Mean

"Mean"
By Taylor Swift

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 I'm 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 know, what you 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 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
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 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 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 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?..

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

 

            Have you ever listen to a song that others don’t like because they don’t get the meaning? These people are showing their ignorant by make fun of the song. Well Taylor Swift’s song Mean is a good example. She sings about bullying, but states you should ignore the bullies because in the future you will have a great job and a better life than they ever will. Bullies will never advance, but stage in the same town talking about the same stuff and nobody is listing to them.

            She tells us that their words are like weapons to one’s self esteem. She sings about the cycle of bully and how she is going to stop it at her. She tells us that she refusing to be a bully and she is going to make something of herself. She said, “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 you can’t hit me, And all you’re ever gonna be is mean, Why you gotto be so mean?” Why people are mean?

            The music video shows a guy getting bullied by a bunch of jocks. At the end he is a fashion designer. Later on there’s a teen that works at a restaurant and got things thrown at her, but at the end she is the boss. Then a little girl tries to fit in. I have tried to fit in but often gotten bullied for it. In the music video she just wants to know, “why are you so mean?” I also ask the same thing, why do people have to be so mean?

            I learned that Taylor Swift writes/sings about things that happen to her. So she was bullied. In the song, music video, and at the Grammys she tells her bullies off. So all though I usually don’t listen to this kind of music, I still like this song. It has good morals, and although the video is kind of upsetting, it is funny at the same time. If someone doesn’t like the song or make fun of it, then there don’t understand what it is trying to say.

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