Lyrics The Better Off - The Day After

The Better Off

I guess I’ve found my way to honestly say the things
I had no choice
but I had to voice this conflict of interest
because you wanted me to say that I was «the one»
clearly I’m the one you gave up on
so let me put this all in perspective for you
not a word you said about me is true
so tell me the truth
can you say that when you look at me, you know where I went wrong
it’s not your concept of success that makes
you truly understand my thoughts and my actions
and if you’ve still got something left to say
why don’t you put me in my place
speak up
my passive aggression will only lead me down a path to seclusion
my only comfort is the knowledge that I will never let you define me
(I don’t have a single thing left to say to you,
but if I did it would simply be this:
«I hope one day, we’ll both be better off»)
how can you say that when you look at me, you know where I went wrong
my only hope is that one day you might just
come to understand my thoughts and my actions
I hope, that you know,
sometimes I would be better off alone, but you know,
MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT ME,
I’ve heard the rumors that you
that you were pushing while you’re pulling
yourself from the uncomfortable notion of me,
you can do better for yourself, can’t you see,
that we are all the ones
that you turned your back on
and the sky your eyes are on
will just continue to darken
I hope one day we’ll be better off…