Petra - Altar Ego lyrics

Words by Bob Hartman

Based on Matthew 6:5,16, James 4:6

I can tell by the look on your face

It's another day of fasting

I can tell by the length of the shadow

That your face is casting

And you look both ways before you pray

Just to see who's watching you today

(Chorus)

It's just your altar ego - and it's so hard to know

Beneath the piety and hidden vanity begins to show

It's just your altar ego - and you don't even know

And you won't even grow til His Spirit strikes a bow

To your altar ego

You love to seen by men

In all the public places

And you always pick the best of the seats

You've got the social graces

Can you be so proud of respect you've won

When your left hand knows what the irght has done

Turn around and face the One

Who knows your heart

He knows your heart