[Intro — Dark Rhodes • Deep Bass • Tremolo Strings] [Angelic Harmonies] Ooooh... Put it down... You don't need it now... [Lead — spoken] Man... How many good things have we lost... Just because nobody wanted to say... "I was wrong." [Verse 1] We can sit across the same table And somehow be a thousand miles apart Both waiting on the other one To be the first to open up their heart I got my reasons You got yours We both keeping score But if winning this argument Means losing you... Tell me, What am I winning for? I wore my pride like armor Thought it made me strong But armor gets heavy When you wear it too long [Pre-Chorus] Maybe strength ain't standing taller Maybe strength is bending down Maybe love ain't losing nothing When you... Put the pride down [Chorus] Put the pride down Before the love walks out Put the pride down Before silence gets too loud You ain't gotta lose yourself To meet somebody halfway Sometimes "I was wrong" Is the strongest thing A grown man can say We can keep defending Everything that brought us here Or put the pride down And finally hear [Background] Put it down... Put it down... [Verse 2] How many fathers lost their sons 'Cause neither one would make that call? How many mothers, daughters, brothers Built a lifetime from one wall? How many lovers went to sleep With their backs turned in the bed? Both wanting to say, "I need you" But choosing bitterness instead Nah... I don't want another goodbye That could've been one conversation Don't wanna trade somebody I love For the satisfaction of being right [Pre-Chorus] Maybe courage ain't a fist Maybe courage opens hands Maybe saying, "Please forgive me" Doesn't make me less a man [Chorus] Put the pride down Before the love walks out Put the pride down Before silence gets too loud You ain't gotta lose yourself To meet somebody halfway Sometimes "I was wrong" Is the strongest thing A grown man can say We can keep defending Everything that brought us here Or put the pride down And finally hear [Bridge — Piano • Cello • Exposed Vocal] I can apologize And still have dignity I can forgive you Without forgetting me I can hear your truth Without surrendering mine Maybe we don't need a winner Every single time 'Cause if we both walk away With nobody understood... Tell me... Did being right Do either one of us any good? [Instrumental Rise — Strings • Flugelhorn] [Breakdown — Deep Hypnotic Pocket] [Lead / Background] Who gotta call first? (Why not you?) Who gotta say sorry? (Why not you?) Who gotta stop keeping score? (Why not you?) Who gotta open that door? (Why not you?) [Lead] Mmm... I spent enough time Waiting on somebody else Tonight... I'll go first [Final Chorus — Full Philly-Soul Orchestra] I'M PUTTING MY PRIDE DOWN Before another love walks out Putting my pride down I finally know what strength's about I don't have to lose myself To meet you halfway And "I was wrong" Might be the strongest thing I ever learned to say No more defending Everything that brought me here I'm putting pride down So I can finally hear [Angelic Harmonies] Put it down... Make some room... Let love through... [Lead] If love needs somewhere to live... Then pride can't take up Every room [Outro — Rhodes • Bass • Lonely Flugelhorn] [Lead — softly] Being right Never held me at night Being right Never healed what I broke So if something gotta leave To make room for love... Let it be my pride [Pause] One ego at a time [Harmonies] Becoming... Becoming... [Harmonies fade into echoes and End]
