Anti-Hero

I remember the exact moment
Not when you lied
But when everyone believed you
And I realized
I didn't lose them
They lost them

You said my name like it was guilty
Like you practiced every line
Turned your silence into weapons
While I stood there undefined
Every look became a verdict
Every whisper felt rehearsed
They stopped seeing who I was
And started seeing something worse
You needed someone to carry the weight you couldn't face

So you let me fall beside it and watched me take your place
I stopped fighting, I stopped trying

To save a version of your lies
You needed darkness to hide your truth
So you painted mine to look like yours

So I'll be your anti-hero (anti-hero)
If that's the role you need

I'll wear it quietly
Anti-hero, anti-hero
I carried all your secrets
Now I carry all your blame

You needed someone to fall
So you didn't have to change
Anti-hero, anti-hero
Anti-hero, anti-hero
In your story, I'm the villain
But I know I'm not the same
You can call me anti-hero
That's my name (right)

I heard the rumors getting louder
Every version worse than before
Funny how they call you righteous
While I'm the one they ignore
You never told them what you did

You never showed them who you were
Because heroes don't survive
Without someone they can burn
I stopped asking for forgiveness
For something I never did
And in losing your approval
I finally learned to live

I stopped breaking, I stopped bending

I saw exactly how this was ending

You needed someone to hold your shame
So you could walk away without a name

So I'll be your anti-hero (anti-hero)
If that's the role you need

I'll wear it quietly
Anti-hero, anti-hero
I carried all your secrets
Now I carry all your blame

You needed someone to fall
So you didn't have to change
Anti-hero, anti-hero
Anti-hero, anti-hero
In your story, I'm the villain
But I know I'm not the same
You can call me anti-hero
That's my name (right)

You thought it would destroy me
You thought I'd disappear
But losing your illusion
Made everything more clear
I don't need redemption
From something I didn't do
You don't hate the anti-hero
You hate the truth
You hate the truth

Now I'm your anti-hero (anti-hero)
The version you can't control
Or bury anymore
Anti-hero, anti-hero

I stopped bleeding for your peace
I stopped fighting your war
You needed someone to blame
So you didn't have to see
Anti-hero, anti-hero
You created who I am
When you stopped believing me
Anti-hero, anti-hero

I'm the person you love to blame
Anti-hero

I was never your villain
I was just the truth
You couldn't live with
And now you see
Anti-hero
That's my name
That's my name