Pride Before a Fall - The Human Project

When they find you swinging from the rafters in your penthouse pen,

oblivion might not seem so funny — cos mighty men fall furthest when they

present this fake macho front

You were so close, but you can’t see behind that wall

You were so close, but so callous, so insecure

That day on the train, did you imagine that I felt the same when you said «He's

only got himself to blame»?

Wipe the shit from your grin cos I’m sure that you’ll go out in style

One mile is not enough

One mile

Talk tall, talk tough

One mil in their shoes, have you ver thought you are the reason that he

couldn’t go one mile more?

You’re not living in the here and now, so tell me how you’re punching down the

already trodden?

Your conscience slipped but once it’s flipped and you’re stuck in it you’ll

soon be forgotten

So close but searching for something more

So close to the sanctuary of the shore

That day on the train we laughed our way through the strain — but she seemed so

absent and frail, like she’d already checked out

But she still raised a glass and a smile

One mile is not enough

One mile.

Talk tall, talk tough

One mile in their shoes, have you ever thought you are the reason that she

couldn’t go one mile more?

So give me your big idea, cos we’re all drowning here

That crash-cart's coming for us all

You might start running when it calls, and you know it — pride before a fall

I always wonder, and so do you — what pulled them under?

What pulls us through?

We’re none of us immune to a self-destructive brain