Remember the Basket Case Theory

There's somebody out here watching this right now You might be watching it live Or somebody might be showing it to you But, I'm kind of talking to you, talking to you directly You're feeling super lonely You might be addicted and you're trying to figure a way out And you're thinking what the hell do I do I'm trapped I'm lonely Umm, may be addicted I have low self esteem And all these people who are doing better than me Are beating up on me and controlling me Their opinions are actually just breaking my brain I can't stop thinking about what they said about me Is that you? Yeah that is you I'm going to give you at least a few tricks This will just be a start it's not going to fix anybody instantly But I'll give you a few tricks for escaping that, okay? Some brain hacks, some life hacks and it goes like this Number one Always remember the basket case theory That's trick one, everybody is broken Always remember the basket case theory No complete people, just broken people Always remember the basket case theory That's trick one, everybody is broken They're just completely broken And you should have pity on them The person who's talking to you and is insulting you They're broken Did you say to yourself "Oh my goodness, somebody who's normal is criticising me" Do you know how many times that's happened? How many times has a person who's got it together And they're normal and they're criticising you How many times has that ever happened, do you think a lot? 'Cause the answer is zero it's never happened Nobody who has their act together is criticising you in cruel ways But you are getting criticized in cruel ways You're being judged not by good people You're being judged by thoroughly broken people Who are acting out they're taking out their pain on you If you imagine that they're complete somehow good people Well that feels pretty bad Because you don't want somebody that you respect Or at least think is normal, to be judging you that feels terrible They don't exist, they don't exist That thing that somebody said, it was sad The words exist but there's no such thing As an unbroken person saying that kind of stuff Always remember the basket case theory That's trick one, everybody is broken Always remember the basket case theory No complete people, just broken people Always remember the basket case theory That's trick one, everybody is broken They're just completely broken And you should have pity on them They're just completely broken And you should have pity on them And your first thought should be empathy Not feeling bad So that's your first trick Remember the basket case theory Nobody's good, it just doesn't exist And trust me, the older you get The more people you meet The more you will know this is true There are no complete people Just broken people The more broken they are the more They are going to come after you Cause they need that, they need to push you down So they can feel good for today (They're just completely broken) (And you should have pity on them) (They're just completely broken) (And you should have pity on them) (They're just completely broken) (And you should have pity on them)