Ego
[Verse]
Ego’s a mirror with cracks in the glass
A carnival mask
A shadow that laughs
It’s the grief we wear
The hate we bring
The song of the cruel
The sorrow it sings
It’s in the words we twist
The truths we bend
A fire that feeds
No start
No end
[Chorus]
Ego is grief
Ego is pride
Ego’s the storm we keep inside
Ego is love
Ego is war
It’s the lock
The key
And the broken door
[Verse 2]
It hides in the jokes
The sharp-edged wit
In the smile that stings
The bitter spit
It’s the victim’s cry
The martyr’s throne
The cruelest voice when you’re alone
It’s in the eyes that judge
The hands that take
The fault we find
The truth we fake
[Chorus]
Ego is grief
Ego is pride
Ego’s the storm we keep inside
Ego is love
Ego is war
It’s the lock
The key
And the broken door
It's ego
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Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior
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