Curtain Call for a Necessary Villain

[Verse 1] They wrote my name In the margins of the script Ink still wet On the scene where I would slip Through the trapdoor With a clever little grin Every disaster Begged me to begin [Chorus] This is the curtain call For the necessary villain I did the dirty work You didn’t want to see You get the final bow I get the blame you’re spilling But someone had to fall So you could be set free [Verse 2] I lit the fuse Then I watched you save the crowd Fed your legend By being too loud Pulled each string So your halo stayed in place Took each whisper Carved it in my face [Chorus] This is the curtain call For the necessary villain I did the dirty work You didn’t want to see You get the final bow I get the blame you’re spilling But someone had to fall So you could be set free [Bridge] Tell me When they dim the lights Do you ever see my shadow In the wings Do you ever taste the lines I bit So you could sing (oh) All that rage I wore like velvet Was it yours Was it mine Or just a borrowed mask For your perfect storyline [Chorus] This is the curtain call For the necessary villain I did the dirty work You didn’t want to see You get the final bow I get the haunt The chilling But someone had to fall Yeah Someone had to fall So you could be set free [Outro] So take your roses I’ll take the ghost of the scene Walk off laughing At the spaces in between Necessary villain Fading in the swell Last slow chord Holding every secret I won’t tell