Better Off Dead Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mlfm256 

Cover art for Better Off Dead lyrics by Elton John

i love this song, i think its one of my favorite elton johns songs. but just for the beat. to me it seems so dark though, like the beat sounds like marching, or guns or somthing,,, so when i heard this song i always pictured a scene with a lot of viloence like a war or a riot. is this song refrencing somthing in history cause i probably wouldn't know. its a good song either way

I agree. It has a severe underlying beat...it really reminds me of marching. The lyrics about the arrest and the lower side of life they are revealing seem to represent the development of an inner city "low life" that is a perpetual problem unaddressable by common law, or that common law has neglected to spurn to correction. Therefore the greater correction must come out of a state too big for itself, a fascist or overarching rule that seeks to overcorrect what a man's own self or parents or brother or neighbor or friend did not correct in him (hence the...