[Intro – prepared piano strikes, distant bowed bass drone, tape flutter] [Verse 1 – half-spoken vocal, kick enters every two bars, sparse piano accents] What if I’m a worse monster? What if I’m an unwitting sociopath? Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person? [sub bass enters, low guitar harmonic swells] [Pre-Chorus – vocal moves from speaking to singing, muted snare appears] Sometimes I manipulate for my own gain Sometimes I see the angles and choose the game I hate the mirror when it gives me back my name I hate the part of me that’s never gonna change [Chorus – slight vocal double, bass widens, drums remain restrained] Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person? Tell me straight, tell me true Would you leave if you knew? Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person? I keep falling in the gray And I don’t know how to pray [Post-Chorus – prepared piano motif repeats, vocal fragments in background] “bad person… bad person…” [Verse 2 – drums pull back, bass remains, close-miked vocal] What if every kindness has a hidden price? What if I’m just better at disguising vice? Sometimes I smile while I’m moving pieces Sometimes I know the hurt before it reaches [bowed bass rises, tape wobble increases] I keep my hands clean, but my thoughts run wild I can hear the lie inside the child [Pre-Chorus – additional piano octave, tension builds] Sometimes I manipulate for my own gain Sometimes I see the angles and choose the game I hate the mirror when it gives me back my name I hate the part of me that’s never gonna change [Chorus – wider stereo field, low harmony enters on repeated title] Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person? Tell me straight, tell me true Would you leave if you knew? Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person? I keep falling in the gray And I don’t know how to pray [Bridge – drums drop out completely, prepared piano and bowed bass only] If I built my life on taking What happens when it starts breaking? If I’m guilty, say it clear I can stand the truth right here [Instrumental Break – piano strikes become irregular, bass drone swells, reversed guitar harmonics] [Final Chorus – drums return, vocal double thickens, no huge payoff] Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person? Tell me straight, tell me true Would you leave if you knew? Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person? I keep falling in the gray And I don’t know how to pray [Outro – everything falls away except voice, sub bass, and room noise] Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person? [prepared piano strike] …tell me true
