Better Off Without Songtext
von Patterson Hood

I′m better off without her holding me down
Driving me crazy when she's not around
Better off without pacing back and forth
The taste of ocean water leaves me wanting more
And if salt is what she craves, why am I so bitter?
She′s so sweet it rots my teeth every time I kiss her
And I'm better off in fifty ways, why do I still miss her?


Misty-eyed and tossed about
Thinking 'bout things I′m better off without
Thinking ′bout things I'm better off without
′Cause I'm better off without all she was about

Her mood swings so violently it′s tough to stand my ground
It's so tough to stand around pacing back and forth
Lonely is awake alone at four in the morning
While she′s off to better things, better off without me
I would only hold her down until she stopped fighting
My skin is underneath her nails since she came unbound
It's too late to turn around

Thinking 'bout things I′m better off without
Thinking ′bout things I'm better off without
Thinking ′bout things I'm better off without