I missed my mark by a thousand miles Oh, pride Oh, pride Because I never aimed to take both our lives Oh, pride Oh, pride Oh, pride I know I said I love you over a thousand times Oh, pride But if we loved it all, it was dead before it was even time I don't know that I tried I don't know that I mind Oh, pride She walked the hall until the sun starts to rise Collaps by my side She'll stir with the light Before I go I check to see if she's alive I'll kiss both her eyes And hope that she smiles And hope that she smiles If I can't say that I'm smiling myself, then I'm asking too much off somebody else Oh, oh It's easier keeping them shot then keeping them dry I give my love a thousand reasons to cry Oh, pride Oh, pride She tells me (?) rather than grow that we decline You know that I'm right Now tell me I'm right I break up (?), she's trembling on the floor with fright I'll stick till I'm dry I shove back her thighs She scratched my face and tells me I'm a goddamn sorry sight That I'm drunk and I'm wild That I fuck like a child That's all I need to hear to know this bitch is mine She won't put up no fight She's my angel, my pride... Oh, pride Oh, I know I know, we were not so we'd be fine But I weaken my mind And I'm too strong in my pride And if your heart ain't closed, you know my arms are open wide And it's warmer inside You've been stripped of your pride Oh, pride