Bad News Mouth

Ambient breakbeat, swung brushed breaks with subby kick ghost notes and dub-delay snare, upright bass plucks, Rhodes fragments, muted trumpet echoes, chopped field recordings and washed pad drones; 92 BPM MPC swing, tape saturation, spring reverb tails and vinyl crackle; the user's own recorded male voice, close and restrained in verses, more insistent and doubled in choruses

[Verse 1]
I hate that I'm the one
to say it out loud
You built your little castle
on a busted-up cloud

You call it "fine" with a grin
like that makes it clean
But the floorboards talk
and they all know what they mean

I walk in with the mirror
you walk out with a plea
Truth got bruised knuckles
and it came here through me

I wear the ugly jacket
they shove on my back
'Cause somebody's gotta point
where the soft spot cracks

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't look at me like that
you heard it in your bones
You wanted a saint
I brought you the stones

You want the sugar coat
I brought the knife
If I don't say the sharp part
nobody survives

[Chorus]
I'm the bad guy, yeah
I say what it is
I'm the bad guy, yeah
I don't sell you a bliss
You don't want the mirror
you want the disguise
I'm the bad guy, yeah
for telling you why

[Verse 2]
You been patching up the lie
with another little lie
Smiling through the splinters
while the whole thing slides

I can see the cracks
in your polite little speech
All that fake-peace perfume
can't cover the leak

You keep calling it "loyal"
when it's really denial
Keep dragging that dead weight
down a long red aisle

I know the room goes cold
when the truth walks in
But rot don't get holy
just because it's thin

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't ask me to lie softer
don't ask me to bend
I'm not the mercy you rent
I'm the note at the end

You want the clean version
the easy-to-swallow spin
But the wound don't heal
if you keep dressing it in

[Chorus]
I'm the bad guy, yeah
I say what it is
I'm the bad guy, yeah
I don't sell you a bliss
You don't want the mirror
you want the disguise
I'm the bad guy, yeah
for telling you why

[Bridge]
Call me cruel, call me cold
call me what you need
I just won't kneel
to a polished-up greed

You can blame my mouth
you can curse my name
But the fire was already
in the frame

If somebody's gotta be
the one to bring the light
I'll take the dirt on my hands
to keep your story right

[Final Chorus]
I'm the bad guy, yeah
I say what it is
I'm the bad guy, yeah
I don't sell you a bliss
You don't want the mirror
you want the disguise
I'm the bad guy, yeah
for telling you why

I'm the bad guy, yeah
let the truth bite through
I'm the bad guy, yeah
if that's what it takes to
Break your pretty lie
and open your eyes
I'm the bad guy, yeah
for telling you why

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[Verse 1] I hate that I'm the one to say it out loud You built your little castle on a busted-up cloud You call it "fine" with a grin like that makes it clean But the floorboards talk and they all know what they mean I walk in with the mirror you walk out with a plea Truth got bruised knuckles and it came here through me I wear the ugly jacket they shove on my back 'Cause somebody's gotta point where the soft spot cracks [Pre-Chorus] Don't look at me like that you heard it in your bones You wanted a saint I brought you the stones You want the sugar coat I brought the knife If I don't say the sharp part nobody survives [Chorus] I'm the bad guy, yeah I say what it is I'm the bad guy, yeah I don't sell you a bliss You don't want the mirror you want the disguise I'm the bad guy, yeah for telling you why [Verse 2] You been patching up the lie with another little lie Smiling through the splinters while the whole thing slides I can see the cracks in your polite little speech All that fake-peace perfume can't cover the leak You keep calling it "loyal" when it's really denial Keep dragging that dead weight down a long red aisle I know the room goes cold when the truth walks in But rot don't get holy just because it's thin [Pre-Chorus] Don't ask me to lie softer don't ask me to bend I'm not the mercy you rent I'm the note at the end You want the clean version the easy-to-swallow spin But the wound don't heal if you keep dressing it in [Chorus] I'm the bad guy, yeah I say what it is I'm the bad guy, yeah I don't sell you a bliss You don't want the mirror you want the disguise I'm the bad guy, yeah for telling you why [Bridge] Call me cruel, call me cold call me what you need I just won't kneel to a polished-up greed You can blame my mouth you can curse my name But the fire was already in the frame If somebody's gotta be the one to bring the light I'll take the dirt on my hands to keep your story right [Final Chorus] I'm the bad guy, yeah I say what it is I'm the bad guy, yeah I don't sell you a bliss You don't want the mirror you want the disguise I'm the bad guy, yeah for telling you why I'm the bad guy, yeah let the truth bite through I'm the bad guy, yeah if that's what it takes to Break your pretty lie and open your eyes I'm the bad guy, yeah for telling you why

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