Better By You, Better Than Me
Judas Priest * Track #3 On Stained Class
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Album Stained Class
Better By You, Better Than Me by Judas Priest
Release Date
Performed by
Judas PriestWrited by
Gary WrightAbout
A cover of the Spooky Tooth song from their self-titled album, “Better By You, Better Than Me” achieved notoriety as it became a ‘poster-case’ used against subliminal messages and backmasking in heavy metal.
In December 1985 two Nevadan adolescents, James Vance (aged 20) and Ray Belknap (aged 19),...
Better By You, Better Than Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You could find a way to ease my passion
You listen to the blood flow in my veins
You hear the teaching of the wind
Tell her why I'm alive within
I can't find the words, my mind is dead
It's better by you, better than me
[Verse 2]
Guess you'll have to tell her how I tried
To speak up thoughts I've held so long inside
Tell her now I got to go
Out in the streets and down the shore
Tell her the world's not much living for
It's better by you, better than me
[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody
Everybody knows
Everybody
Everybody knows
[Chorus]
Better by you, better than me
You can tell what I want it to be
You can say what I only can see
It's better by you, better than me
[Verse 3]
Guess I'll have to change my way of living
Don't want to really know the way I feel
Guess I'll learn to fight and kill
Tell her not to wait until
They find my blood upon her windowsill
It's better by you, better than me
[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody
Everybody knows
Everybody
Everybody knows
[Chorus]
Better by you, better than me
You can say what I only can see
You can tell what I want it to be
It's better by you, better than me
[Outro]
Better by you, better than me
You can tell what I want it to be (Better than me)
You can say what I only can see
Better by you, better than me
Better by you, better than me
You can say what I only can see (Better than me)
You can tell what I want it, what I want it, what I want it to be
Better By You, Better Than Me Q&A
Who wrote Better By You, Better Than Me's ?
Better By You, Better Than Me was written by Gary Wright.
Who produced Better By You, Better Than Me's ?
Better By You, Better Than Me was produced by James Guthrie & Judas Priest.
When did Judas Priest release Better By You, Better Than Me?
Judas Priest released Better By You, Better Than Me on Fri Feb 10 1978.
What did Judas Priest say about "Better By You, Better Than Me"?
The lyrics to “Better By You, Better Than Me” are about going to war and about someone who is too upset to express himself to his lover and asks a friend to say it for him: ‘It’s better by you than me because you can express yourself better at this time’. It has absolutely nothing to do with suicide...
What have the artists said about the song?
“Better By You, Better Than Me” caused us a lot of problems down the line, when we got pulled into court for subliminal messaging. We thought they were joking when someone first told us, next thing we knew we were on a plane to Reno to appear in court with all these people with placards chanting out...