Maybe I should put my earlier reply in a full-blown comment:
Actually, I think this song is trying more to get inside the head of bullies and explain how they do what they do to get attention. Generally, bullies never feel like anyone pays attention to them (bringing the "blame it on..." lines into play) until they start bullying people. So I think it's more about bullies than it is about being bullied.
Going into further detail, I would say that the first verse is generally the experience of a boy who wants to be appreciated, but can only remember the bad things that everyone says about him, so he starts bullying people to get attention 'cuz he'd rather have bad attention given to him than none at all.
The second verse seems like it might be after she already bullied someone; she feels horrible, but she's trying to forget about it.
The chorus goes through the usual progressions of blame when it comes to bullying. First, people say that the parents obviously did something to the kid to make him or her this way. Then people start thinking that it's just the kid's fault because the bullying keeps happening, regardless of what they try to do. Finally, people realize that nobody paid attention to this kid earlier on in life, and the blame is on them because the bully only needed to feel wanted; now it's too late to change it.
Wow, that was long. And don't get me wrong: I'm not saying that this is the only possible answer. I'm just stating an educated guess.
Maybe I should put my earlier reply in a full-blown comment:
Actually, I think this song is trying more to get inside the head of bullies and explain how they do what they do to get attention. Generally, bullies never feel like anyone pays attention to them (bringing the "blame it on..." lines into play) until they start bullying people. So I think it's more about bullies than it is about being bullied.
Going into further detail, I would say that the first verse is generally the experience of a boy who wants to be appreciated, but can only remember the bad things that everyone says about him, so he starts bullying people to get attention 'cuz he'd rather have bad attention given to him than none at all.
The second verse seems like it might be after she already bullied someone; she feels horrible, but she's trying to forget about it.
The chorus goes through the usual progressions of blame when it comes to bullying. First, people say that the parents obviously did something to the kid to make him or her this way. Then people start thinking that it's just the kid's fault because the bullying keeps happening, regardless of what they try to do. Finally, people realize that nobody paid attention to this kid earlier on in life, and the blame is on them because the bully only needed to feel wanted; now it's too late to change it.
Wow, that was long. And don't get me wrong: I'm not saying that this is the only possible answer. I'm just stating an educated guess.