Keane - Better Than This Lyrics and Video
Better Than This by Keane, Music Video and Lyrics
Better Than This is the fourth single from Keane’s third studio album, Perfect Symmetry.
The song will be released on March 16, 2009.
Here is Keane performing the song live at ‘BBC - Later with Jools Holland‘ on October 21st.
Keane - Better Than This Lyrics
Is this what you meant?
Is this
What you dreamed of?
When you were making
Your plans
Shaking the dirt off?
Do you feel like you
And I belong?
(Oh, ah, oh)
Just keep your eyes
On the road
And nothing can go wrong
You could do so much
Better than this
You could do so much
Better than this
I’ve been checking my sums
Oh where did the time go?
Holding my photograph up
To the window
Through the paper
A refracted sun
(Oh, ah, oh)
I can see all the things
I wish that I’d done
You can hang your hopes
On the bedsits masses
You can put your faith
In the foreign
You can tell yourself
You can do your best
You could do so much
Better than this
Get a grip on yourself
Get a grip on yourself
Could have been something
But you’re too late
And you
Wouldn’t want it anyway
Just a photograph
From the wrong time
‘Cause there
Is no soap star
Holding your hand
You can see yourself
In a freeze-frame
Must be someone else
Using your name
And everyone
Will be the same
And everyone will …
And everywhere
You’ll see your name
In every shop window
It’s better than this
You could do so much
Better than this
You could do so much
Better than this
You could do so much
Better than this
Song Information
Tom describes the song as: “Better Than This is a protest song, a rambling exhortation to stop worshipping at the altar of Heat magazine and celebrate the immense beauty of human life and the many miraculous achievements that go unnoticed and uncelebrated every day.”
Released in United Kingdom on March 16, 2009
Recorded Teldex Studios, Berlin
Genre Piano Rock
Label Island Records
Writers Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes
Producer Keane

February 17th, 2009 at 3:39 am
The words are:
You can hang your hopes on the next ace
You can put your faith in a phone-in
also:
And you weren’t invited anyway