What if we're the bad guy? Lyrics

What if we're the bad guys dressed in tailored suits?

Breaking bread at banquets while the world bears the brutes?

Sending aid with strings attached claiming moral high ground

Preaching peace and justice but we're the ones who pound

What if we're the bad guys hidden in the light?

Casting shadows far and wide avoiding every fight?

Pointing fingers eastward laying blame on distant shores

Building walls and borders guarding wealth in secret stores

What if we're the bad guys wearing noble masks?

What if all our answers come from questions we won't ask?

What if we're the villains in the stories that we tell?

What if we're the bad guys raising up this hell?

What if we're the bad guys touting freedom's name?

While silencing the voices that dare to stake a claim?

Brandishing our power forcing hands to shake

Profiting from chaos leaving havoc in our wake

What if we're the bad guys scripting history's page?

Painting over bloodstains locking truth inside a cage?

Championing our causes as the righteous as the just

But underneath the Armor is it gold or is it rust?

What if we're the bad guys wearing noble masks?

What if all our answers come from questions we won't ask?

What if we're the villains in the stories that we tell?

What if we're the bad guys raising up this hell?

What if we're the bad guys on this global stage?

Dictating the drama while the world seethes with rage?

Casting off our allies when they're no longer of use

Propping up dictators tightening the noose

What if we're the bad guys blinded by our pride?

Ignoring all the suffering we've so long denied?

If we looked into the mirror would we recognize the face

Of the heroes or the villains or just a fallen grace?

What if we're the bad guys writing our own creed?

Blind to all the voices that cry out in need?

If we tore down the facades and faced what's really true

Would we find redemption or have too much to undo?

What if we're the bad guys wearing noble masks?

What if all our answers come from questions we won't ask?

What if we're the villains in the stories that we tell?

What if we're the bad guys raising up this hell?