創作背景
2008年喬·喬納斯見異思遷追求女演員卡米拉·貝勒，並在電話中以創紀錄27秒的時間就把斯威夫特甩了。後來被她寫進《Forever & Always》中，“現在我終於明白你只是說說而已”。Joe Jonas寫了一首《Much Better》（你更好）來回嗆斯威夫特，指出卡米拉是自己更好的情人，因此斯威夫特把炮火對準那位橫刀奪愛的女演員，也在題目和歌詞中用了"Better"這個詞——“Come on, show me how much better you are (讓我看看你比我更好在哪兒)”。《Better Than Revenge》中寫道：“她不是聖人，她不是你認為的那樣完美，她只是一個演員，她在床墊上的那些事讓她變得有名。”
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歌曲歌詞
Better Than RevengeNow go stand in the corner and think about what you did.
立刻去站在一個沒有人的角落，好好想一想你都做了些什麼
Ha!Time for a little revenge.
是時候該施行一些小報復了
The story starts when it was hot and it was summer end.
我們的故事開始於 那年夏天結束的時候
I had it all, I had him right there where I wanted him.
曾經，我擁有一切，我擁有夢寐以求的他
She came along got him along and let's hear the applause.
她就這樣闖入了我們的世界，帶走了他。讓我們來聽聽那些響起的掌聲吧
She took him faster than you can say sabotage.
她帶走他的速度比你說完“Sabotage”(分手)還快
I never saw it coming, wouldn‘t have suspected it.
我不曾懷疑，也不曾料想到事情會這樣發生
I underestimated just who I was dealing with.
我實在是低估了這個我正在對付的人
She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum.
她應該知道她帶來的傷痛，就像把我當成鼓一般的瘋狂敲擊
She underestimated just who she was stealing from.
她也低估了她正在從誰那裡把他偷走
She's not a saint and she's not what you think.
她不是聖人，她絕對不是你想像的那樣完美
She's an actress. Whoa.
她只是一個演員， 喔
She's better known for the things that she does on the mattress. Whoa.
她自己最清楚她在床墊上乾的“那些事”，就是“那些事”讓她變得有名
Soon she's gonna find stealing other peoples' toys on the playground won't make you many friends.
不久之後，她就會發現，竊取別人“玩具”並不會讓你交到很多的朋友
She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind.
她應該記住，她應該牢牢的記住
There's nothing I do better than revenge
我不能做出比復仇更棒的事情了
She lives her life like its a party and she's on the list.
她的生活好像派對不斷，似乎總能在賓客名單上看見她的名字
She looks at me like im a trend and she's so over it.
她看著我，就好象我還被“那件事”影響著，而她已經徹底擺脫了一樣
I think her ever-present frown is a little troubling.
我認為她一直緊皺著眉頭會是一個小麻煩
And she thinks I'm psycho cause I like to rhyme her name with things.
她認為我是個瘋女人，因為我總喜歡把她的名字和一些東西押韻地排列在一起
But sophistication isn't what you wear or who you know.
但是複雜巧妙的世故，並不得意於你的穿著，或你認識的那些“人”
Or pushing people down to get you where you wanna go.
也不是你把別人踩在腳底下只為讓自己爬的更高
They didn't teach you that in prep school so it's up to me.
既然在你上學前班的時候沒人教給你，那就由我來
But no amount of vintage dresses give you dignity.
而那些典雅的裙子也絲毫沒有給你高貴的氣質
She's not a saint and she's not what you think.
她不是聖人，她絕對不是你想像的那樣完美
She's an actress. Whoa.
她只是一個演員，喔
She's better known for the things that she does on the mattress. Whoa.
她自己最清楚她在床墊上乾的“那些事”，就是“那些事”使她變得有名
Soon she's gonna find stealing other peoples' toys on the playground won't make you many friends.
不久之後，她就會發現，竊取別人“玩具”（男朋友）並不會讓你交到更多的朋友
She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind.
她應該記住，她應該牢牢的記住
There's nothing I do better than revenge.
我不能做出任何比復仇更好的事情了
I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honey.
親愛的，我只是一件讓你揉揉眼睛就過去的小事
You might have him but I haven't you heard.
你也許能夠擁有他，但是，難道你沒有聽說嗎？
I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honey.
親愛的，我只是一件讓你揉揉眼睛就過去的小事
You might have him but I always get the last word. Whoa…
你也許能夠擁有他，但是我總是會笑到最後
She's not a saint and she's not what you think.
她不是聖人，她絕對不是你想像的那樣完美
She's an actress. Whoa.
她只是一個演員，喔
She's better known for the things that she does on the mattress. Whoa.
她自己心裡最清楚她在床墊上乾的“那些事”，就是“那些事”使她變得有名
Soon she's gonna find stealing other peoples' toys on the playground won't make you many friends.
不久之後，她就會發現，竊取別人“玩具”並不會讓你交到更多的朋友
She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind.
她應該記住，她應該牢牢的記住
There's nothing I do better than revenge.
我不能做出任何比復仇更好的事情了
Do you still feel like you know what you're doing?
你還認為你知道你在做什麼嗎？
Cause i don't think you do, oh
因為我並不認為你知道
Do you still feel like you know what you‘re doing?
你還固執的認為，你知道你犯下的錯誤嗎？
I don't think you do I don't think you do.
我並不認為你知道，你真的不知道
Let's hear the applause
那么就來聽聽掌聲吧
Come on, show me how much better you are.
來吧，讓我看看你到底比以前好了多少
See you deserve some applause. 'Cause you’re so much better.
看看你是否應該得到一些掌聲，因為你確實好了很多
She took him faster then you can say sabotage.
她帶走他的速度比你說完“Sabotage”（分手）還快
