Carolyn Arends

Altar of Ego

Carolyn Arends


I am talking too loud when there's so much I should be hearing 
I am walking too proud when I know a fall is nearing 
I am thinking too much for someone who knows too little 
I am spinning so fast, I'm landing in the middle 
Of this cold familiar place where I struggle to save face 
And I lose all of the things that matter 

Chorus 
I don't want to be here again 
Bowed at the altar of ego 
I've sacrificed most everything 
Here at the altar of ego 
The altar of ego 

I've got just four friends I will let advise me 
Me, myself, and I and the evil twin inside me 
We talk each other up and we bring each other down 
'Cause there's nothing we like more than the ever present sound 
Of the voice inside my head, once again it's led 
To losing all the things that matter 

Repeat chorus 

I need a touch of love, I need a thrust of grace 
A push, a shove, a slap in the face 

I have gazed too long at the person in the mirror 
As I turn away, I'm finding things are cleared 
I will set my sights on Someone so much higher 
Not on what I want, but on what I require 
To travel to the place where at last I can embrace 
All the things that really matter 

Repeat chorus