Discover the story of the song > Psychotic Girl – The Black Keys

The song is about a man who knows that his partner is not treating him well and is behaving abusively towards him, picking him up and letting him down repeatedly. He sees her as a "psychotic girl" who he cannot be with. Despite trying to give her the benefit of the doubt and hoping she would change, he knows that she will continue to hurt him. So, he decides that he will not get lost in her world and chooses to leave her.