The 2010 track initially had different lyrics.
I had it all, I had him right there where I wanted himShe took him faster than you can say "Sabotage"She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum, Taylor planted Easter eggs and secret messages with capitalized letters sprinkled throughout the lyrics of each song. For "Better Than Revenge," the secret message was "You thought I would forget.
In the second verse, Taylor describes the subject of the song as a sophisticated, posh woman who went to prep school and is hard to please. She continuously criticizes and addresses details about the person, which aren't painted in the best light considering the apparent situation at hand.I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honeyI'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honeyAh, yes, another Swiftian bridge to decode.
The outro is dripping with sarcasm as Taylor says the subject is "so much better" than she is and "deserves some applause" for successfully stealing her ex from her.
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