Ugly On The Inside

What is a bystander?
The victim or the inflictor?
You bank on that specific shade of grey
Because who's to say?

I recognized your face
Scared stiff in space
Three blocks away
I just came to see my friend play bass
She left the drama team last May

I heard your friends
Were talking ugly on the inside
It was all relayed to me today
So I walk by on the outside

I'll play the fool since you need one
Plus all of LA has seen me undone
And you're under ego's ugly thumb
Reflect it back
His face goes numb

I heard your friends
Talking ugly on the inside
It all got back to me today
So I walk by on the outside

That ain't no way to treat a friend
Now I'm ugly on the inside
I'm spitting ink like venom
And I've got to get it out tonight
I've got to get it out tonight
I've got to get it out tonight