You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that 你 use against me
你 have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded
你 picking on the weaker man

你 can take me down with just one single blow
But 你 don't know, what 你 don't know...

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so 你 can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why 你 gotta be so mean?

You, with your switching sides
And your wildfire lies and your humiliation
你 have pointed out my flaws again
As if I don't already see them
I walk with my head down
Trying to block 你 out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again

I bet 你 got pushed around
Somebody made 你 cold
But the cycle ends right now
'Cause 你 can't lead me down that road
And 你 don't know, what 你 don't know...

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so 你 can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why 你 gotta be so mean?

And I can see 你 years from now in a bar
Talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
But nobody's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old 苦 things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all 你 are is mean

All 你 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 ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Someday I'll be big enough so 你 can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why 你 gotta be so?..

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city (Why 你 gotta be so?..)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean (Why 你 gotta be so?..)
Someday I'll be big enough so 你 can't hit me (Why 你 gotta be so?..)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why 你 gotta be so mean?