You think you do the right thing

"i'm genuinely trying now, mama"

But incidentally
You find the whole world would prefer it
Differently

sure, i do a million things, but you notice the one thing i didn't.... 

You go from being fair
To falling flat
You see what's there
You find you're at
The wrong end of the stick
And you're starting to feel sick

i don't really want to go home today...

Of when
The story drops you hard
Into the pavement
Even though you thought you knew what
"To behave" meant

"why can't you just listen??"

"i can..."

"no, addison, you can't."

But you find out you were thinking wrong
And you wind up back where you belong
And you try to get it right
But instead it just comes back
To bite you

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??"

"nothing..."

"BULL."

I never wanted to be the bad guy
The Bad Guy
The Bad Guy
Never wanted to be the bad guy
But that's just how the story goes...

"no, you can't be good. you aren't even trying."

It's a trip discovering
You're not the hero
You thought you were Augustus
But you're Nero
And you're playing on your violin
You might say it's just
Your evil twin

this isn't me...

But it's not some villain clone
No, it's you and you alone
To blame

who am i kidding? this is me. the only me.

I never wanted to be the bad guy
The Bad Guy
The Bad Guy
Never wanted to be the bad guy
But that's just how the story goes

And it goes

"dumbass"

And it goes

"liar"

And goes

"you don't have ANY reason to feel that way"

And goes

"I. DONT. CARE."

Just like balloons
Out of your hand

"it's all just an act, isn't it?"

The world looks up
While you sink in the sand

yes.... but i can't tell you that...

And you start to understand
That it can't be erased
If it's traced out in pen
Though you scrub it again
And again

"you know i still love you, right?"

And again

not all the time...

And again

"yeah, i know..."

I never wanted to be the bad guy
But that's just how the story-

can't i just run away?

I never wanted to be the bad guy

"i don't feel like cooking tonight, i didn't expect to yell at her."

The Bad Guy

please stop....

The Bad Guy

"why do you do this to your mama??"

Never wanted to be the bad guy

leave me alone... please...

But that's just how the story goes

"you don't even care, do you??"

I never wanted to be the bad guy...

"just make it stop..."