[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
[Prechorus]
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
[Prechorus]
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