[Intro]

You’ve got a lotta nerve comin’ ‘round here

Brand new string to pull and the coast is clear

But the gloves don’t last for long

[Verse]

Better burn the evidence and flee the scene

Make the most of what you’ve seen

Witness testimony isn’t quite as vivid as it seems

All perspectives aim to please

I’ll just tell you

That your interpretation is obscene

Words to take for what they mean

At face value

Until you’re sick of shaking at the knees

Duck and hopе nobody sees

I still found you

[Chorus]

I'm not your backhand comment

Don't laugh me off

Ha ha ha

Won't just pick up your piecеs

It's not my fault

[Verse]

And I hate 'em but I swear I don't resent 'em

I'm tired of making enemies that don't put up a fight

Might make it if you gain enough momentum

But something 'bout the getaway was meant to go awry

I guess it's like they never knew what hit 'em

It's best you just forget 'em, they were traitors anyway

(Oooh!)

And they can only test your patience if you let 'em

Disturbance in the rhythm when there's nothing left to say

[Bridge]

Tell me lies under penalty of perjury

Look me in the eyes

If you got what you wanted, have some courtesy

Save it ‘til you make it out of surgery

Don’t expect a third-degree burn to last a week

‘Cause the weak don’t last

Take shelter from the blast ‘til it all comes crashing down

Maybe you can blame your past ‘cause you’ve got no future now

So go on, be the grownup, face this

Your observations are baseless when you’re so far

Gone, you forget what space is

And this time

You're out of hiding places

[Chorus]

I'm not your backhand comment

Don't laugh me off

Ha ha ha

Won't just pick up your pieces

It's not my fault

[Outro]

Can you afford to wager what you’re toying with?

All fun and games until somebody gets hurt

Retaliate against the obsolete annoyances

Like a scorpion that never strikes first

Like a scorpion that never strikes first

Like a scorpion that never strikes first

Like a scorpion that never strikes first

Like a scorpion, like a scorpion