[chorus] Beware of yourself You are your own worst enemy Beware of yourself You are mean [verse] Every pain you’ve ever felt Every slight youve dealt Cry for help squelched Welt you yelped or whip you held Was by your hand and will It is your desires that mislead you Feed you memory streams as clear As fever dreams half forgot When in thought you recollect what You think true, except You paint yourself heroic Recalling yore events The truth was to understate Is invariably a little more complex [chorus] Mean meaning: A manipulator, gamer, lamer, liar, mean A exaggerator, hater, blamer, cryer, mean [electric sitar solo] [verse] See the lizard brain is just waiting For an indicating of imminent threat You find justification for your actions By rewriting your intentions inclinations Exact words, emotional tone Context Even at your best The truth is near impossible to get [short break, as if the beat stumbles] So the brain says “im no dick” Or “bitch” - its not gender specific- So i couldnt have had ill intent I couldnt have meant that They make it seem like i I never, i always, i wouldnt So it writes in the specifics as it seems fit To suit its self created self image A visage of what it is which the brain Wishes was even if A few details need be nudged You dont even know that you do it intuitive narrative remix Expedient mnemonic convenience Continuity Keeps you making ethical sense Even when ethics bent And yes it dishonest a dupe a grift A ruse to uplift even if undeservedly The ever deftly self indulgent psyche [electric sitar solo] A manipulator, gamer, lamer, liar, mean A exaggerator, hater, blamer, cryer, mean [chorus] A manipulator, gamer, lamer, liar, mean A exaggerator, hater, blamer, cryer, mean [electric sitar solo] A manipulator, gamer, lamer, liar, mean A exaggerator, hater, blamer, cryer, mean [chorus] A manipulator, gamer, lamer, liar, mean A exaggerator, hater, blamer, cryer, mean
