my interpretation goes a long more with hatedenemy's. bravo. i sensed the irony in the song that the speaker is not the bad guy, but everyone puts him in that role. the chorus is a surrender, proclaiming that "I'm not the bad guy here, but you're going to paint me as the bad guy anyway. So go ahead, do what you want to me, but i'm innocent. You'll have to answer to it someday." that's what it seems to be saying to me.
my interpretation goes a long more with hatedenemy's. bravo. i sensed the irony in the song that the speaker is not the bad guy, but everyone puts him in that role. the chorus is a surrender, proclaiming that "I'm not the bad guy here, but you're going to paint me as the bad guy anyway. So go ahead, do what you want to me, but i'm innocent. You'll have to answer to it someday." that's what it seems to be saying to me.