Better Off Than Before

[Verse 1]
You used to call at 3 AM
Pick a fight, then hang it up
I’d wake up walking on eggshells
Trying to prove I was enough
You turned my friends into suspects
Checked my phone when I fell asleep
Every laugh was an “ulterior motive”
Every promise, you’d never keep
[Chorus]
I don’t miss you, I miss my peace
Miss the boy I was before you sank your teeth
I’m breathing easy, you’re out of my door
All your poison, it’s not in me anymore
I don’t miss you, I miss my time
Miss the days I didn’t live inside your lies
I’m not heartbroken, I’m just relieved
Better off than before, now that you’re gone from me
[Verse 2]
You kept a list of my “failures”
Read it out when you felt small
Told me I was lucky to have you
Till I stopped believing you at all
You’d disappear for the weekend
Come back crying, say you changed
Then twist my words in the morning
Make me think I was the one deranged
[Chorus]
I don’t miss you, I miss my peace
Miss the boy I was before you sank your teeth
I’m breathing easy, you’re out of my door
All your poison, it’s not in me anymore
I don’t miss you, I miss my time
Miss the days I didn’t live inside your lies
I’m not heartbroken, I’m just relieved
Better off than before, now that you’re gone from me
[Bridge]
Now my phone lights up and I don’t freeze (don’t flinch)
I can laugh too loud, I can finally sleep
Funny how alone feels like being free
Guess the worst thing for my heart was you with me
[Chorus]
I don’t miss you, I miss my peace
Miss the boy I was before you sank your teeth
I’m breathing easy, you’re out of my door
All your poison, it’s not in me anymore
I don’t miss you, I miss my time
Miss the days I didn’t live inside your lies
I’m not heartbroken, I’m just relieved
Better off than before, now that you’re gone from me
Better off than before
Now that you’re gone from me

pop, Slick midtempo pop with male vocals, glassy synths over a tight drum groove. Verses stay intimate with plucky guitar and dry vocal; chorus widens with stacked harmonies, airy pads, and a bright, punchy snare. Bridge strips back to vocal and bass pulse, then slams into a final, triumphant hook. Confident, forward-driving energy with a hint of bitterness in the delivery.