Taylor Swift: Mean Meaning

Song Released: 2011

Mean Lyrics

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...

1. anonymous

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   Nov 5th 2011 !⃝

   I think it means that we must not make fun of others or humiliating them just for our sake
2. anonymous

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   Oct 16th 2011 !⃝

   This is about girls in school who were mean to her when she was a kid.
3. anonymous

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   Sep 4th 2011 !⃝

   guys, do some research. mean is about a certain blogger, who I will not name, that used to be a really big fan, but then he started blogging really mean stuff about her and her singing. so she made 'mean'
4. Katherine Marie Oripaypay

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   Aug 28th 2011 !⃝

   it is about the people who criticize her ( haters, media) and she will probably be famous someday (which she reallhy is now)
5. anonymous

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   Aug 25th 2011 !⃝

   This song's meaning is that we shouldn't be be down when people are mean to us because of our dreams. Always remember that you can reach your dreams if you work hard for it.
6. anonymous

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   Aug 2nd 2011 !⃝

   it is about a blogger who was a supporter of her but then started to say really mean things.
7. anonymous

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   Aug 2nd 2011 !⃝

   It's about a girl who was bullying her in school.
8. anonymous

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   Jul 20th 2011 !⃝

   Mean is a response to people who constantly criticize whatever she does. she wrote the song to get back at her critics, Swift also wished that the song would appeal to people of all ages in different situations this song was about feeling small because of somebody else.
9. anonymous

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   Jul 9th 2011 !⃝

   I think this song is about how those boys underestimate a girl's capabilities.
   This guy, tortured, humiliated, ignored and demotivated her to a sick level.
   But she maintained her cool, as she had this in mind, that the world does not accept these kind of people. She says that I will be successful someday, everybody would chant my name, and you would be sitting out there in a club, lonely, shouting out your opinion. But sigh, no body listens to mean people :)
   She said this song which was synonymous to a
   'Ha' :D
10. anonymous

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    Jul 3rd 2011 !⃝

    I think she is saying that just because you are "cool" in high school doesn't mean your life is going to be perfect. Karma's a bitch and will bite you in the back. Good things come to those who wait.
11. anonymous

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    Jul 3rd 2011 !⃝

    I think this song is about her dad, like he keeps abusing her and telling her she cant do things and in this song I think she is telling you that she can do those things and that he is worng.Because you never really hear anything about her dad.
12. anonymous

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    Jun 27th 2011 !⃝

    There was a man sometime early in her career. He didn't like the idea that a 14 year old was getting paid to write songs and gave her bad reviews (You with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me.)
13. anonymous

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    Jun 17th 2011 !⃝

    This song isn't about a breakup or a relationship, it's purely about how struggles on the road can really bring a person down, but it's also about how she fights back against all the the bad things going on, and how she comes out on top.
14. anonymous

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    Jun 17th 2011 !⃝

    I'm sure she has her own interpretation, my friend just got a record deal and I always think of her, because she will soon be famous and her dad always put her down and told her she couldn't sing to get a real career and he was very abusive.... this song just fit her life so much, its like it was written for her.... glad many people can relate to it in their own ways...
15. anonymous

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    Jun 14th 2011 !⃝

    This is actually about when a mean blogger posted mean stuff about how she couldn't sing live.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway

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