Ego Death Lyrics

My whole life I tied my worth to being excellent

So when I feel worthless I just chase another accolade

My whole life I've been a serial perfectionist

I take my imperfections and I hide them in a masquerade

But now I realize I'm only just a human

And an ego death is necessary, soon I'll make it pass away

And when it dies, all that's left is just a man

Prone to failing, but he tries

Watch him chart another path today

I make music to speak to my own soul

And maybe a kindred spirit will feel what I've wrote

Fumble to find a rhyme at times, but I know

There's value in my words, and lessons in typos

And so

I keep writing, relieving my own pain

Storm full of struggles, I'm stuck in my own rain

Tryna keep progressing, get out of my own way

I just gotta count my blessings, I know we'll be okay

Look

I need an ego death in order to be free

I need to save myself

To save myself from me

I am no better than

No better than the next

I need an ego death

An ego death to rest

All my pain, all my suffering and hurt

All the days, all the nights I've been questioning my worth

Seeing therapists, I should've seen a mirror first

'Cause my ego fuels my struggle, and just makes me insecure

I'm sure

Now I'm certain what the root of all my problems is

Gotta starve the ego if I want to get to solving this

All this comparing of myself to other people

When there really is no "other"

We are all just one big consciousness

Now I know that I'm no better than the next man

What's the use in always tryna be the best man?

All that does is make you feel like you're less than

Just appreciate your family and your friends, then

I still got a lot to learn in life

I'm still grateful for my every stripe I've earned in life

But I know that I can never live a perfect life

So I'll kill my ego just to live a worth-it life

Look

I need an ego death in order to be free

I need to save myself

To save myself from me

I am no better than

No better than the next

I need an ego death

An ego death to rest