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MERAHPUTIH.COM - LAGU Better Man milik Taylor Swift sebenarnya bukan rilisan baru. Lagu berdurasi 4 menit 57 detik tersebut kembali diperkenalkan melalui album rekaman ulang Red (Taylor’s Version) (2021), tepatnya dalam bagian The Vault. Karya ini dikenal sebagai salah satu lagu patah hati paling emosional yang pernah ia hadirkan.
Menariknya, Better Man kini kembali populer di TikTok. Lagu ini banyak digunakan sebagai latar berbagai konten bertema galau dan patah hati, mulai dari video lip sync hingga momen reflektif yang menampilkan pengguna yang larut dalam makna liriknya.
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Berikut lirik lengkapnya:
I know I'm probably better off on my own
Than lovin’ a man who didn't know what he had when he had it
And I see the permanent damage you did to me
Never again, I just wish I could forget when it was magic
I wish it wasn't 4AM, standin’ in the mirror
Saying to myself, "You know you had to do it"
I know the bravest thing I ever did was run
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
A better man
I know I'm probably better off all alone
Than needing a man who could change his mind at any given minute
And it was always on your terms, I waited on every careless word
Hoping they might turn sweet again like it was in the beginning
But your jealousy, oh, I can hear it now
Talking down to me like I'd always be around
Push my love away like it was some kind of loaded gun
Oh, you never thought I'd run
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
A better man
I hold onto this pride because, these days, it's all I have
And I gave to you my best
And we both know you can't say that
I wish you were a better man
I wonder what we would've become if you were a better man
We might still be in love if you were a better man
You would've been the one if you were a better man
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
A better man
(Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again)
We might still be in love, if you were a better man
(But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man)
I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
A better man
We might still be in love if you were a better man
You would’ve been the one if you were a better man.(Far)
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