The Coral - The Box lyrics

A box arrived this morning, its reason was unspoken

It was signed and sent with deadly seal

The box said 'Do Not Open'

It stood there in the hallway and arrested my attention

I paced the floor and pondered why

The box said 'Do Not Open'

And still I wondered

Will temptation get the best of me again?

It was just the very thing I wasn't wishing to be owning

A package sent to Pacely Hill

The box said 'Do Not Open'

Seven lonely days went by I wasn't really coping

It soon consumed my every thought

The box said 'Do Not Open'

And still I wondered

Will temptation get the best of me again?

Frozen there in terror, I could hardly have been hoping

Through an omen of my coming doom

The box said 'Do Not Open'

An image of repulsion, I saw the premonition

It filled my frightened mind and still

The box said 'Do Not Open'

And still I wondered

Will temptation get the best of me again?

I couldn't stand the torture and approached the thing in question

I ripped away the seal

The box, it lay there open

And there I was, a sorry man, all doubled up and choking

With bleeding hands and withered nails

The box, it lay there open

And it looks like

Temptation got the best of me again