I cut my nose to save some face
You cut your hair and take some space
We don't speak 'cause it's too tricky
But if I'm tricky, why'd you kiss me
On the forehead, way up north?
Pressed the scar and found the source
If you don't love me, why'd you act it?
Love's a verb and not a bandage
[Pre-Chorus]
And I'm spiritual cleansing (But the truth)
Is I'm good at pretending (Oh, and you)
[Chorus]
Broke me big time
It's funny and I'm laughing, baby
You think I'm alright
But I'm actually bloody motherfucking batshit crazy
[Verse 2]
(One, two, three)
I kept it in, but it wrecked my organs
So pour the gin and call Graham Norton
I'm gonna throw you down the river
Your mum could watch it over dinner
Golden boy, you droppеd the ball
I am Annie fucking Hall
If you don't love mе, what was April?
You played a game, but I run the table
Mr. "I don't want a label"
You made me Little Miss Unstable and it
Broke me big time
It's funny and I'm laughing, baby
You think I'm alright
But I'm actually bloody motherfucking batshit crazy
Broke me big time
It's funny and I'm laughing, baby
Oh, you think I'm alright
But I'm actually bloody motherfucking batshit crazy
[Bridge]
I am unhinged (Unhinged)
I am scaling all these walls, I've gone within (Within)
I am both Kathy Bates and Stephen King
I can write you out the way I wrote you in
'Cause here's the thing
[Chorus]
You broke me big time
It's funny and I'm laughing, baby
That you think I'm alright
But I'm actually bloody motherfucking batshit crazy
Broke me big time (Oh)
It's funny and I'm laughing, baby (Funny and I'm laughing, baby)
Oh, you think I'm alright (You think I'm alright)
But I'm actually bloody motherfucking batshit crazy, ooh
About
“BSC” stands for “Batshit Crazy,” and is the 12th song on Maisie Peter’s second studio album The Good Witch.
The song is a cathartic expression of heartbreak and the aftermath of a tumultuous relationship. Maisie uses her lyrical prowess to blend wit with anguish, painting a picture of someone who—on the surface—seems to be handling a breakup with humor and grace but is inwardly grappling with intense emotional turmoil.
The verses of “BSC” unfold the narrative of a love gone sour, where the acts of cutting hair and taking space symbolize the distancing moves often made at the end of a relationship. Maisie’s lyrics delve into the complexities of a partner’s mixed signals— loving gestures followed by emotional withdrawal—which leaves her character feeling unstable and discarded. The use of vivid imagery and references, like Annie Hall and iconic figures from horror literature, Kathy Bates and Stephen King, serve to heighten the song’s dramatic and slightly unhinged tone, illustrating the depth of her emotional instability.
The song captures the essence of pretending to be okay when one is anything but.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
I wrote “BSC” in decoy with Joe Rubel, Brad Ellis and Jez Ashurst. We’d already written another song that day that was sad and reflective and pining, and had an hour to kill before dinner so decided to try working on one other thing. I left the room to do an interview for half an hour and, when I came back, the guys were playing the music, and I just sort of immediately sang the first verse almost word for word.
— Maisie Peters via Instagram
There’s another lyric on this album I think of a lot, which is on ‘BSC”, where I go, ‘I can write you out the way I wrote you in.’ It doesn’t mean the person wasn’t great and didn’t teach me something. But it’s also knowing the person isn’t your whole world. You are your whole world.
Track 12! “BSC”!!! My unravelling. <3
One of my favourites on this album. This song is absolutely about being in your most unhinged, most irrational, most deranged mental state; it’s saying all the things you never said because even you knew they were too crazy! 🤡 With every new line I wrote, I was like, “Is this too far?”, and then I just proceeded to go further and further. I leant into chaos and fury and petty, how deeply tragic and stupid and hilarious it is to be so heartbroken, [and] how ridiculous it all is. It also features some of my favourite lyrics on this album, including maybe the most defining: “I can write you out the way I wrote you in”. If the whole album is my universe as the good witch, then this song is maybe where I use my powers for evil… only a little bit. 😈
I read a lot of Joan Didion whilst making this album, and a quote I thought a lot about is, “Joan didn’t waste any bullets”. Without revealing too much more, that’s how I’d like to describe this song. It’s also going to be such an important song for my live shows, and getting the band in to record all the parts bought it so truly to life – it feels like one of the most ‘me’ songs I’ve ever made, like “I’m Trying [(Not Friends)]”‘ delusional evil older sister. Let the games begin! 😌
— Maisie Peters via Instagram
- 3.Watch
- 4.Body Better
- 9.Wendy
- 10.Run
- 11.Two Weeks Ago
- 12.BSC
- 13.Therapy
- 14.There It Goes
- 15.History Of Man
