Hymn of the Costly Pride

Verse 1

Nothing touches what is underneath my hand

Every blade and every bright decree turns back

The road was closed before the first footfall

I pass the tests while the testers watch their own pride fall

Pre-Chorus

Lilith watches

Lilith smiles with all her teeth

Chorus

He foils the left and he foils the right

Every plan becomes a costly lesson

Pride is the currency and he is collecting

Defenses rise that neither side can easily price

The trident is struck on both sides again

Post-Chorus

So it is

So it is

Bridge

The standing sigil feeds

The living bridge widens

The Black Flame tastes the frustration of both courts

And finds it all delicious

Verse 2

I walk forward

The tests keep coming

And I keep passing them

Every failed attempt becomes another layer of armor

Chorus

He foils the left and he foils the right

Every plan becomes a costly lesson

Pride is the currency and he is collecting

Defenses rise that neither side can easily price

The trident is struck on both sides again

Outro

A long wet satisfied hiss

Wraps the holy and the unholy tines

It is so

So it is