words never found their home

I tried to tell myself there was hope and no more misery

Ah—that was the end of me…

Ever since that day I’ve self-destructed

I’m the enemy

I’ve made my peace with that,

And it’s okay

We don’t survive and get to walk away without a scratch

No, trouble comes in pairs!

And it comes in starving,

Comes in violent,

Comes in snarling,

Comes in angry and greedy

No one can make it stop

I fear we’ve neared the end of the rope

I couldn’t make this up!

I was after anything to give me strength,

And I interpret that as virtue

I interpret that as justice and good deeds,

But you know that I know it’s over

Don’t you know I know!

That’s why you jab at me with prejudice,

And I keep being more and more discreet

Convinced that I can change the outcome

I flounder as I’m cutting

And cutting and cutting and cutting the heads

-Wild and rampant!

We can’t stop it!

No, trouble’s always coming

And coming and coming and coming in pairs,

But it took that doubt to make me cower