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Wreck of a Masterpiece

Help! Help me! I've committed a crime so stupid Why didn't I listen to the signs They held 'Forbidden' written in blood yet I was too intrigued by curiosity to tuck tail turn away The fruit so sweet, so tantalizing like a siren to pirates became a wagging finger of smoke, beckoning seductively Disastrous, catastrophic this has turned out to be They are covering every inch of this city breaking in buildings searching in streams shooting townsfolk all in search of me and like a coward I flee for my life in less than perfect stride to save my own behind Masterpiece, this city was a masterpiece now it's a wreck City of Bones City of Rubble City of Despair City of Betrayal cause I'm betraying the ones I said I'd never leave but I tread on pebbles near the city of gates unguarded, unprotected but I laugh so treacherous while I see the explosions sounding off dismayal Sound betrayal, sound betrayal while I leave unscarred, unscathed, disturbed

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