Bad Love

Randy Newman Bad Love Album

9.Better Off Dead

Musically, this one has a sort of overblown, heavenly quality to
it. but lyrically, it's another story of a guy getting himself
into a bad relationship that he can't get out of. he says, 'w
Ou fall in love with someone who doesn't love you/ someone who
treats you so badly it ramifies your head/ someone who doesn't
want you but won't let you go/ someone who thinks you're crazy
and t
You so, over and over and over/ if this happens to you, you're
better off dead.' it's exaggerated, but there's a kernel of
truth there for so many people. you don't know what bad is until
y
El that. i know what i'm talking about because i was once a
woman who loved too much.

I know some critic is going to think i don't know what the word
ramify means, or how to use it. made up an alternate verb form
of it here, like a made-up r&b word, like the 'puppet
Quot; of love. wanted to say how there would be ramifications
from something that happens to your head in this kind of a
relationship. i should've said 'blamifies' or something to make
Eally obvious i was playing with the word, but i just didn't
give a fuck.