Better Off Without You is a formerly unidentified ballad song by Californian musicians Ben Boquist and Brian Graden. Recorded in 2015 but the song was never officially released.
Search History[]
The song was leaked onto utopiaparkwaymusic.com on February 15th, 2015, along with other demos by the same artist, Remember You, Bells, The Piano, I’ll Grow Old With You and The Grand Parade.
On March 25th, 2023, user Q uploaded the song, along with the other songs. Almost immediately after, the YouTube copyright system identified the first song as Remember You by Ben Boquist and Brian Graden. Q checked the upload of Remember You, and also found Bells.
Both songs were officially released in 2021, the versions leaked on utopiaparkwaymusic were demo versions. None of the other leaked songs were officially released, so there wasn’t any way to fully confirm they were also by Ben and Brian.
On April 8th, 2023, Q asked Ben on Twitter if he and Brian made the demos. Despite multiple attempts to contact him, he never responded. The songs were likely confirmed after Brian Graden was contacted. The title isn’t fully confirmed, but the file name is “Better Off Without You”.
Lyrics[]
Can't believe that you said it first
How typical, once again I acted too slow
Now she gets to think it was her
But It was me, now she's never going to know
Well, I was gonna tell you
I was gonna leave you
Waiting for the moment
Didn't wanna grieve you
You made me think that
You cared about me all along
Fuck you very much Mrs. Withholding Control
Fuck you Queen of Lies with the make believe soul
Better off without you, go and find a mushier man
Fuck all the movies you made me sit through
And fuck Downtown Abbey and fuck Juno too
Better of without you, gonna block them out if I can
Can believe she made me believe
That she was weak, reaching out her hands for my heart
Acting oh so sweet and naïve
But now I see, she was always playing a part
Well, I'm here to tell you
I knew you were faking
Never quite believed
The drama you were making
I just pretended so you'd think I actually cared
Fuck you very much Mrs. Manipulative
Fuck you and the fact you continue to live
How could you betray me knowing all the grace that I give
Fuck all your friends and their hisptery ways
Fuck pointless discussions that go on for days
Better off without I found a new reason to live
And it's the fact that I'm free
From your negativity
Yeah life is brighter
I feel younger, I feel lighter
And I see
Just how perfect life can be
Without you in it
Life's a game and I can win it
Wait and see
Can't believe that she said it first
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