"Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy" is a quote taken directly from the Al Pacino movie, Scarface:
""Whattaya lookin' at? You're all a bunch of fucking assholes. You know why? 'Cause you don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fucking fingers, and say "that's the bad guy." So, what dat make you? Good? You're not good; you just know how to hide. Howda lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth--even when I lie. So say goodnight to the bad guy. Come on; the last time you gonna see a bad guy like this, let me tell ya. Come on, make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through; you better get outta his way!""
So I'm pretty sure that in this song, "Say goodnight to the bad guy" is Andrew's way of basically calling those who condemn him a hypocrite.
I think a lot of people here are projecting their own religious beliefs into the song. I've noticed this for Project 86 and also for Chevelle.
Here's what I think the overall song is about:
'Now here I lie in the street
An invitation for you to steal a glance at me
While all the village, it gathers
To watch the vultures devour this decaying matter
You have killed me with your betrayal. You have stolen my joy away from me and I am left to decay. I get picked apart (either by the person he wrote this song about or by himself). He's in a low state.
'Come one, come all, (hey, hey, hey)
Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free (2x)'
In this moment, I am at my most vulnerable.
'You wanna, You wanna, You wanna, You wanna
Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy'
He is caustically referring to himself as the "bad guy" since this is how the person he has in mind sees him. His/her perception of Andrew is that he is totally the bad guy of the situation. He is totally at fault, and he/she forgets / erases from memory any good times had with Andrew.
'The children fiend for the spoils
Divide what remains before it sinks in the soil
With a gash below the waste
Out it came like milk for everyone to taste
But now it's curdled and sour
Ripe for your stomach to turn in about an hour'
Whoever betrayed him left him wounded and vulnerable. But rather than give that person satisfaction from wounding him, he defies them.
'Just for a minute pretend
In this illusion that we were ever friends
Nothing is more expensive
Yet it's been given to you at such a bargain
But now the serum is sour
'Cause I was never here for you to devour'
Here's the verse that brought it all together to me. He hates the person now, but they were once friends. "It's been given to you at such a bargain" means that he's dealt with this person's shit and tried to be friends with him/her repeatedly. "Nothing is more expensive" means that giving someone his trust and friendship is not something he takes lightly. "But now the serum is sour
'Cause I was never here for you to devour" Means that he never agreed to be used up and discarded. He will not let this person consume his soul as if it were a piece of meat.
"Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy" is a quote taken directly from the Al Pacino movie, Scarface:
""Whattaya lookin' at? You're all a bunch of fucking assholes. You know why? 'Cause you don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fucking fingers, and say "that's the bad guy." So, what dat make you? Good? You're not good; you just know how to hide. Howda lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth--even when I lie. So say goodnight to the bad guy. Come on; the last time you gonna see a bad guy like this, let me tell ya. Come on, make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through; you better get outta his way!""
So I'm pretty sure that in this song, "Say goodnight to the bad guy" is Andrew's way of basically calling those who condemn him a hypocrite.
I think a lot of people here are projecting their own religious beliefs into the song. I've noticed this for Project 86 and also for Chevelle.
Here's what I think the overall song is about:
'Now here I lie in the street An invitation for you to steal a glance at me While all the village, it gathers To watch the vultures devour this decaying matter
You have killed me with your betrayal. You have stolen my joy away from me and I am left to decay. I get picked apart (either by the person he wrote this song about or by himself). He's in a low state.
'Come one, come all, (hey, hey, hey) Whoever wants a taste of me take it for free (2x)'
In this moment, I am at my most vulnerable.
'You wanna, You wanna, You wanna, You wanna Now everyone can say good night to the bad guy'
He is caustically referring to himself as the "bad guy" since this is how the person he has in mind sees him. His/her perception of Andrew is that he is totally the bad guy of the situation. He is totally at fault, and he/she forgets / erases from memory any good times had with Andrew.
'The children fiend for the spoils Divide what remains before it sinks in the soil With a gash below the waste Out it came like milk for everyone to taste But now it's curdled and sour Ripe for your stomach to turn in about an hour'
Whoever betrayed him left him wounded and vulnerable. But rather than give that person satisfaction from wounding him, he defies them.
'Just for a minute pretend In this illusion that we were ever friends Nothing is more expensive Yet it's been given to you at such a bargain But now the serum is sour 'Cause I was never here for you to devour'
Here's the verse that brought it all together to me. He hates the person now, but they were once friends. "It's been given to you at such a bargain" means that he's dealt with this person's shit and tried to be friends with him/her repeatedly. "Nothing is more expensive" means that giving someone his trust and friendship is not something he takes lightly. "But now the serum is sour 'Cause I was never here for you to devour" Means that he never agreed to be used up and discarded. He will not let this person consume his soul as if it were a piece of meat.