[Verse 1]
You changed me, carved me out in the quiet hours,
Turned my compass upside down, planted coal where flowers were.
A scale beneath my skin, silver-blue, catching the moon,
A small ember in my wrist, a pulse that hums in tune.
I tasted ash on your perfume, felt the metallic sting of lies,
You taught me how to trust, then taught me how to disguise.
Your whisper built a kingdom made of smoke and threadbare light;
I was naive, I learned to burn inside the night.
[Pre-Chorus]
I was naive, blinded by your game,
Believed your hands were gentle, believed your face was tame.
You loved another, kept it locked away,
Yet here I stand — the villain in your play.
[Chorus]
I like being the villain, the darkness fits like skin,
Walking away in shadow, leaving your soft lie within.
My duty’s been fulfilled, I carry your truth tonight,
I’m the villain, I’m the ember, burning cold and bright.
[Verse 2]
There was that summer party — you laughed beneath the lights,
I watched you lean toward her, two silhouettes collide.
I found the folded letters shoved into your coat that winter day,
Their ink smelled like a secret you would never say.
Smoke curled from my palm when I pressed my fist to feel,
Scales glinting under skin where your betrayal made them real.
I could hear the map you burned, the routes you kept from me,
So I learned to trace my own with fire where I once was free.
[Pre-Chorus — Variation]
I blinked and trusted — now the curtain’s torn;
The mask you wore was all I mourn.
You loved another, and left me in the cold,
Now I stand — a story retold, the villain that you sold.
[Chorus — Variation]
I like being the villain, the darkness fits like skin,
Walking away in shadow, leaving your soft lie within.
My duty’s been fulfilled, your secrets left to fight,
I’m the villain, burning lines you can’t rewrite.
[Bridge]
Scales glint like truths I never knew,
Wings spread where your silence grew.
I light the map you never showed,
And walk a road I made my own.
Embers climb the hollows of my throat,
Smoke writes the words you never spoke.
I am both scar and spark and spite —
A midnight law I learned to write.
[Guitar Solo — Soaring Lead]
(Dirty rhythm guitar, organ swells, horns accent the hits)
[Chorus — Climactic]
I like being the villain, the night suits me as crown,
I pull my colors closer, let the false lights tumble down.
My duty’s been fulfilled, I keep the truth in sight,
I’m the villain, I’m the ember, burning cold and bright.
[Outro]
You changed me and I chose this fate,
Half-dragon arm, a closing gate.
In darkness I find language, in smoke I find my spark —
I’m the villain you made me, glowing in the dark.
