Pride Before The Fall

(album: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum - 2020)

So can't you see I need to leave
The world can burn without me
Don't I belong with every song
Keep letting rage come out me

Faith but not belief it helps me breathe
It feels like shade around me
Waste no relief I grind my teeth
I feel betrayed and lonely

Can it bleed ya
Can it see ya
Doesn't it hurt to hide it all
Can it free ya
Can it feed ya
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel ya
Can it heal ya
Don't pass this up
Does it need ya
Does it please ya
Oh no

Faux and make believe I can't conceive another way around these words
It's all so wrong
I'm too headstrong
To assuage the turnkey

Faith, the clover leaf so keep this brief but keep this cage around me
Hate with no reprieve the knives unsheathed
I feel decay around me

Can it bleed ya
Can it see ya
Doesn't it hurt to hide it all
Can it free ya
Can it feed ya
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel ya
Can it heal ya
Don't pass this up
Does it need ya
Does it please ya
Oh no

He says he's gonna hunt something
He seems to think the prey is me
If I can only have one wish
What do you think that wish would be

Can it bleed ya
Can it see ya
Doesn't it hurt to hide it all
Can it free ya
Can it feed ya
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel ya
Can it heal ya
Don't pass this up

Can it free ya
Can it feed ya
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel ya
Can it heal ya
Don't pass this up

Can it bleed ya
Can it see ya
Oh no