this is no garden

[fledgist]

 you do not count the traps that have been set
so many fall and never again rise
those who don't fail cannot ever forget

enough to see the fish in the big net
before the sun has cleaned out all the skies
you do not count the traps that have been set

this was the shadow of an evil debt
and not the fallout of a kind surprise
those who don't fail cannot ever forget

so much unknown and we've not started yet
that beyond all's not subject to surmise
you do not count the traps that have been set

those moments come when you might still regret
the manner in which you came to despise
those who don't fail cannot ever forget

alone of those who do not have to fret
we watch to see the keepers and the spies
you do not count the traps that have been set
those who don't fail cannot ever forget