It didn't have to be this way

They are always part of the problem

I could have avoided another backstep

If only it weren't for them

I didn't need to have more trouble piled on

I should have kept my distance

I knew it would have been for the worse

As indiated by this instance

It does me no good to continue this path

For in many ways it holds me down

If nothing comes or changes eventually

My person will eventually drown