Villain

Verse 1

You started taking calls outside

Said it was nothing, I let it slide

I learned the sound of your footsteps

Knew when you were mad before you spoke

That Friday, you came home past two

Said your phone died, I believed you

Or maybe I just needed to

There's a difference, looking back, I knew

Pre-Chorus

I asked you once, you called me paranoid

I asked again, you said I liked a fight

By the time I found out what you hid

I was the one who'd lost her mind

Chorus 1

Now I'm the villain in your story

The girl who couldn't let things go

The one who turned your life to chaos

The one who wouldn't take you at your word

You tell them I was hard to love

Like you were easy to believe

You get to walk away forgiven

And I get blamed for finally leaving

Verse 2

Your sister called me on a Sunday

Said she hoped that I was doing fine

Then she asked if I'd been sleeping

Like she'd heard a different side

I still have that stupid birthday picture

Where you're kissing my cheek

I remember what you said that evening

When you thought I couldn't hear

You said you couldn't do this much longer

Said you missed who I used to be

I went home and tried to find her

Like she'd left something behind for me

Pre-Chorus 2

I know I said things just to hurt you

I know I made you feel alone

But you don't get to use my worst days

To pretend you never did me wrong

Chorus 2

Now I'm the reason you stopped trying

The girl who made you feel alone

You tell them I was always fighting

But never what I fought you for

You tell them I was hard to love

Like you gave me all you had

You get to walk away the good one

And I get blamed for what we had

Bridge

Maybe I should've left that Friday

Maybe I should've trusted what I knew

Maybe all those nights I questioned you

Were the nights I was losing you

But I wasn't crazy for the silence

I wasn't cruel for asking why

And I wasn't trying to destroy you

I was trying to save us both that night

You can keep the friends who chose you

You can keep the life we almost had

I can live with being someone you hate

I just can't keep being someone I'm not

Final Chorus

So I'm the villain in your story

Let them believe the things you say

Let them think I broke your heart

When I was breaking every day

You tell them I was hard to love

Maybe sometimes that was true

But I gave you every honest part of me

Before I learned what you could do

You get to walk away forgiven

But I don't need them to agree

You can make me the villain

You don't get to define me

Outro

I still remember that Friday

How I waited up for you

Funny how I used to fear losing you

More than I feared the truth