Sex sells, yeah, but what’s the price?
That prize in my eyes
Not worth the sacrifice
Sell your body, mind, spirit,
It’s a fact of life
Come up short? Well baby break the bank
Or settle for, “nice”
Nice girls, nice guys finish last
Crashed in the fast lane
Burning up like propane
Extinguished like a past flame
Like them glory days
Playa status changed to “played”
Shameless hanging heads in shame
Fads fading, fade away…
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[Chorus]
I’m a villain
I’m a crook
I’m every nightmare
And antagonist from a children’s picture book
I’m unshaken
But I shook
Down the innocent on the road
But no one took a second look
What’s wrong with this picture?
A landscape of the coldest winter
When I paint the world’s soul
Gee, what do you think, mister?
Time for change?
Time to blame
Time to realize that no matter what
Things have stayed the same
Time to learn?
Time to burn
Bars and bridges, fill the ditches
Now it’s your turn, yeah, what you say?
–
And I hide
Behind
A beautiful disguise
Never seem to know the truth
Because I live inside a lie
Always see this crazy world
But I never wonder why
Never knew I left the ground
Because my head is in the sky
And I see this lack of love
Brings down tears from up above
But I just can’t seem to stop to think
Of what I’m dreaming of
A little physics and a flame
Is enough to kill the love
But I seem to only think
Of where my dinner’s coming from
I see you cryin’
Dyin’
And I would be lyin’
If I said
I didn’t care
About you over-tryin’
I’m in
The same spot as you
But before we battle head-to-head
I gotta tell you…
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[Chorus]
I’m a villain
I’m a crook
I’m every nightmare
And antagonist from a children’s picture book
I’m not taken
But I took
What is mine
Is that I crime?
Time to take a second look
What’s wrong with this picture?
Seems to be “national” without the “inter”
When I talk about the world
Gee, what do you think, mister?
Time for love?
Time to shove
Away delusions of perfection
And realize we live in a state of dejection
Time for reason?
Time for treason
Time to find excuses for behavior
Now it’s your turn, yeah, what you say?
–
Gotta be slick
Learn quick
Flow like life
So sick
Final lesson
Learn this
And you’re ready
Now listen
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[Chorus]
I’m a villain
I’m a crook
Look in the mirror
And I’m every cliche in the entire book
I’m not myself
But not you
I transform myself through wide-shut eyes
Every time it falls through
What’s wrong with this picture?
A landscape of the coldest winter
When I paint the world’s soul
Gee, what do you think, mister?
Time for change?
Time to blame
Time to realize that no matter what
Things have stayed the same
Time to reason?
Time for treason
Time to find excuses for behavior
Now it’s your turn, yeah, what you say?
