"Better Man" (en español: "Hombre mejor") es una canción escrita por Taylor Swift durante sus sesiones de escritura para su cuarto álbum Red (2012), pero fue descartada por razones desconocidas.
Versión de Little Big Town[]
En octubre de 2016, el grupo de música country Little Big Town lanzó la canción como el sencillo principal de su álbum The Breaker. Una fuente desconocida le reportó a Us Weekly que Swift le envió la canción al grupo en julio de 2016. Según la miembro del grupo Karen Fairchild, Swift pensó en Little Big Town por sus armonías, entonces le envió la canción a ellos. Esta versión de la canción cuenta con un video musical dirigido por Becky Fluke y Reid Long.
La canción también recibió críticas positivas de los críticos profesionales, con Taste of Country posicionándola en el número 42 de las mejores canciones de la década de 2010. La canción también fue nominada a dos Premios Grammy en 2018, en las categorías de Mejor Canción Country y Mejor Performance de Dúo/Grupo Country, ganando este último.
Better Man (Taylor's Version)[]
Swift regrabó "Better Man", subtitulado "(Taylor's Version)", para su segundo álbum regrabado, Red (Taylor's Version), lanzado el 12 de noviembre de 2021 a través de Republic Records. La regrabación de "Better Man" presenta una guitarra lap steel y la London Contemporary Orchestra, arreglada por Bryce Dessner.
Presentaciones en vivo[]
Taylor Swift interpretó "Better Man" en Club Nomadic en Houston como parte del especial de DirecTV, Super Saturday Night el 4 de febrero de 2017. También lo interpretó el 31 de marzo de 2018 en el Bluebird Café en Nashville, Tennessee, y el 25 de agosto de 2018 en su parada del Reputation Stadium Tour en el Nissan Stadium de Nashville. El 12 de octubre de 2021, la demo original de Taylor para "Better Man" se filtró ampliamente en línea.
Letra[]
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 4 AM, standing 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
And 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
And 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
Yeah, yeah
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
And 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)
Yeah, yeah
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
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