" Jaded " is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by lead singer Steven Tyler and songwriting collaborator Marti Frederiksen. Serviced to US radio in January 2001, the single was released on February 20, 2001, as the first single from the band ' s 13th studio album, Just Push Play( 2001). Tyler was inspired to write the song based on missing much of his daughter Liv Tyler ' s childhood while being on the road with his band. The song ' s lyrics are about a girl who is " jaded ", and how the relationship the narrator has with the girl is sometimes " complicated ", but asserts that " I ' m the one that jaded you. " Tyler stated that " When I hit on the melody for ' Jaded,' it was so phenomenal that for a while I was scared to do anything more with it. I didn ' t even tell the band."