Bad Child

Album: Single release only (2020)
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  • My family always said I was the bad child
    Throwin' me away into the bad pile
    All my life been puttin' on a fake smile
    Sittin' on my own, feel like I'm exiled
    Feelin' like I always do the wrong things
    Tellin' all their friends that I'm the bad kid
    Now I'm on my own, I lost my magic
    Dealin' with your bullshit now I'm over it

    And you took a part of me
    Left me with the memories, oh
    We were never a family
    Now you're standin' in front of my door-or-or
    Like none of this happened at all-all-all

    I guess I'm always gonna be the bad child
    I guess I'm always gonna be the mad child
    'Cause you will never understand my weird mind
    My weird mind
    And to every single person here that doubts me
    Tellin' me that they could live without me
    'Cause they will never understand my weird mind
    My weird mind

    I've never really been the one to reach out
    Actin' like my life was squeaky clean now
    Like everythin' I do is just a letdown
    Feelin' like I always do the wrong things
    Tellin' all their friends that I'm the bad kid
    Now I'm on my own, I lost my magic
    Dealin' with your bullshit now I'm over it

    And you took a part of me
    Left me with the memories, oh
    We were never a family
    Now you're standin' in front of my door-or-or
    Like none of this happened at all-all-all

    I guess I'm always gonna be the bad child
    I guess I'm always gonna be the mad child
    'Cause you will never understand my weird mind
    My weird mind
    And to every single person here that doubts me
    Tellin' me that they could live without me
    'Cause they will never understand my weird mind
    My weird mind

    They say I've lost my mind
    They I'll never find it
    I think they're kind of right
    In fact, I kind of like it
    They say I've lost my mind
    They I'll never find it
    I think they're kind of right

    I guess I'm always gonna be the bad child
    I guess I'm always gonna be the mad child
    'Cause you will never understand my weird mind
    My weird mind
    And to every single person here that doubts me
    Tellin' me that they could live without me
    'Cause they will never understand my weird mind
    My weird mind

    My family always said I was the bad child Writer/s: Toni Watson
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 17

  • Heartbreak from Ela ClassI can relate to this song because my mother always acts like I cause her so much pain when I don´t.
  • Pikachushepardz from ScratchI can relate so much to this song that I feel that I can use this as a type of calming song when I am dealing with my problems like my mother being a pain and just life in general and the part I can relate to the most is when it said "I've never really been the one to reach out Actin' like my life was squeaky clean now Like everythin' I do is just a letdown Feelin' like I always do the wrong things" because i've always been so scared to say anything about my problems so I just act as if everything was okay even if I felt like everthing I did was a letdown
  • That One Kid In The Back Of The ClassI can relate to this song because l, first of all I have social anxiety so I always feel like I'm doing things wrong or differently and a lot of people treat me like I'm just too different to fit in and I feel like a lot of people just judge me all the time but no matter how much I try I can never fit in but I have learned over the last few years that you don't have to care about what people think about you as long as you are okay with yourself then other people can have their opinions on me, but I can just ignore them because I am okay with the way I am and I love myself.
  • Leighla HaverlandtWhen i heard this song, it reminded me of how my mom would call me the b word a lot
  • Huggybear from San DiegoI use to have leukemia when i was a kid (in remission at 12yo) and my mom always treated me like i was to much of a problem for her like i had leukemia on purpose just to cause her pain. She use to take it out on me and my older sister had to step in as a mother figure to me and protected me from my mother. This song hits home all to well.
  • BrynnI can relate to this so much my mom used to yell at me all the time acting like I’m such a bad child even I’m not sometimes she still thinks I am. But we’re Better now :)
  • Hi..i can realate to the middle child girl
  • Ashley D. from Dayton OhioI can relate to some parts of this song. My mom yells at me and says mean things to me and she is really nice to my cousin but not to me and if she is so nice to my cousin why can’t she be nice to me?
  • Middle ChildI'm sorry to all of the people out there who have mental health issues whose parents just make it worse. But I think one of my siblings would really be able to relate to this song.
  • OchakoI have a lot of mental health issues that make me really relate to this song. I am the kid that is always in trouble.
  • Lilly Hancockthis song is basicaly like my life story, my younger brother always gets what he wants, yet when i ask for something or am upset i get yelled at and locked outside.
  • Idk from No UI completely relate to this song my parents believe the only reason that I'm not as good as my brother is that I'm stupid not the fact that its obvious I have multiple mental health issues and they think the best way to fix it is to tell at me and stress me out more
  • Hailey Joy from TnThis song I can relate to sooo much...my parents don't think that I'm a good child, but when my younger sis comes- Well done Sophie want to go get ice cream, you got B+ well done. For me I usually get...You got a A-, your a disgrace...why do I get that I don't get praise no matter how hard I try I just get hate. So now I resort to my music and work...though I am only thirteen I work and I do a good job, but no praise for it. Music calms me but my mom says the music I listen to is bad well that's what I relate to I listen to music that I relate to soo get out of my room!!!
  • Bad from ChildI love this song and it made some since
    The video is so beautiful it brings tears to your eyes
  • Lily The Bad Child I understand it
  • Eli from SwedenThis song is so Amazing, it's a 9/10 (my favourite singer is Billie Eilish but Tones And I is so frikkin' good too)
  • Alaina from Pine Rivers High Shool this song will change the world and tones and I are the best because they tell a story with every word and its not fake
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