Villains, Pt. 2

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On the passionate finisher to her debut album Villains, “Villains Pt. 2” sees Emma Blackery understanding she can’t categorise people, her problems are hers and hers alone,… Read More

Aug. 31, 20181 viewer7.6K views

Villains, Pt. 2 Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I want you to know
I tore up my list, I threw it away
Just like everything
How foolish of me
To try and divide people into categories
I found it so easy
But what can I do?
When I've got nothing else
Not even myself
I don't know what's left of me

[Pre-Chorus]
After all that I've done
All the bridges are burned
Would I walk them now anyway?
Would I write myself off?

[Chorus]
Self sabotage to the end
If I could do it again
What would I change?
It was a stupid game anyway
I admit I'm afraid
To face what comes next
Where do I turn when I've turned on my friends?
What if I don't want it?
What if I don't want it?

[Verse 2]
How arrogant of me
To think anyone could just be
Good or bad
Like cops and robbers
The only one here committing a crime
Was dancing on the line
But what can I say?
When it's all that I've known
Got a chance to get better
Do I take it or watch myself suffer?

[Pre-Chorus]
Now you're gone
All the bridges are burned
Would I walk them now anyway?
Would I write myself off?

[Chorus]
Self sabotage to the end
If I could do it again
What would I change?
It was a stupid game anyway
I admit I'm afraid
To face what comes next
Where do I turn when I've turned on my friends?
What if I don't want it?
What if I don't want it?

[Bridge]
Am I kidding myself?
I'm my own biggest villain
What if I don't want it?
What if I don't want it?
Am I kidding myself?
Blaming somebody else
I'm my own biggest villain
I'm my own biggest villain
I'm my, I'm my
I, I
Whoa, I
Whoa, I
Whoa, whoa I

[Chorus/Outro]
Self sabotage to the end
If I could do it again
What would I change?
It was a stupid game anyway
I admit I'm afraid
To change what comes next
Where do I turn when I've turned on my friends?
If I could do it again
What would I change?
It was a stupid game anyway
I admit I'm afraid
To change what comes next
Where do I turn when I've turned on myself?

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On the passionate finisher to her debut album Villains, “Villains Pt. 2” sees Emma Blackery understanding she can’t categorise people, her problems are hers and hers alone, and reflecting upon her past with regret.

Co-written with Peter Hutchings, the song was released under it’s parent album on August 31, 2018.

Emma Blackery teased the song via Instagram a day before it’s release saying:

i deliberately didn’t show much of villains pt. 2 in videos. this is the most honest, personal song i’ve ever written. i still don’t want to try to explain it. you’ll understand when you hear it on friday.

The song serves as the second part to the album’s first track “Villains Pt. 1.”

Part 2 separates itself as Blackery reflects upon the situation she experienced (mostly incorporating themes of fame and fake friends), and rather than blaming other people, realises her problems are her own. She blames her own self-sabotage for her problems.

For more info on this ‘self-sabotaging’, she discusses the side of it that effected her YouTube channel in the emotional video below.

On the back of the vinyl album artwork the track list has little messages explaining what each song is directed towards. This song is: ‘For The Worst Of Them All.’ (This is likely Emma referring to herself).