MEAN by Taylor Swift
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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, pickin' on the weaker man

Well, 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 old 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 walk-by lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed out my flaws again as if I don't already see them
I'll walk with my head down trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again

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

Why you gotta be so mean?

Setting: After a girl dumps or gets dumped by a mean boy.
Theme: Standing up for yourself, mean boys.
Plot: Taylor is telling a boy that he is just plain mean and he doesn't deserve her anyway and that his life is always going to suck but she is going to become someone.
Characters: Taylor Swift, mean boy
Conflict: The boy was mean to Taylor but she finally got the courage to stand up for herself.

SHE WILL BE LOVED by Maroon 5
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/maroon-5-lyrics/she-will-be-loved-lyrics.html ]
Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else

I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times
But somehow I want more

I don't mind spending every day
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile

And she will be loved
And she will be loved
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along, yeah
My heart is full and my door's always open
You come anytime you want

I don't mind spending every day
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile

And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
I know where you hide alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls, yeah

Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful

I don't mind spending every day
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile

And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved(Please don't try so hard to say goodbye)
And she will be loved
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
(I don't mind spending every day)
(Out on your corner in the pouring rain)
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye

Setting: Throughout a girl's younger years. At her door, across miles and miles, on a corner in the pouring rain.
Theme: Being a good friend, getting through hard times, and finding love.
Plot: A boy is always there for the girl he loves that has had some hard times and he doesn't want to say goodbye to her. She has had lots of boyfriends and other people in her life but he is always there for her. He wants to love her and show her that she is amazing unlike what she thinks of herself.
Characters: Boy and girl
Conflict: Girl has lots of hard times and doesn't stick with the boy but he wants to love her and be there for her.