Maybe We're All Villains Lyrics

I wish I could apologize

To the characters who raised me

I know they tried their hardest

But they'd hate what I became

'Cause I was raised to think that New York wasn't cold

That the people packed in it weren't lost and alone

And I thought I'd grow into the heroes I loved

But being good ain't so easy, and your best isn't always enough

Was I really such a fool

When I believed in happy endings?

I hope there are good people

But most don't seem worth defending

'Cause I was raised to think there are wrong and right sides

That I'd recognize evil and not get lost inside

And I thought I'd grow into the heroes I loved

But being good ain't so easy, and your best isn't always enough

Am I the only person who's

Resigned to disappointment?

And not just from myself

But from what we call evolution

I know that one person can't change a whole lot

But that's not what the stories that raised me taught

I don't read them much now but I can't help but feel

That if they just were true maybe then I could heal

And I know that it's dumb to think life should be fair

But I'd hoped that we'd all want to work our way there

And I thought I'd grow into the heroes I loved

But being good ain't so easy, and our best isn't always enough