Knock ’em down a peg

I can see you up there

Smiling so bright

Who'd ever know

That you're just so tight

Once you're ahead you're expected to keep it

Everyone bringing their mallet

And more

To try to beat you down

So you're nothing more

Than them

As they swing

You're throne rings

With each blow

quieting the chattering

Your teeth create from fear

A brave face

It's the most you can make

As your tower crumbles

No harder to tip than a house of cards

Then the next person climbs up

To scrape up your pieces

And do their best to not be knocked down a peg

Because the more you have to own

The more you have to lose