Mean

You, with your words like knives and swords

and weapons that you use against me.

You, have knocked me off my feet again,

got me feeling like a nothing.

You, with your voice like nails

on a chalkboard, calling me out when I'm
wounded

You, picking on the weaker man

You can take me down

with just one single blow

But you don't what you don't know.

Someday I'll be living in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

You, with your switching sides

And your wildfire lies and your humiliation

you have pointed out my flaws again

As if I don't already see them

I walk with my head down,

Try to block you out 'cause I'll never
impress you

I just want to feel okay again.

I bet you got pushed around

Somebody made you cold

but the cycle ends right now

'cause you can't lead me down that road

and you don't know what you don't know.

Someday I'll be living in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Someday I'll be big enough so you can't
hit me

And all you're ever gonna be is mean.

Why you gotta be so mean?

And I can see you years from now in a bar

Talking over some football game

With that same big loud opinion

But nobody's listening, washed up and

ranting about the same old bitter things.

Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing

But all you are is mean

All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic

And alone in life and mean, and mean

and mean, and mean.

But someday I'll be living in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Yeah someday I'll be big enough so

you can't hit me

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

Someday I'll be living in a big old city

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

Someday I'll be big enough so you

can't hit me

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

And all you're ever gonna be is mean?

Why you gotta be so mean?