better off by Ariana Grande

Artist: Ariana Grande

Genre: Pop

Length: 2:51

On “better off,” Ariana dissects her relationship and comes to realize her partner isn’t good for her. Originally, the song wasn’t going to be included on Sweetener as Ariana felt it was “too honest about what [she] was afraid of happening” to her relationship at the time. She added it to the album after “the people in [her] life” changed. It has been speculated that “better off” is about Ariana’s relationship with Mac Miller, which ended three months before the song’s release. Ariana had pr...

better off lyrics

You keep me in your orbit
Well, I know I'm a hard one to please
Give it too much importance
My love'll have you fall to your knees
I tell them this too often
Know better than to bark up my tree
Just for me to fall and leave
Nah, I'd rather just watch you smoke and drink, yeah
Steering clear of any headaches to start
And if we're being honest
I'd rather your body than half of your heart
Or jealous-ridden comments
That come when you let in them feelings
That I don't want
I never let 'em know too much
Hate gettin' too emotional, yeah
I'm better off without 'em
I'm better off being a wild one
On the road a lot, had to keep it a thousand
So that I'm better off not being around ya'
Go on and face it, I'll never be ready for you, ready for you
I swear my love is a curse, make you head over shoes (head over shoes)
Let's put them topics to bed and go
Fuck on the roof, just to say that we did it
You keep insisting I listen to your proposition
I dismiss them all, no offence, yeah
Steering clear of any headaches to start
And if we're being honest
I'd rather your body than half of your heart
Or jealous-ridden comments
That come when you let in them feelings that I don't want
I never let 'em know too much
Hate gettin' too emotional, yeah
I'm better off without him
I'm better off being a wild one
On the road a lot, had to keep it a thousand
So that I'm better off not being around ya
I'm better off without him
I'm better off being a wild one
On the road a lot, had to keep it a thousand
So that I'm better off not being around ya

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