I'd Hate Me Too

[Verse 1]

When we last spoke, I was a dog with a broken leg

I couldn't run to you, so l'd bite 'til you'd shoot me dead

I am a coward, but first, I was a kid

Lost you like a sore loser with my tail between my legs

[Pre-Chorus]

Mary, please let me repent

[Chorus]

Broke my own limb and blamed you for the limp

And like a spoiled only child, I thought l'd be forgiven

I lied through my canines and I pulled at your hair

I wanted you to hate me so you'd know l was still there

I wanted you to hate me

[Verse 2]

Told the world that you kicked me to the curb

But I'll admit, I said it just so you'd see how bad I hurt

I whined and cried so all the neighbors heard

And like a skinhead Christian, I screamed my cherry-picked words

[Pre-Chorus]

Mary, your name makes my guilt simmer like that summer's sunburn, ah

(It hurts, it hurts, it hurts)

[Chorus]

Broke my own limb and blamed you for the limp

And like a spoiled only child, I thought l'd be forgiven

I lied through my canines and I pulled at your hair

I wanted you to hate me so you'd know l was still there

I wanted you to hate me

[Outro]

If I were you, l'd hate me too

I'd hate me too, if I were you

If I were you, l'd hate me too

I'd hate me too, if I were you