Title: Swallowed Pride [Intro – dark, whispered] Yeah… Fake love cuts deeper than hate. Some people don’t break your heart… They break your soul. [Verse 1] Met a smile that was poison in disguise, Pretty face but a storm behind the eyes. Said she loved me while she sharpened every lie, Watched my pride slowly fade while my faith died. She swallowed a man’s pride like it meant nothing, Spit it out on the ground like it was worth nothing. Took the strength in my chest, turned it to dust, Left a scar where I once had love and trust. I gave loyalty deep like a river that runs, She just played with my heart like a loaded gun. Pulled the trigger with a kiss and a whisper of “stay”, Then she walked while my soul slowly drifted away. [Pre-Chorus] Funny how fake love feels so real, Till the knife in your back finally reveals. Every promise just smoke in the night, Every memory fading from the light. [Chorus] Fake love, fake hearts, fake souls in disguise, They swallow your pride while they look in your eyes. Break a good man down till he feels like dust, Turn his hope into anger, his love into rust. Fake love, fake touch, fake everything said, Leave a man feeling empty and mentally dead. Tell him he’s nothing, he’ll never be more… Then slam his broken heart shut like a door. [Verse 2] Now I walk through the night with a colder soul, Every lesson from pain carved deep in the bone. Seen the truth in the mask people like to wear, Seen the love turn fake when the heart gets rare. She took what was real and she twisted the blade, Made a king feel small in the games that she played. But the ashes of pride still burn in my chest, And a broken man learns how to survive the rest. Cause fake love fades when the truth appears, And the pain that they give becomes armor for years. They can spit on your pride, try to bury your name… But the ones they destroy never rise the same. [Final Chorus] Fake love, fake hearts, fake souls in disguise, They swallow your pride while they look in your eyes. Break a good man down till he feels like dust, Turn his hope into anger, his love into rust. Fake love, fake touch, fake everything said, Leave a man feeling empty and mentally dead. But the man that survived what the fake ones do… Is the one who walks stronger when the pain is through. [Outro – quiet] Yeah… Some people don’t love you… They just love what breaking you feels like.
