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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...
[Verse 1]
You keep me in your orbit
Well, I know I'm a hard one to please
Give it too much importance
My love will have you fall to your knees
I tell 'em 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
[Pre-Chorus]
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 (Woah), yeah
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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 'em all, no offense, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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 (No, yeah)
[Outro]
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, uh
better off was written by Ariana Grande & Hit-Boy & TBHits & Malik Baptiste & Kaydence.
better off was produced by Hit-Boy & TBHits & Malik Baptiste.
Ariana Grande released better off on Fri Aug 17 2018.
Ariana Grande spoke on the song via her twitter
Yes, live at the BBC in London:
In an 2018 interview with Zach Sang Ariana spoke about the song:
I wasn’t gonna put it on the album because I didn’t think I’d be where I am in life now and like it was almost too honest about like what I was afraid of happening and then life changed and things happened and I was like “You know wha...