Only You Will Be Gone

How easy it is to get carried away

To let bitterness into your heart, to ruin your day

To feel endlessly sorry for yourself

To put your life on hold, and up on a shelf

 

That's when the Devil puts thoughts into your mind

To do yourself harm, of the very worst kind

You feel no matter what you do, it's always wrong.

You get so upset you feel you just can't go on.

 

Maybe you'll swallow that bottle of pills

And end all you sorrows, with the sleep that kills.

Maybe you'll follow a more gruesome twist

And watch your blood flow, as you slit your own wrists.

 

All of that drama, what does it resolve?

The whole world around you, does not revolve

You won't change a thing by what you have done

A few people will mourn you, but the world will go on

 

ONLY YOU WILL BE GONE!

 

No one will deny the pain that you feel

Everyone knows what you're feeling is real

And even if you feel that your whole world will crash

You shouldn’t do anything hasty or rash

 

Pick yourself up out of that self-pity trap

Lift up your head and pull up your boot straps

And thank our sweet Lord for each brand new day

Another chance to live, to love, to play, and to pray

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