It's Better This Way (Alternative Version) - The Associates

Will we ever talk again the way we used to? Is it time to have our last words tattooed? Does your mom still ask if I'm doing alright? Do the songs we used to sing keep you up at night? The ones that go "ooooh" Not not missing you I'll keep justifying the reasons I let you go And the version of myself I pretend to know Until another life where I decide to stay It's better this way Guess we were meant to be, just not to last And to your next girl, I'll be just a part of your past Still, will you think of me and all the good? 'Cuz I'll play our song when I pass your neighborhood All you'll hear is "ooooh" Tired of missing you I'll keep justifying the reasons we're both better off And I'll tell my friends that our spark just happened to get lost And when my sister asks how you're doing again these days It's better this way A shout for help Turned into a whisper What I'd do to hear you say "I still miss her" I'll continue to be misunderstood But if I could go back, I would I know we'll never talk again the way we used to Still I want to waste some ink on a tattoo

Say that we're through Since you've been gone, you don't feel blue Say we should part We've come too far to know where to start But I see the wind in the trees And the sound is so far away So please don't say, it's better this way Say it's not right We just don't work, and god knows we tried Say I was wrong Now you can see it was me all along But I read this chapter again The same one I read yesterday So please don't say, it's better this way I know we're back here again The same place we find ourselves in I'm not pretending that everything's fine I have no words of my own To unsow the seeds we have sown All I am asking is baby be kind Say that it's gone I should let go, try to move on Say that it's true You couldn't wait, you found someone new But I cannot tell you a lie My heart, it breaks every day So please don't say it's better this way So please don't say it's better this way

Hypothermic ice cubes are melting down With prisoners from BSA and the Royal Crown A fertilizing agent for the parasitic fool Well, he drinks double hernias Spits out wooden stools A European throwback is spasmodicular If you can't do no good then sucker Don't you do no harm Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything Graphically perfect, totally intact On display credential, he said, shouted fact All important rubbish made to publish made to last All important rubbish made to publish made to last When I came around, I asked if you could dance (Woo) When I came around, I asked if you could dance (Woo) Anesthetists don't dance They have balls with masks in France Place your bets on ego, won't someone fire me? Curl darling, I'm on K, hopeless inspire me A million things to the individuals a million things A million things to the million singular eyes has everything Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything Graphically perfect, totally intact On display credential, he said, shouted fact All important rubbish made to publish made to last All important rubbish made to publish made to last Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything Graphically perfect, totally intact On display credential, he said, shouted fact All important rubbish made to publish made to last All important rubbish made to publish made to last Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything

She drove me far too far And then I drove her car The streets are long and wide I felt I had no place to hide My courage in a glass Ich liebe wass ist das? Are you my only friend? Temptation drives me round the bend So take me to the girl that I once knew Does she know what I've been going through? I've been searching for her everywhere I think my darling's gone; I didn't care Geneva is the city of our love Are these voices calling from above? Now no-one can ever take her place No-one in the whole wide human race Society's to blame This picture in a frame Picasso told me so I guess he ought to really know My flesh was always weak My tango less than chic Such grandeur took its toll And left me here a wretched soul So take me to the girl that I once knew Does she know what I've been going through? I've been searching for her everywhere I think my darling's gone; I didn't care Geneva is the city of our love Are these voices calling from above? Now no-one can ever take her place No-one in the whole wide human race So take me to the girl that I once knew Does she know what I've been going through? I've been searching for her everywhere I think my darling's gone; I didn't care Geneva is the city of our love Are these voices calling from above? Now no-one can ever take her place No-one in the whole wide human race

The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful I miss having you around Aggressive and ninety pounds But after an hour or so I wait, wanting you to go To where a thought's left alone In ventures through icy zones The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful You've done it for me again And, frankly, I'm stirred again With mouthfuls of sour grapes I try telling mirrored shapes Perhaps for a little while A war zone in Israel A citizen's feeling ill A stain on a gorgeous dress Bless me, bless you Just in time, I found you out just in time (Time's not just) You showed signs of leaving me, count to nine (Count it! Count it!) The best of you has always been wonderful (Bore me, bore me) The rest of you has always been terrible Well kind of ... well The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful Of letters I've kept and read The one that you sent me bled At edges, at odds with sense And still I sit on this fence Perhaps for a little while Knock out -- I'm on the floor (The floor, the floor) Knock out another door I'll never stay in your way All you have to do is say Just in time, I found you out just in time (Time's not just) You showed signs of leaving me, count to nine (Count it! Count it!) The best of you has always been wonderful (Bore me, bore me) The rest of you has always been terrible Well kind of ... well The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful The best of you The rest of you The best of you What's left of you