Better By You, Better Than Me

"Better By You, Better Than Me" is the seventh track from British rock band Spooky Tooth's Spooky Two, released in 1969. It was covered by British heavy metal band Judas Priest in 1977 for their album Stained Class.

In 1985, two young American adults became intoxicated listening to this song, which supposedly convinced them to attempt suicide with a 12-gauge shotgun, killing one and severely disfiguring the other. The other would die of an overdose three years later. Judas Priest was on trial in 1991 for the incident on charges of the song containing subliminal messages saying "do it". The case was eventually dismissed.

You could find a way to ease my passion You listen to the blood flow in my veins You hear the teaching of the wind Tell her why I'm alive within I can't find the words My mind is dead It's better by you better than me

Guess you'll have to tell her how I tried To speak up thoughts I've held so inside Tell her now I've got to go Out in the streets and down the shore Tell her the world's not much for living for It's better by you better than me

Everybody Everybody knows Everybody Everybody knows

Better by you better than me You can tell what I want it to be You can say what I only can see It's better by you better than me

Guess I'll have to change my way of living Don't wanna really know the way I feel Guess I'll learn to fight and kill Tell her not to wait until They'll find my blood upon her windowsill It's better by you better than me

Everybody Everybody knows Everybody Everybody knows

Better by you better than me You can say what I only can see You can tell what I want it to be Better by you better than me

It's better by you better than me You can tell what I want it to be Better by you better than me You can say way all they can see
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