The disappointments we keep as souvenirs And the insults stuck within our ears And the sleepless nights filled with fear Oh, restless wolves eating the deer And the regrets at the end of every year And the wounds we anxiously engineer And the boats that never leave the pier And the days thrown away for a career But the children, the children I'd never get to know And my creations, they would never get to grow And my woman, my woman would never let it go But the villains, but the villains are waiting for me down below Before you try to save the world maybe you could Maybe you could try to save yourself Before you try to save the world maybe you could Maybe you could try to save yourself And shine your light on what you like instead of what you despise For a change, for a change And the children, the children I'd never get to know And my creations, they would never get to grow And my woman, my woman would never let it go But the villains, but the villains are waiting for me down below