I was bored out my mind
Lost my whole appetite
When I could come to life, I didn't
You were there all the time
You're the worst of my crimes
You fell hard, I thought "good riddance"
[Chorus]
I never was the best to you
I never was the best to you
I never was, I never was
[Verse 2]
Used to lie to your face
Twenty times in a day
It was my little strange addiction
But you still tried to stay
While I'd self-isolate
And I knew, but I stayed hidden
[Chorus]
I never was the best to you
I never was the best to you
I never was, I never was
I never was the best to you
I never was the best to you
I never was, I never was
And I destroyed every silver linin' you had in your head
All of your feelings, I played with them
Go ahead, we can just call it conditionin'
We were too different, you were so sensitive
Gave me the best of that, I was so negligent
Now, I feel terrible 'bout how I handled it
And now, I, now I bet you resent
All of me, all of it, angry, blocking me over the internet
Promise I don't forget all of my fault in this
'Cause look at me, I'm alone, sitting here, stayin' home
All of my self control kinda got difficult
But I deserve it though, I deserve it though
[Pre-Chorus]
You were there all the time
You're the worst of my crimes
You fell hard, I thought "good riddance"
[Chorus]
I never was the best to you
I never was the best to you
I never was, I never was
Oh, I never was the best to you
I never was the best to you
I never was, I never was
About
Gracie’s aptly-named album intro sees her admit that she wasn’t the best person to be with in her past relationship. Throughout the track, Gracie appears to be self-loathing, remembering all the terrible things she did in the relationship, emphasised through the repeating chorus. In an interview with Rolling Stone in February 2023, Gracie stated that writing the song felt like “twisting a knife” inside of her.
Around the time of Gracie teasing the album’s tracklist, she added the word “best” capitalised and in bold to all of the Good Riddance clothing merch pieces. She also performed the song much prior to its release in May 2022, at a concert in Birmingham, UK. At the time, she had named the song “best to you”.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
“I Know It Won’t Work” hurt to write. “Best” hurt to write. And “Fault Line.”
The thing with all these songs is that they all were written so quickly. The ease at which a lot of the words came out was the painful part, because a lot of what was said in the songs wasn’t said directly to the person [they’re about].
I have no idea how anyone will receive the songs, I also do worry about some people thinking a song is about them when it isn’t. I don’t know how to navigate my personal life and – lucky-enough – job being intertwined so seriously yet. How do you do that?
– via Billboard
- 1.Best
- 3.Full machine
- 7.Amelie
- 8.Difficult
- 10.Fault line
- 11.The blue
- 12.Right now
