The song’s name, YBFTBYT, is an acronym of the first line: You’ve been forgetting to brush your teeth. It establishes the melancholic, pared-down style of the track. A sense of your life slipping away, of hedonism turning sour…
[Verse 1]
You've been forgetting to brush your teeth
You've been out every night this week
You've been smoking but you don't smoke
Everyone's laughing now, you're the butt of the joke
[Refrain]
You are better than the hour taxi line
Pissing by a public stop sign
You could go home but you're not the kind
[Verse 2]
Overcompensate with your vices
A reward for a couple days of niceness
[Refrain]
But you're pissing by a public stop sign
You could go home but you're not the kind
I'm not the only one in crisis
I'm not the only one in crisis
[Outro]
All you own is your name
And you're the winner again