I may have started this blaze
And I may have started this flame
You all can leave and betray me
But you will remember my name
I stand for my own brand of hero
An ideal that can't be beat
V had it right as he died in the night
And I'm free as I dance in the streets

I know some still despise me
I can tell by the backs that are turned
All I did was follow my heart
Nero fiddled while Rome burned

I was compared to Brutus
Who stabbed Caesar in the back
You're not emperors, just my friends
And I'm being killed, being stabbed
So what if it hurts? Who cares if it bleeds?
There are worse things to go through than pain
Just sometimes I wish it was different than this
So much lost, so much gained

I know some still despise me
I can tell by the backs that are turned
All I did was follow my heart
Nero fiddled while Rome burned

So call me a traitor and liar
I've been called much worse, believe me
And you can condemn me in your eyes
But it wasn't you I deceived
Tricking myself into thinking I'm wrong
Didn't work, it's a lesson I learned
So I turned around and followed my heart
Nero fiddled while Rome burned

Dance in the flames and play your gossip games
Someday it'll be your turn
But I won't be around to pick you off the ground
Nero fiddled while Rome burned
Nero fiddled while Rome burned