I rise before the fall
At the end of it all
My veins need cleaned
Come watch me bleed
I carry all the shit I need to be seen
All the obscene that will remain unclean
Cut me open
Gut me of my words
All of my heinous thoughts are to be heard
A cathartic slit to the throat of my hope
Hidden behind my fragile ego
Like a fool you follow me
Into my reflection
Loving my hubris and my vanity
Your projection
Before the fall comes pride
Something inside us just died
A fall overdue
Too much for you to hide
I'm not what you believe
Before the fall comes pride
Everything you see is all I want not to be
All I want not to be
Turn this shit around
So here I am with this face on
Gaze on, game on
Now you feel the flavour
Fill me, follow me, like there is no other
Angel to devour
Fallen by the side
Dragged to the fires
Stripped and unable to fly
Drowned and born again to rise
Screaming from the ashes like a phoenix
That's seen it's sun arise
Into my reflection
A silhouette disguised
Your projection
Your projection
Before the fall comes pride
Something inside us just died
A fall overdue
Too much for you to hide
I'm not what you believe
Before the fall comes pride
Everything you see is all I want not to be
All I want not to be
All I want not to be
All I want not to be
All I want not to be
All I want not to be
All I want not to be
All I want not to be
All I want not to be
Is just another version of
Your head up high surrounded by the lies
Your broken lips and bloodshot eyes
Watching you move as you sway from side to side
Deprived of pride, devoid of life
Is it better to die with shame or to live in sin?
My bed is framed with the venom of a broken name
The same vein dripping with the
Same shame playing out the same game
Lost in what I'm buried in
I'll put my fear on fire in the belly of the beast
Why won't you say that you're with me?
Is it my vanity, my pride or my ego?
That can't let
Me be
The hero
The saviour
The one that feeds my failure
Here I am earning favour
For me there's nothing rarer
Before the fall comes pride
Something inside us just died
A fall overdue
Too much for you to hide
I'm not what you believe
Before the fall comes pride
Everything you see is all I want not to be