I’ve been bad to boys I love Maybe I’m selfish, maybe I’m young And my guilty Catholic heart tears my guilty self apart on the floor But I wish that you did something bad so we could settle the score
Let me be the victim of your perfect crime Bathe in my blood so I’m not the bad guy I messed up so maybe mess up too Really want the blame to be on you So, drive the knife in deep Make the victim me
Then I’ll hear the yells and see the red and blue It’ll be in the headlines, all our friends will hate you I know I didn’t deserve you, but now, it’s vice versa You’ll finally see how it tastes ‘Cause hurting the one that you swore you’d protect is the worst kind of heartbreak
So, let me be the victim of your perfect crime I’ll kill your conscience like you killed mine Yeah, I messed up so maybe mess up, too Really want the blame to be on you So, drive the knife in deep And make the victim me Me, oh…