Lyric discussion by ditalacroix 

Cover art for Mean lyrics by Taylor Swift

"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."

One minute later: "All you are is mean, and a liar, and PATHETIC, and alone in life."

sigh You know, sometimes I believe that she doesn't really think these things through. Because that line is...yeah, just a tad hypocritical. Plus, considering "Better Than Revenge" and "Speak Now", I'd venture to say that she does wander down that road every once in awhile. Granted, so does everyone else in the world...but they at least acknowledge it. Admittedly though, the song is fun, and the line about she can't sing actually made me burst out laughing the first time I heard it. lol. This girl's got a lot of nerve.

oh hush. ugh

i dont think when she says "the cycle ends right now" she means she not going to say anything

i think she saying how she wont push someone around and make them sad. she says "i bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold" shes saying someone made him that way, and hes did that to her but shes not going to end up like he did, a mean pathetic loser. shes going to treat others with respect

and each song has a different story behind them, you cant contradict each song on the albumb...

"oh hush. ugh"

What a cutting argument, I'm glad you took the the time to type that out.

And Nicole, I think you mean "compare", not "contradict". I don't see how your first point differs from what I said, but as for the second, I think it's perfectly fair to call someone a hypocrite when they champion an anti-bully message in one song and then proceed to rip another girl's character and reputation to shreds in the next. If that's considered "treating others with respect", then yikes.

I'm a big Taylor fan,...