Born To Be The Villain

They wrote my name in crimson ink

Turned every bruise into a stain

Stitched me into all their tales

As the storm they had to blame

Did you see the scene before the fire

Hear the promise turned to wire

Cutting skin

You point at the crown of thorns I’m wearing

But you never ask who put it on

Born to be the villain

In a book I didn’t write

You only caught the ending

Never saw my sleepless nights

Every scar you call a weapon

Every tear you call a crime

I’m the shadow in your story

But I was someone’s child

You love your heroes black and white

You keep their armor nice and clean

But they were laughing in the hall

While I was begging just to breathe

Did you see the hand that held me under

Hear the crack of every thunder on my skin

You frame my rage like some cold legend

But you never ask who froze me there

If I burn your paper kingdom

Will you finally look behind the page

Every “monster” in the margins

Was a heart you chose to cage

Call me curse

Call me danger

Paint me wrong until it shines

But if you’d lived inside my nightmare

You’d be standing on my side