(I'm sorry for the song, this is just what I though Harley would feel about Mista J)
I debated between this and Everytime We Touch, however that one is better than this, I think.
I DO NOT OWN THESE LYRICS!!!
She Knows He Had A Very Bad Day
Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
She's sitting out the second job he's doing, probably blowing up another bank, or a hospital. It was his idea. She didn't like it, but she accepts his orders without any verbal questions. She knows he can already read her mind.
They tell me your blue skies fade to gray
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on
"I don't want my Harliquin spoiled just for tonight," he'd said as she smears the red facepaint across his scarred cheeks. He'd grinned as she finished, giving her a kiss. The paint smeared on her cheek, and she grins at the memory...
You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee you go
...of the facepaint fight that turned into a night of messy walls, tangled sheets, and no regrets...
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces every time
And I don't need no carryin' on
one of the few times she actually was crazy enough to think he was really and truly happy, even though she knows now it all could have just been an act. She isn't sure anymore, wonders if its all just one of his cardplays for a partner in bed. But she wonders if any other woman would go for these games. Harleen Quinzell isn't just any other woman, she belongs to the Joker, she has a tattoo on her arm to prove it.
Because you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
She's the only one who knows the truth about those scars she paints over those nights. She likes it when she doesn't have to, his eyes don't look so black without the facepaint.
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
He doesn't know she knows. And she'd rather keep it that way. He only remembers what the henchmen had enough time to tell him before...oh, she'd rather not remember how angry he'd been. It's not every day he comes out of the shell of who he is and tells her the truth.
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
Well, not really her, he thought it was some girl named "Jenny". She knows that he loved her. A lot. So much so, maybe that's why he's crazy. He looked confused when he spoke to her, almost as though it were a dream or something. She didn't get a psychology degree for nothing to know that the girl is dead.
Will you need a blue sky holiday?
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on
He didn't get those scars from his father, or "a misplaced sense of self-righteousness". Bits of truth hang in his stories, along with a lot of lies. It hasn't even been 20 years yet, but the wounds have crusted over. The scabs my end up falling away, but the deep scars are still there.
You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
Where - and when, maybe if - Special Agent Jack Mitchell decides to return - and even if he never does, she will always be there, even if she has to forever play the role of "Jenny", someone she's never met.
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
She knows that he doesn't always tell the truth, but that was just a complete personality reversal that night. He was almost ... human.
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
She knows there's gotta be a reason between him raging against the machine, sticking it to the man, fighting "the system. Even if he doesn't know why, she thinks she could understand it.
Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
He's got a strange kind of death wish. He knows his time bomb ready to blow up, but he'd rather see the world burn first. He wants to see them cower in fear at his jokes.
That you could be well oh that strong
And I'm not wrong
He's brought out the worst - and maybe some of the best - in her, and even though she knows who the real Doctor Quinzell is, he doesn't really care. At least she and "Jenny" have one thing in common: she will always love him, no matter who - and no matter what - he's become.
So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
At least there's one thing that she can be sure of the truth, and never needs to doubt. She will always be his, and only his.
Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
The Joker's Harliquin, part of his costume, and extension of himself, part of the partial life he's recreated for himself.
She will always be just his.
Just Harley.