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 

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

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city 
And all you're ever going to be is mean 
Someday I'll be big enough
So you can't hit me 
And all you're ever going to 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 
Trying to block you out 
'cause I'll never impress you 
I just wanna 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 ol' city 
And all you're ever going to be is mean 
Someday I'll be big enough 
So you can't hit me 
And all you're ever going to be is mean 
Why you gotta be so mean? 

And I can see you 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 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 ol' city 
And all you're ever going to be is mean, yeah yeah 
Someday I'll be big enough 
So you can't hit me 
And all you're ever going to be is mean 
Why you gotta be so mean? 

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city 
And all you're ever going to be is mean, yeah yeah 
Someday I'll be big enough 
So you can't hit me 
And all you're ever going to be is mean 
Why you gotta be so mean?