I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers

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[Verse 1]

hey i hear the

 voice of a pr

eacher from th

e back room

calling my nam

e and i follow

 just to find 

you
             
i  trace the f

              
aith to a brok

            
en down televi

sion and put o

n the weather

and i’ve train

ed myself to g

ive up on the 

past

cause i frozen

 time between 

hearses and ca

skets

lost control w

hen i panicked

 at the acid t

est

i wanna get be

tter

[Verse 2]
             
while my frien

              
ds were gettin

              
g high and cha

      
sing girls dow

n parkway line

s i was losing

 my mind
             
cause the love

              
, the love, th

              
e love, the lo

      
ve, the love t

hat i gave was

ted on a nice 

face
             
in a blaze of 

              
fear i put a h

             
elmet on a hel

              
met counting s

              
econds through

       
 the night and

 got carried a

way

[Pre-Chorus]
              
so now I’m sta

              
nding on the o

    
verpass scream

ing at the car

s hey I wanna 

get better

[Chorus]
             
i didn’t know 

          
i was lonely t

il i saw your 

face
             
i wanna get be

  
tter
             
i didn’t know 

          
i was broken t

il i wanted to

 change
             
i wanna get be

  
tter

[Verse 3]
             
i go up to my 

  
room and there

’s girls on th

e ceiling

cut out their 

pictures and i

 chase that fe

eling

of an eighteen

 year old, who

 didn’t know w

hat loss was

now i’m a stra

nger

and i miss the

 days of a lif

e still perman

ent
             
mourn the year

          
s before i got

 carried away

[Pre-Chorus]
              
so now i’m sta

              
ring at the in

    
terstate, scre

aming at mysel

f hey i wanna 

get better

[Bridge]
             
cause I’m slee

          
ping in the ba

ck of a taxi
              
i’m screaming 

          
from my bedroo

m window

even if it’s g

onna kill me

[Verse 4]

woke up this m

orning early b

efore my famil

y

from this drea

m where she wa

s trying to sh

ow me
             
how a life can

              
 move from the

    
 darkness, she

 said to get b

etter
             
so i put a bul

              
let where i sh

              
oulda out a he

             
lmet and i cra

              
sh my car caus

 
e i wanna get 

carried away
              
that’s why i’m

              
 standing on t

    
he overpass sc

reaming at mys

elf, hey, I WA

NNA GET BETTER

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