[Intro]

    (x2)


[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 fa

             
ith to a broke

          
n down televis

             
ion and put on

        
 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.
             
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.

N.C.
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 '

         
til I saw your

        
 face.
             
I wanna get be

         
tter, better, 

           
better, better

            
, I wanna get 

   
better.
          
I didn't know 

           
I was broken '

         
til I wanted t

         
o change.
             
I wanna get be

         
tter, better, 

           
better, better

            
, I wanna get 

   
better.


[Verse 2]

             
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.

N.C.
So now I'm staring at the interstate, screaming at myself: hey, I wanna get better!


[Chorus]

        
I didn't know 

             
I was lonely '

         
til I saw your

        
 face.
             
I wanna get be

         
tter, better, 

           
better, better

            
, I wanna get 

   
better.
          
I didn't know 

           
I was broken '

         
til I wanted t

         
o change.
             
I wanna get be

         
tter, better, 

           
better, better

            
, 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.

    (x4)


[Verse 3]

             
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 bu

             
llet where I s

          
houlda put a h

             
elmet and I, c

              
rash my car ca

  
use I wanna ge

t carried away

.

         
That’s why I'm

              
 standing on t

              
he overpass sc

             
reaming at mys

      
elf, hey, I wa

.
nna get better

!


[Chorus]

        
I didn't know 

             
I was lonely '

         
til I saw your

        
 face.
             
I wanna get be

         
tter, better, 

           
better, better

            
, I wanna get 

   
better.
          
I didn't know 

           
I was broken '

         
til I wanted t

         
o change.
             
I wanna get be

         
tter, better, 

           
better, better

            
, I wanna get 

   
better.


[Outro]

    x2