Love Among Villains

They tossed me to the gutter,

swore I wouldn't bite (mm-mm)

Used up and forgotten by the ones who swore they cared

Left behind in alleyways,

stripped down and bare

Now I run with wolves and thieves who don't pretend to pray

Trading all my soft regrets for blood and razor spray

Then comes the clown with the silver switchblade grin

Laughing at the carnage,

pulling my collar in

He's cruel, he's a terror,

he's completely out of line (hahaha)

And he calls me his favorite crime

How could I ever love again when all I learned was hate?

Then you kick down the door and spit right on our fate

With your bloody knuckles and a wicked punchline Got me falling for

a monster

on borrowed time (yeah!)

We cracked a vault at midnight,

you gave a theatrical bow Told me saints make boring lovers anyhow

You mocked my heavy baggage,

handed me the torch

Watched the high society

burn upon their porch

He's got a bitter quip for every scar I show Twisting up

the poison into a carnival show Says if we're damned together,

boy, we might as well be loud

(hell yeah)

Making wicked mothers proud

How could I ever love again when all I learned was hate?

Then you kick down the door and spit right on our fate

With your bloody knuckles and a wicked punchline Got me falling for

a monster

on borrowed time (oh,

borrowed time!)

They wanted me broken,

submissive and small Now I stand on the rooftop,

watching them fall

Next to a madman with an awful sense of style And that

terrifying,

beautiful smile

Yeah,

my favorite bad guy (hahaha!) Never going back to the light

Burn it down tonight