Macbeth Lyrics

I read Macbeth at seventeen in AP Lit

Concerned with simile

And what was on the quiz

I knew Macbeth as the worst man that ever lived

Now when I picture him, I see a frightened kid

The more I think of what you've done to me

It feels like self-fulfilling prophecy

Okay, I'll be the villain you've decided that I am

The giving, then the taking, was it all part of your plan

You were so afraid I'd leave you

That I couldn't stick around the Birnam Wood

Misunderstood, but here's the good

Macbeth don't miss you like she thought she would

Don't get me wrong, at first my heart was out my chest

I walked around with open wounds I couldn't dress

But it got easier when I learned selflessness

Is not the same as making yourself less

Okay, I'll be the villain you've decided that I am

The giving, then the taking, was it all part of your plan

You were so afraid I'd leave you

That I couldn't stick around the Birnam Wood

Misunderstood, but here's the good

Macbeth don't miss you like she thought she would

So here I stand, an open vein

Behold me now, the monster that you made

If I'm different now, you're why I changed

You broke my heart again, again, again

Self-fulfilling prophecy

If you're the victim what does that make me?

Okay, I'll be the villain you've decided that I am

You swear I never loved you, but I don't know how you can

You were so afraid I'd leave you

That I couldn't stick around the Birnam Wood,

Misunderstood, but here's the good

Macbeth don't miss you like she thought she would