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Published:
2024-06-19
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188
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1/1
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5
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I'm the Bad Guy

Summary:

Kieran's sure he's only good at being bad.

Notes:

Bad Guy is a song that you'd like to attach to various characters, but the specificity of the words is a barrier. I thought that adapting the song to Kieran would be either impossible or too tricky, until my brain said "Hold my beer" and did it in two days.

When I filk, I like to try to change the base lyrics only as needed, so the very beginning is very close to the original. Most lines are new after that.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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White shirt, now red, my bloody nose
Sleepin', you're on your tippy toes
Creeping around like no one knows
Think you're so justified

Bruises on both my knees for you
Won't say thank you or please
I do what I want when I'm wanting to
Reach up and touch the sky--

So you're a Champion
Made it to the end, then
Best among the best, then
All ready to rev, then

I'm that grey type
Meet-you-in-the-shade type
Trail-you-all-day type
Turn-up-second-rate type
I'm the bad guy.

(Duh!)

I'm the bad guy...

I like it when you take control,
Even if you're the weight on my soul, I
just cannot take the lead
Speaking would make me bleed.

Talked of, but also rarely Seen
Yep, that ogre is just like me
If I carve my name in the sky
Maybe I'd catch your eye?

So you're a Champ, now
Brought a whole E-4 down
Travelling the world 'round
Fixing for a new crown

I'm that Dark type
Work-down-to-the-bone type
Put-them-in-the-ground type
Try-to-slit-your-throat type

I'm the bad guy.

Duh!

(I'm the baaad guyyy...

Duh.)

I'm only good at being bad,
Bad...

Notes:

Also, I left out the last part on account of agreeing with a cover that dropped it.