Criminal
ZZ Ward Lyrics

It's 3:00 AM, got my eyes wide shut,
Even though it's late at night and I'm in bed, I can't sleep because I'm thinking about what happened.

I toss and turn, got the sheets untucked,
I'm restless and keep changing positions, making the bed sheets untidy.

You broke right in, yeah, you stole, you took,
You entered my life unexpectedly and took something valuable from me.

With dirty fingerprints, you no-good crook,
You not only took something from me, but you did it in a dishonest and disrespectful way.

You shatter my heart like a Tiffany glass,
You not only took something material from me, but you also hurt me emotionally.

I knew from the start he was a thief in a mask,
I had a feeling that you were not trustworthy and that your intentions were not genuine.

And now I'm alone, cleaning up his mess,
I am left to deal with the aftermath of your actions by myself.

There ain't nothin' left,
You took everything I had, and now I am left with nothing.

He's just a criminal,
You are nothing more than a criminal in my eyes.

I can't get back what he stole,
I have no way of getting back what you took from me.

Ooh, whoa, ooh, whoa, oh no
A vocalization conveying the strong emotions being expressed in the lyrics.

I hear the rain on this old tin roof,
There is a sense of sadness and melancholy that I am feeling, which is amplified by the sound of the rain hitting the roof.

The rusty nails in the boards comin' loose,
Even the environment around me seems to be reflecting the disarray and chaos I feel inside.

Spend my last two dollars on you,
I gave you all that I had, hoping that it would be worth something to you.

You robbed me blind and you left no proof,
You were so skilled at stealing from me that there is no way for me to prove it happened.

Poof, poof, mmm, disappear,
You disappeared without a trace, as if you were never really there in the first place.

You should be sentenced for a thousand years,
You deserve to be punished for what you did to me.

You should pay me back for a thousand tears,
You caused me so much pain and sadness that you should have to make up for it.

He's just a, just a, just a, just a, just a, just a criminal
You are a criminal, and that is all you will ever be in my eyes.

Insulting,
There is no better way to describe how I feel than to say that what you did to me is insulting.

Ooh, whoa, ooh, whoa, oh no
A vocalization conveying the strong emotions being expressed in the lyrics.

Insulting, oh
The feeling of insult and hurt is so strong that it needs to be repeated.

Insulting, oh
Repeated once more for emphasis.

Insulting, oh
Repeated a third time to show the depth of the feeling.

Insulting, oh
Repeated a fourth time to show that the feeling is not going away any time soon.

Insulting, oh
Fifth time's the charm - I am really hurting and feeling insulted by what you did to me.

Insulting, oh
Insulting, insulting, insulting - I can't emphasize it enough.

Insulting
The final line of the song finishes off with the same word, conveying the idea that the insult and hurt are now a part of me and are not going away anytime soon.