Rise, Show Pride (ALBUM VERSION)
 

(Beat: “Stained Reflections” – Anno Domini Beats)

Verse 1:

Drifting through mind’s harbour fathering twisted flights of thought
Each line breaks shore like water until a single crest is caught
Time is an empty shell when solitude’s the lesson taught
And life a brittle cause when absolution the answer sought
Another sunrise vies as I stare through restless bursts of light
I bite the cold, clearing the weary mind that blinds my dirtied sight
The skies hide my darkest thoughts bound with the endless curse of night
Not one bright image prevails, just bold frailties and words of plight
Try as I might every day’s a fight against the predicaments of chance
So transfixed I stand, taking my time, considering life’s plans
It seems nothing’s what it’s deemed when day’s drift by as lucid dreams
How can my soul cry the tale when hell tore right through its seam?
I didn’t mean all the things I did and said in this life time
But never once did I commit a crime my inner demons might chime
My head’s in the clouds now, routing through dreary cosmic voids
Tears can’t flood my spirit’s pain, the hope’s lost in veils of turquoise
Across horizon’s stretch I seek my place in this forsaken world
Despair and spite took my tongue so I long to trace the taken words
Roughened hands and tarnished conscience right my assailants
Honour has long become a false cause so I look to pride as my ailment
…Pride as my ailment

Hook: x 2

For I’ll just keep on journeying, cos this is my destiny
And I will keep on learning, till fate gets the best of me
Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide, spirit flows, eyes are wide
Just one last purpose in my life: to rise and show… pride

Verse 2:

The superior man has modest speech but exceeds in all his actions
Yet the lesson’s hard to teach when anger weeds a fatal attraction
It’s the real life mind complexion, each new day a different direction
Each time conscience on probation, mark it my mind’s meal inspection
Pure sorrow now floods the same blood that turned rage into an art
There can be no room for shame in this fallen angel’s heart
The world’s a hard and bitter place through glazing eyes that went hollow
As my pen leaks the crimson that my blade never swallowed
And I recognize now that learning without thought was labour lost
Yet for the depth of my soul the sum of parts always exceeds the cost
I was caught in the fogs, brain-washed, chasing some kind of mirage yearning
Inside I tried to follow the love of knowing without the honest love of learning
I’ve been wandering all my life, never learnt how to stick to plans
Blame passed to the same head once held high, now hiding in a web of cracked hands
Can’t stand this torment any longer, I have to grow, have to show my worth
Have to make my peace with the Father, and Mother Earth who granted me birth
Have to climb and make a difference, have to show that I understand and care
Show that I’m ready to change things, that I’ve gathered the will and dare
Have to seize the moment, the time to rise and switch for the better side
The time to feign death with my very last breath and defend my sacred pride
Defend my sacred pride…

Hook x 2

Been on the floor far too long, I gotta rise
Been on the bottom way too long, wanna touch the skies
Lift myself off the ground, reach up for the light
Gotta fight to survive, I will show my pride

Survive… find the light
Rise… show pride

Hook x 1

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