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Bad Boy
- **Bad Boy Lullaby**
- (Soft keys, warped guitar, trap hi hats under a distant siren)
- Hook /Chorus (sung, melodic):
- I was a bad boy, midnight on my chest,
- played the part, smiled, but you knew I was a mess.
- You held the pieces when I only caused the noise,
- now you’re singing soft to the bad boy —lullaby for broken toys.
- I’m still the echo in your hall, still the shadow on your wall,
- bad boy with a heart that never learned to call.
- Verse 1 (half sung, half rap):
- I drove fast lanes with your name on the dash,
- smoke on my breath, memories in the ash.
- Leather jacket, empty nights, neon bleeding through my past,
- you patched me up with quiet hands, but patchwork never lasts.
- I learned to hide in flash, let the world think I was bold,
- counted every scar as proof, every story that I told.
- But when the lights went down, and the crowd slipped away,
- your silence said my truth —I was fragile in the gray.
- Pre Chorus (melodic):
- Baby, I apologize to every midnight I wasted,
- to every promise I erased or tasted.
- I’m trying to change the script, flip the page,
- but the ink’s still wet from the way we rage.
- Hook /Chorus (sung, layered):
- I was a bad boy, midnight on my chest,
- played the part, smiled, but you knew I was a mess.
- You held the pieces when I only caused the noise,
- now you’re singing soft to the bad boy —lullaby for broken toys.
- I’m still the echo in your hall, still the shadow on your wall,
- bad boy with a heart that never learned to call.
- Verse 2 (rap, rapid internal rhymes):
- Champagne nights, cheap fights, I wrote love in cigarette lines,
- traded warmth for the thrill, walked danger like it was mine.
- You saw the kid beneath the chrome, the weight behind the grin,
- picked the glass from my hand and put the puzzle back within.
- I pushed and pulled like a tide that never learned to stay,
- kept running from the sun, hid my dawn in yesterday.
- If I could press rewind, I’d teach my heartbeat how to stay,
- but I only learned to love the moon and scare the day away.
- Bridge (sung softly, atmospheric):
- Can I be forgiven if I’m trying to be more?
- Can I stop the running, close these empty doors?
- You sang me lullabies while my demons tore the floor,
- I’m a bad boy learning how to beg and not to war.
- Breakdown (spoken, echo):
- They called me trouble, I made that name my crown,
- never thought a crown could feel like letting someone down.
- You held me when my edges were all sharp and damn near gone,
- now I hum your name like a chorus in the dawn.
- Hook /Chorus (final, fuller, emotional):
- I was a bad boy, midnight on my chest,
- played the part, smiled, but you knew I was a mess.
- You held the pieces when I only caused the noise,
- now you’re singing soft to the bad boy —lullaby for broken toys.
- I’m still the echo in your hall, still the shadow on your wall,
- bad boy with a heart that finally learns to call.
- Outro (whispered, fading):
- Sleep now, sleep —the streets can keep their noise,
- I’ll keep the quiet that you taught me, your soft and honest voice.
- Bad boy learning, slow and steady, to be something more than noise.
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