[Verse 1] It was bad enough you left The way you chose to disappear, Bad enough you rewrote everything We survived throughout the years. Then you painted me the villain, Put the blame across my name, Built yourself a little altar While you handed me the flame. I could've carried every rumor, Every story you rehearsed. Let you make me into something So you didn't have to hurt. But then you crossed a line That I will never understand— You put the children in the middle Just to keep blood on my hands. [Pre-Chorus] So call yourself the saint. Go polish up your crown. But when your war puts them in danger, I will shut the whole thing down. [Chorus] So burn the witch. Go on, make me your villain. Strike the match and tell the world I'm everything you needed me to be. I'll take the name. I'll wear it like armor. Because the fire you built to destroy me Did something you never planned— It made me stronger. You wanted ashes at your feet. Instead you gave me enough light to finally see the door. [Verse 2] I don't recognize the person Standing where you used to be. I remember someone different. Maybe that's what haunts me. Because childish little battles Might've worked when it was two, But the second they could hurt them Something changed in what I'd do. I stopped begging for an ending Where somehow we both looked right. Stopped caring who believed you. Stopped defending every lie. Because being called the monster Doesn't scare me anymore. Not when standing in your fire put my hand upon the door. [Pre-Chorus] You can keep the halo. You can keep your rewritten past. I don't need to win your story. I just need to make this stop. [Chorus] So burn the witch. Go on, make me your villain. Strike the match and tell the world I'm everything you needed me to be. I'll take the name. I'll wear it like armor. Because the fire you built to destroy me Did something you never planned— It made me stronger. You wanted ashes at your feet. Instead you gave me enough light to finally see the door. [Bridge — voice + furious violin] Here's the part you didn't understand. I would have stood there burning if it were only me. I've done it before. I've swallowed pain. I've carried blame. I've made myself smaller to keep everybody else warm. But you put their names inside the flames. And suddenly... I wasn't afraid of the fire anymore. Because there are doors I will crawl through broken. There are battles I will walk away from bleeding. There are names I will let you call me. If closing that door protects them— Villain sounds beautiful to me. [Final Chorus] So burn the witch. Let them watch me walk through fire. Every flame you threw against me Only lifted my wings higher. Call me cruel. Call me wicked. Tell your version if you must. I'll wear every ugly title If it keeps them from the dust. You wanted me afraid. You wanted me destroyed. But somewhere in that burning I finally found my voice. And the fire meant to end me Gave me everything I needed— Strength enough to close the door. Courage enough to lock it. And love enough to never let your war through it again. [Outro — whispered] You called me the villain. I can live with that. Because when the fire reached them... the witch stopped burning and started protecting.
