twice the pride
The Poster Boys
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Welcome back Don't worry It was only a vision of the future like you said Well, what did you see Uh, let me explain Uh, welcome back to the waking world Steady askin' will they recur The nightmares and the premonitions Ultimately visions of hanging on every word Uh, and not because they pay attention When I'm on the mic, under the lights a couple listen But the tension lies in me tryin' to be a Christian And finding that even lies and deceit Would be of more interest To the religious than anything sustaining So long as the lies and deceit can be entertaining So degrading, raping the whole meaning It was meant to bring me, now this shit just brings me Down, down, down A down, down, down, down, down A down, down, down, down, down, down, down Twice the pride, double the fall How could a legacy survive The test of time We're all rotten to the core How can I radiate an uncorrupted light If I'm too blind To see temptation at my door Uh, skinny jeans and dainty chains Flow shirts, I'm throwin' merch from off the stage So I guess I know what works, and it's all the rage And then I do that shit at church, then the Gospel pays Cause they'd be all dismayed if I told the whole truth Like the rich young ruler, say give up all that you have How many of us could do it Put the cross on my back, how many would nail me to it Most of 'em the same ones who wear and even tattoo it God it's so easy to be a phony See me on your phone screen, but never see me when I'm lonely Go from holy to horny real quick, but the trick Is you only see the former on my IG pic And I'm sick to my stomach Cause they want the same illusion in my lyrics Hence the emphasis on my appearance I read the word of God and I know they won't wanna hear it They want experiences and call that the Holy Spirit And my fear is that I might give it to 'em If it's true the medium is the message like Marshall McLuhan Said, and I assume it is, then I'd be some kind of angel Elevated, illuminated from the right angles Drop the act, I would if I could but then these people would Not be back, they tell me good job and I Copy that, believe the affirmation 'til it's not an act at all On this stage I stand tall, need somebody to Knock me back Down, down, down A down, down, down, down, down A down, down, down, down, down, down, down Twice the pride, double the fall How can a messenger of God Become unflawed Perfected by affiliation Pride is nurtured under thunderous applause To lead the cause 'til the end Everybody's got secrets for strangers, believers and fakers Cause fakers believe that their faith can be played up The masses receive simple phrases they made up Now selling your soul is the price for a trade-up Oh, you need a sure fire way to Avert their attention away from the truth With power and money and sex you're in danger Of losing it all when they let go of you Now where we at? The story is told Through somewhat thematic, dramatic tones Don't mean it ain't factual. I suppose You think I exaggerate what I wrote To prove a point, and you would be half right Half away from the goal of realizing what's at stake when you go From bein' a boy with dreams to points and screams with no accountability The poison seeps into me as The more the they think I'm righteous, the more I think I am You ask me what that means, the quickest venom known to man is pride I'm tryin' to hide the things that hurt my image But on the inside I justify it all to feel consistent Til my God-given intellect prevents my logic finishing And so I aim that gift back at the One who trusted it to me I can have my cake, I can eat it too If I'm so great, then I don't need You God is dead, that don't mean He ain't real All it means is I got to a place in my head Where his presence is always concealed And I begin to grow bitter Don't impose Your law on me until I cross the river Answer my philosophies within Your Holy Scriptures And then we'll talk. How's your walk I'm wanderin' around but never wonder if I'm lost, uh Really I'm feelin' free and I can see the Promised Land is still a possibility I'll redefine it Like, what if it's up to me to rebuild Eden, I can Make it a thing, y'all, follow me, yeah, look at me, I got it Down, down, down A down, down, down, down, down A down, down, down, down, down, down, down Twice the pride, double the fall I got it, I got it I got it down Time to lead my brand new army on the battleground Time to stand for somethin' higher than a man in the clouds Uh, I object to the objectives I know it sounds a bit reckless You better check the perspective Uh, truth, respect it Ain't nobody wanna know how I won the election Proof is that I do what I want And can't nobody try to tell me I'm a fake or a fraud Uh, I am consistent At least I'm less a hypocrite than when I was a Christian Least I mean it when I say I'm goin' to f*ck the system I'm the new voice of truth, shut up and listen, uh Forbidden love can be ugly, but her beauty is natural They know I'm up to something as the secret unravels I probably got it comin' now if somebody tattles And if only God can judge me he'll be bangin' His gavel Order in the court I say I don't believe in God no more, that's my retort To any accusations y'all bring forth, my last resort Will be apostasy Indignantly insisting what I did was never wrong to me Let's think about this logically, everyone knows biology Sexual satisfaction is natural and monogamy less so If sex was a free market economy I'll never let you legalist bastards have a monopoly Stop! Let me go, I've got to sell my soul To keep my ego intact, with my back to the wall The truth is closin' in on me I know it The only hope I've got left is to crack theosis Oh, shit. The only way to spare my pride, regicide You best beware what I have in mind My designs to realize the divine in myself I know you think I'm out my mind and act like you wanna help You wanna know how it felt to be portrayed as saintly When behind the scenes you like to drink and sleep with your lady And you know it ain't wrong per se, but always felt shady Cause it's fine as long as people don't find out that's the main thing And now that they've made me, got to cover my ass And it's too late to save me, I ain't gettin' a pass So now I'm set on takin' what I wanted to have Without a compromise, this time I'm gettin' 'em back For all the lies, the hypocrisy and false impressions For the self-righteous dogma and resulting repression I once was blind to the cause of my own depression The body of Christ, so called, is deceptive Oh, you're the ones elected, anointed, called, and protected From being called into question by people with real objections Actual human lives in the balance, you won't accept them For one reason or other, casually neglect them Don't drink, smoke, chew, f*ck, cuss, vote blue Vote red, golden rule: do what the f*ck you're told to do What the f*ck I'm supposed to do Shit was fine when no one knew So I conclude the problem is not with me, but rather with you So I conclude the problem is not with me, but rather with you So I conclude the problem is not with me, but So I conclude... rather with you So I conclude the problem is not with me, but rather with you Uh, uh uh From now on we're doin' things my way I treat this track like it's Daytona, I'm too lethal for the highway Good luck keepin' up All it takes is one wrong turn, then you watch it all burn, uh So if I gotta use a few strong words, to ensure it's all heard Then I'm sorry You may think I've set out to offend you, nah hardly Please don't think this album's an original story This already happened, y'all just think about Ravi Daniel, Carl Lentz, Acton Bowen, Johnny And it's easy for us all to think we're better than 'em Easy to speak on these positions that we've never been in I'm so afraid to go where God sent other men on mission Cause I could end up like these thirteen songs I hope you listen Tell me which is greater Which is greater The fear of losing faith Or the faith that casts
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