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Foo Fighters

Better Off

Release date: 12th April 2011

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'Better Off' by Foo Fighters is a 2011 track from 'Wasting Light (Deluxe Edition Best Buy Exclusive)'. The lyrics sketch a relationship that has turned sour, with images of a life that feels worn out and out of place, and a speaker increasingly impatient with another person’s demands and evasions. The verse pivots around being “tired of waitin’”, while an urgent refrain of alarm cuts through the frustration.

"Better Off" is a track by Foo Fighters, from the album Wasting Light (Deluxe Edition Best Buy Exclusive), released 12th April 2011. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Foo Fighters.

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Lyrics

Better Off

[Verse 1]

Breakin' the static, a life automatic

Everyone mad about you

Look like a dirty old bruise

Face like a faded tattoo

Life imitated, it's only faded

Tired of waitin' on you

What did you want me to do

Sit here and dream about

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh no, oh no, oh no!

[Chorus]

You know you're better off, you bastard, bastard, bastard

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

You know I'm better off, you bastard, bastard, bastard

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]

Now that you're sane and the picture you painted

Don't really look much like you

Little more long in the tooth

Whaddya you know about truth?

Is it there and it's just interferin'

Life isn't fair but I knew

What if I'm haunted by you

Every time that I

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh no, oh no, oh no!

[Chorus]

You know you're better off, you bastard, bastard, bastard

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

You know I'm better off, you bastard, bastard, bastard

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]

You are my favorite disaster

Finally time to clear the air

[Post-Chorus]

Just don't forget to breathe

Please don't forget to breathe

Everyone's better off this way

So take it away!

Take it away!

Take it away!

[Chorus]

You know you're better off, you bastard, bastard, bastard

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

You know I'm better off, you bastard, bastard, bastard

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

[Post-Chorus]

Just don't forget to breathe

Please don't forget to breathe

Everyone's better off this way

So take it away!

Take it away!

Take it away!

[Outro]

Go!

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From Wasting Light (Deluxe Edition Best Buy Exclusive)

2011
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