You think you do the right thing, but incidentally
You find the whole world would prefer it differently
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 of when
the story drops you hard into the pavement
even though you thought you knew what "to behave" meant
but you find out you were thinking wrong as you wind up back where you belong
and you try to get it right
but instead it just comes back to bite you
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
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
but it's not some villain clone
no it's you and you alone to blame
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 and goes and goes
just like balloons out of your hand
the world looks up while you sink in the sand
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 and again and again
I never wanted to be the bad guy
but that's just how the story
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
I never wanted to be the bad guy
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