Texty: Mountain Goats, The. Pseudothyrum Song.

why do you treat me this way?

and why do you try so hard to break my spirit?

i think someone was mean to you when you were little,

that's what i think.

i think someone was mean to you.



why do you cling to such petty points of contention?

and why don't you allow one or two small victories now and then?

i think someone was mean to you when you didn't deserve it,

that's what i think.

i think someone was mean to you.



but i, i am not that guy.

can you get that straight?

i am a completely different person

from the one you have in mind.



why do you stand by the things you say long after

you don't mean to hurt anybody anymore?

i think someone was mean to you

for a long, long time, that's what i think.

i think someone was mean to you.