pathetic

deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy)

Heard in 56 songs (657M+ combined views) — most famously in "Mean" by Taylor Swift.

Updated October 1, 2026

Songs Featuring “pathetic”

Taylor Swift - Mean

Time: 2:48

All you are is mean

And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life

And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

Taylor Swift - Mean

Donny Osmond - I'll Make a Man out of You

Time: 1:01

You are sure to win

You're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot

And you haven't got a clue

Donny Osmond - I'll Make a Man out of You

No Doubt - Sunday Morning

Time: 0:26

♪

Sappy pathetic, little me

That was the girl I used to be

No Doubt - Sunday Morning

Bring Me the Horizon - Go to Hell, for Heaven's Sake

Time: 0:44

No one wants to see you

So desperate and pathetic, I'm begging you to spare me

The pleasure of your company

Bring Me the Horizon - Go to Hell, for Heaven's Sake

Tech N9ne - Worldwide Choppers

Time: 1:19

And I be the only chopper that's tossed in the brothel

You said it's pathetic, my head is off in the taco

I sped it, you bled it, you in the coffin when I go

Tech N9ne - Worldwide Choppers

Tyler, the Creator - SORRY NOT SORRY

Time: 1:27

Sorry I'm not empathetic (nah, I'm fuckin')

Sorry you think I'm pathetic

Sorry I don't wanna bro down

Tyler, the Creator - SORRY NOT SORRY

Shakira - Objection (Tango)

Time: 2:18

Away from here

This is pathetic and sardonic

It's sadistic and psychotic

Shakira - Objection (Tango)

T-Pain - I LUV HER

Time: 1:59

Voodoo 'em with the pussy, ain't have to make no spaghetti (ugh)

Fell in love so fast (damn), my friends say I'm pathetic (fuck)

Pray he don't play with my feelings (why?)

T-Pain - I LUV HER

Disney - Mad

Time: 0:08

Now look what the cat dragged in the come-and-visit

Pathetic, exquisite, now whose unbirthday is it?

Got some tricks up my sleeve and a watch on my mind

Disney - Mad

Usher - The Matrimony

Time: 1:49

(Uh, my sincerest apologies, I mean it, mmh)

Look, I'll admit it, albeit pathetic

That I'm in my late 20s, still never been to a wedding

Usher - The Matrimony

Chance the Rapper - Same Drugs

Time: 2:53

(I remember when)

(This age of pathetics)

Don't forget the happy thoughts

Chance the Rapper - Same Drugs

Ghost - Majesty

Time: 1:11

♪

Pathetic humans in despair

Defaced, deflowered, now to death devout

Ghost - Majesty

System of a Down - U-Fig

Time: 0:28

And beat 'em, beat 'em, beat 'em, beat 'em, beat 'em

All pathetic flag waving ignorant geeks

And we'll eat 'em, eat 'em, eat 'em, eat 'em, eat 'em

System of a Down - U-Fig

Eminem - Farewell

Time: 2:38

Tell you to relax then dump your ass in the bathtub

Yeah, now that's love, may sound pathetic

But fuck the world 'cause they out to get us

Eminem - Farewell

SZA - Open Arms (just SZA)

Time: 1:52

I'm so devoted to you, to you, to you

Went through your phone again, I feel pathetic

Leave me alone, I can't take another lie

SZA - Open Arms (just SZA)

Shawn Mendes - Piece Of You

Time: 0:23

I get reckless, I'm obsessive

I'm pathetic and possessive

You're so sure it makes me insecure

Shawn Mendes - Piece Of You

Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

Time: 0:28

Those with the heart and the brain to get past this

Can spot a pathetic without even asking

Fuck your magazine

Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

Drake - The Shoe Fits

Time: 1:29

Askin' questions 'bout niggas, and you get slapped in the face if you happen to know him

Domestic abuse, that man is not a man for you, he's a pathetic excuse

Lyin' through your teeth, scared of lettin' your skeletons loose

Drake - The Shoe Fits

Gloria Estefan - Wrapped

Time: 0:27

I carry your worn disillusion

When my pathetic confusion

Kept me from speaking the truth

Gloria Estefan - Wrapped

Laufey - Mr. Eclectic

Time: 0:13

Quoting epics and ancient prose

Truth be told, you're quite pathetic

Mr. Eclectic Allan Poe

Laufey - Mr. Eclectic

Rick Ross - Bogus Charms

Time: 0:49

Who really tipping Crime Stoppers? You would never know

Half my team illiterate, I know it sound pathetic

But we can each get a brick that's on a line of credit

Rick Ross - Bogus Charms

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Say No To This

Time: 2:36

Half dressed, apologetic

A mess, she looked pathetic

She cried, (please don't go, sir!)

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Say No To This

Logic - Young Jesus

Time: 0:42

A whole lot of beef, no bread, no lettuce

'Cause I couldn't keep it in my briefs, man that's pathetic

Fuck all that back and forth, this ain't a game of tennis

Logic - Young Jesus

R.E.M. - Half a World Away

Time: 1:42

Oh, this lonely world is wasted

Pathetic eyes high-alive

Blind to the tide that's turned the sea

R.E.M. - Half a World Away

Slipknot - This Cold Black

Time: 1:41

Try to suffer on in silence, try to stop me if you can

Pneumatic destroyer, pathetic seducer, distortion sufficient

Someday, one day we'll live our lives again

Slipknot - This Cold Black

A Tribe Called Quest - The Chase, Part II

Time: 0:25

Them can't hold we, no, them can't hold we (turn the party out)

(Damn, Phife, you got fat), yeah, I know it looks pathetic

Ali Shaheed Muhammad got me doing calisthenics (uh)

A Tribe Called Quest - The Chase, Part II

Staind - Eyes Wide Open

Time: 0:42

Justifying all the actions you take

It's pathetic and poetic

It's just sick

Staind - Eyes Wide Open

Nine Inch Nails - Burning Bright (Field On Fire)

Time: 0:53

Back to what I really am

Look at this pathetic place I made

With little bits of sticks and hair, and anything I found along the way

Nine Inch Nails - Burning Bright (Field On Fire)

Panic! At the Disco - Pas de Cheval

Time: 1:00

Toast, high until they find

Less pathetic wine

Until they get a better blend

Panic! At the Disco - Pas de Cheval

Morrissey - I Have Forgiven Jesus

Time: 2:04

Wednesday - condescension

Thursday - is pathetic

By Friday life has killed me

Morrissey - I Have Forgiven Jesus

Kali Uchis - All Mine

Time: 1:47

You couldn't keep him even if I gave him to you

It's just pathetic at this point

If you think my baby'll leave me for you (tell the world)

Kali Uchis - All Mine

J. Cole - Chaining Day

Time: 0:05

For real

Look at me, pathetic nigga, this chain that I bought

You mix dream pain and fame, this is heinous result

J. Cole - Chaining Day

Raye - Ice Cream Man.

Time: 3:11

You made me frame myself for your sins

You pathetic, dead excuse of a man

Ooh-ooh

Raye - Ice Cream Man.

Avril Lavigne - Can You Die From a Broken Heart

Time: 0:18

And just like you, I didn't have the heart to see them go

I know it sounds pathetic, I guess it kind of is

Emotions burn in different lights and that's just what it is

Avril Lavigne - Can You Die From a Broken Heart

Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Last Supper

Time: 4:29

So they'll all talk about us when we've died

You, sad pathetic man, see where you've brought us to

Our ideals die around us, all because of you

Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Last Supper

Ed Sheeran - Page

Time: 1:19

Head spin, maybe I'm destined to be

Always lonely, alone, a loser, pathetic

Maybe tomorrow all will be better

Ed Sheeran - Page

Pharrell Williams - Functional Addict

Time: 2:17

Savage, you go use your credit

Boss up, you niggas pathetic (bag it up)

These flows done turned me into an addict (ayy, ayy)

Pharrell Williams - Functional Addict

Gorillaz - The Manifesto

Time: 4:19

A medic case that'll detonate, Dirty Harry

A pathetic taste, a shroomhead that murder fairies

A recovering heroin addict, looking down the barrel

Gorillaz - The Manifesto

Green Day - Longview

Time: 2:22

But no one's calling

Call me pathetic, call me what you will

My mother says to get a job

Green Day - Longview

Disturbed - A Welcome Burden

Time: 0:38

♪

Gather your pathetic masses and bring them to me

To a world devoid of light

Disturbed - A Welcome Burden

Limp Bizkit - The Truth

Time: 3:06

Why owe your life to a bitch?

Absolutely pathetic

And regret it when told you are made of mistakes

Limp Bizkit - The Truth

Marilyn Manson - Fated, Faithful, Fatal

Time: 0:33

The past is over

Now passive seems so pathetic

Are we fated, faithful, or fatal?

Marilyn Manson - Fated, Faithful, Fatal

Demi Lovato - In My Head

Time: 1:26

The way you're making a scene, and how you make me believe every word, every sentence (oh)

You don't have to say it, I know that I sound pathetic

I could be everything I'm not, could play every single part

Demi Lovato - In My Head

Tony Bennett - You're The Top

Time: 0:02

At words poetic, I'm so pathetic

That I always have found it best

Tony Bennett - You're The Top

Black Sabbath - Pariah

Time: 2:33

A symbol of your own device

Pathetic in your own sad way

You're just one pill away from taking my advice

Black Sabbath - Pariah

Jethro Tull - Sossity; You're a Woman

Time: 1:03

Give me the straight-laced promise

And not the pathetic lie

Tie me down with your ribbons

Jethro Tull - Sossity; You're a Woman

Elvis Costello - The Other Side of Summer

Time: 0:43

The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice

The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows

The teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars

Elvis Costello - The Other Side of Summer

Pet Shop Boys - Shameless

Time: 1:57

my make-up, my wardrobe, my wigs

Don't call me pathetic

I'm harder than you'll ever guess

Pet Shop Boys - Shameless

Blur - Birthday

Time: 1:34

Watch the sky day

What a pathetic day

I don't like this day

Blur - Birthday

Breaking Benjamin - Lady Bug

Time: 0:44

Ladybug

You're pathetic and I've said it more than once

Ladybug

Breaking Benjamin - Lady Bug

The Smashing Pumpkins - Minerva

Time: 1:17

Minerva, Desert Us In Pantomime

Pathetic, Prophetic Columbines

These Perfumed Vapors That Reek A Riot's End

The Smashing Pumpkins - Minerva

MARINA - I Am Not A Robot

Time: 1:24

You don't pick up the phone when it ring, ring, rings

Don't be so pathetic, just open up and sing

I'm vulnerable, I'm vulnerable

MARINA - I Am Not A Robot

Lou Reed - The Raven

Time: 3:45

As if his soul in that one word

He did outpour, "Pathetic."

Nothing farther than he uttered

Lou Reed - The Raven

Ella Fitzgerald - You're the Top

Time: 0:01

At words poetic I'm so pathetic

That I always have found it best

Ella Fitzgerald - You're the Top

Gunna - back at it

Time: 0:19

The boy got the rock and he sleep at the top like a crack addict

Two racks just for the tank top, you niggas is pathetic

Back at it (Yeah)

Gunna - back at it

Metallica - Little Dog

Time: 4:24

♪

Pathetic little dog

♪

Metallica - Little Dog