Mean Lyrics – Taylor Swift
Swift wrote “Mean” in response to music critic Bob Lefsetz, who gave her a cruel review after a February 2010 performance with Stevie Nicks. Lefsetz claimed that Swift “can’t sing” and that the performance “shortened her career,” but she ultimately proved him wrong.| Song Name : | Mean |
| Album / Movie : | Speak Now |
| Singer : | Taylor Swift |
| Music Label : | Big Machine |
| Cast : | Taylor Swift |
You, with your words like knivesAnd swords and weapons that you use against meYou have knocked me off my feet againGot me feeling like a nothingYou, with your voice like nails on a chalkboardCallin’ me out when I’m woundedYou, pickin’ on the weaker man
Well, you can take me downWith just one single blowBut you don’t know what you don’t know
Someday, I’ll be livin’ in a big old cityAnd all you’re ever gonna be is meanSomeday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit meAnd all you’re ever gonna be is meanWhy you gotta be so mean?
You, with your switching sidesAnd your wildfire lies and your humiliationYou have pointed out my flaws againAs if I don’t already see themI walk with my head downTryna block you out ’cause I’ll never impress youI just wanna feel okay again
I’ll bet you got pushed aroundSomebody made you coldBut the cycle ends right now‘Cause you can’t lead me down that roadAnd you don’t know what you don’t know
Someday, I’ll be livin’ in a big old cityAnd all you’re ever gonna be is meanSomeday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit meAnd all you’re ever gonna be is meanWhy you gotta be so mean?
And I can see you years from now in a bar talkin’ over a football gameWith that same big loud opinion, but nobody’s listeningWashed up and ranting about the same old bitter thingsDrunk and grumbling on about how I can’t sing
But all you are is meanAll you are is meanAnd a liar, and patheticAnd alone in life and meanAnd mean, and mean, and mean
But someday, I’ll be livin’ in a big old cityAnd all you’re ever gonna be is mean, yeahSomeday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit meAnd all you’re ever gonna be is mean(Why you gotta be so mean?)Someday, I’ll be livin’ 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 meanWhy you gotta be so mean?