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, 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

[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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

[Instrumental bridge, guitar solo]

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

[Outro]
(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)