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Better Off (Acoustic)

from Better Off Now - Acoustic Versions by Alex Reade

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I've never really met an optimist without a scar,
Or someone unbruised after coming so far.
Your words burned me right after they hurt me most,
This dumb smile of mine should haunt you like a ghost.

But I'm fine to go, and I find it so underwhelming if I'm honest.
And you try to know what it's like to be alone.

Have you ever met someone that doesn't know loss?
When faced with a darkness didn't make it across?
The jet pilot who's anything but turbulent,
The artist who's tears made them brilliant.

And I find it shows, in time you grow.
You rise above your darkest demons.
And I hope you know, I kind of glow.
(Maybe I'm better off without you?)

Now you've got me thinking.

I'm better off, better off without you.
Maybe I'm better off, better off alone?
You held me down,
And messed me around,
But I won't miss that frown,
Because I'm better off, better off now.

I used to wonder what it was that made you go,
You dug out escape routes inside the snow.
I tried and tried again to make ends meet,
I guess in the end you got itchy feet?

Now it's fine, just go,
Recite your own version of "how things went down"
Cause deep down I know,
You can't revoke the fact that I'm all smiles now.

Now you've got me thinking.

I'm better off, better off without you.
Maybe I'm better off, better off alone?
You held me down,
And messed me around,
But I won't miss that frown,
Because I'm better off, better off now.

(Better)
Better off now.

(Better)
I'm better off now.

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from Better Off Now - Acoustic Versions, released March 16, 2018

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I am a Producer / Composer from Hertfordshire, UK. I create all kinds of different music. Here you can preview and download all my releases under all my different projects.

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