The Slipstream Project - Pride Lyrics

Reason can be easily twisted
Feelings running out of hand
Vanity can be persistent
Overcome a modest man

It's stubborn, cruel and the folly of fools
A game of the mind with irrational rules
Feelin's can tip a decision inside
Reason denied when it's dealin' with pride

Gotta' keep a balanced ego
A temper of neutrality
Patience is a valid credo
When wrestling with reality

It stumbles, falls and is bait for a brawl
An awkward attempt to make sense of it all
A sinner and savior that passion divides
Many have died for matters of pride

Deeds can be a steady diet
That feeds the way we are perceived
Self-belief can lead to bias
And compromise our verity

Pride is at it's best in small doses
But don't let it get inflated inside
Hard to see the threat that it poses
Until it's saturated in lies
Don't comply with what you are hearing
It may forsake a glittering guide
Can't rely too much on a theory
That stands on shaky pillars of pride

It's stubborn, cruel and the folly of fools
A game of the mind with irrational rules
Feelin's can tip a decision inside
Reason denied when it's dealin' with pride

A weapon, a brace, a stone on a face
Emotional puzzle not easy to place
Emptiness swims in a singular tide
When loneliness lives in puddles of pride