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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff
Programming
John Hill
John Hill
Programming
Rachel Antonoff
Rachel Antonoff
Background Vocals
Andrew Dost
Andrew Dost
Background Vocals
Mae Whitman
Mae Whitman
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Hill
John Hill
Songwriter
Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff
Producer
John Hill
John Hill
Producer
Laura Sisk
Laura Sisk
Recording Engineer
Brendan Morawski
Brendan Morawski
Assistant Engineer
Mark Bengston
Mark Bengston
Assistant Engineer
Joe LaPorta
Joe LaPorta
Mastering Engineer
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer
Mixing Engineer
Stuart White
Stuart White
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hey, I hear the voice of the preacher from the back room
Calling my name and I follow just to find you
I trace the faith to a broken down television
And put on the weather
And I've trained myself to give up on the past 'cause
I've frozen time between hearses and caskets
Lost control when I panicked at the acid test
I wanna get better
[Verse 2]
While my friends were getting high and chasing girls down parkway lines
I was losing my mind because
The love, the love, the love, the love, the love that I gave
Wasted on a nice face
In a blaze of fear I put a helmet on a helmet
Counting seconds through the night and got carried away
[PreChorus]
So now I'm standing on the overpass screaming at the cars
"Hey, I wanna get better"
[Chorus]
(I didn't know I was lonely till I saw your face) I wanna get better
Better, better, better, I wanna get better
(I didn't know I was broken till I wanted to change) I wanna get better
Better, better, better, I wanna get better
[Verse 3]
I go up to my room and there's girls on the ceiling
Cut out their pictures and I chase that feeling
Of an eighteen year old who didn't know what loss was
Now I'm a stranger
[PreChorus]
And I miss the days of a life still permanent
Mourn the years before I got carried away
So, now I'm staring at the interstate screaming at myself
"Hey, I wanna get better"
[Chorus]
(I didn't know I was lonely till I saw your face) I wanna get better
Better, better, better, I wanna get better
(I didn't know I was broken till I wanted to change) I wanna get better
Better, better, better, I wanna get
[Bridge]
Better, 'cause I'm sleeping in the back of a taxi
I'm screaming from my bedroom window
Even if it's gonna kill me
[Verse 4]
Woke up this morning early, before my family
From this dream where she was trying to show me
How a life can move from the darkness
She said to get better
[PreChorus]
So I put a bullet where I shoulda put a helmet
And I crash my car 'cause I wanna get carried away
That's why I'm standing on the overpass screaming at myself
"Hey, I wanna get better"
[Chorus]
(I didn't know I was lonely till I saw your face) I wanna get better
Better, better, better, I wanna get better
(I didn't know I was broken till I wanted to change) I wanna get better
Better, better, better, I wanna get better
Written by: Jack Antonoff, John Hill
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