Com a revelação de que “Better Man”, da banda Big Little Town, foi escrita por Taylor Swift, os fãs da cantora se puseram a analisar a letra imediatamente. A canção trata do fim de um relacionamento e traz versos como “I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man” (em tradução livre: apenas sinto sua falta, e queria que você fosse um homem melhor). Para muitos, é claramente sobre Calvin Harris.
A LETRA É TOTALMENTE TAYVIN OMG #ARIASTAYLORSWIFT https://t.co/C6GvFhtT0Y
— NAH/ TS6 IS COMING 👀 (@NatthySwift) November 1, 2016
calvin writing about taylor vs taylor writing about calvin
shook pic.twitter.com/JZn8QZNxr7— ηαsταsια (@stateofgrazia) November 1, 2016
Calvin Harris broke Taylor's heart so hard that she wrote a country song. #BetterMan
— Ashlynn Webb (@AshlynnWebb22) November 1, 2016
Taylor Swift não esconde que compõe a partir de vivências pessoais: conteúdo autobiográfico. Ela terminou com Calvin neste ano, inicialmente de maneira “amigável”, e depois conturbada – quando ela contou para todos que era a verdadeira autora do single “This Is What You Came For”, lançado pelo DJ.
Em outro pedaço de “Better Man”, o eu-lírico diz que o amado era muito ciumento e que tudo sempre tinha que ser de acordo com os termos dele. Para quem acompanhou o namoro com Calvin, há um link realmente: saíram muitas notícias de que ele não queria exposição, que não queria que ela cantasse sobre ele, etc. Durante o relacionamento, o consenso foi de acordo com as necessidades dele. Será que a letra é mesmo sobre Calvin? Vale lembrar que o single novo dele se chama “My Way”.
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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, 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
And 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’s always on your terms
I’m hanging on every careless word
Hoping it might turn sweet again
Like it was in the beginning
But your jealousy, I can hear it now
You’re talking down to me like I’ll always be around
You push my love away like it’s some kind of loaded gun
Boy, 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
And I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
A better man
Better man
I hold onto this pride because these days it’s all I have
And I gave you my best and we both know you can’t say that
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
And I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
A better man
Better man
We might still be in love, if you were a better man
Better man
