You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that आप use against me
आप 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
आप picking on the weaker man

आप can take me down with just one single blow
But आप don't know, what आप 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 आप can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why आप gotta be so mean?

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

I bet आप got pushed around
Somebody made आप cold
But the cycle ends right now
'Cause आप can't lead me down that road
And आप don't know, what आप 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 आप can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why आप gotta be so mean?

And I can see आप 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 कड़वा things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all आप are is mean

All आप 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 आप can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why आप gotta be so?..

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