“Better” is the third track off of Jack Garratt’s sophomore album, “Love, Death, and Dancing”. The song is about the pressure Jack experiences from his own life and the world around him, as he describes the temptation he feels to drown it all out with drugs.
[Intro: Sample]
Hey, I think you're really cool
I like you a lot
Hey, I think you're really cool
I like you—
Hey, I think you're really cool
I like you a lot
Maybe we can hang out or something
[Verse 1]
Oh
Something's telling me to save myself
Something's telling me to hurt myself
Something's eating at me
And oh
Something's telling me that to save myself
I might have to go and sedate myself
And join the reverie
[Chorus]
Oh, if I can take something
To make me feel better than I'm feeling now
Then everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Oh, if I can swallow something
Then people might like me better when I choke it down
And everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work its—
[Verse 2]
Oh
I'll sit back helplessly and watch the world descend
Into chaos curated by suited men
And they all look like me
But oh
Something has to start making sense
But in my dreams I see no evidence
That this is happening
[Chorus]
Oh, if I can take something
To make me feel better than I'm feeling now
Then everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Oh, if I can swallow something
Then people might like me better when I choke it down
And everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself—
[Interlude: Sample]
Hey, I think you're really cool
I like you a lot
Hey, I think you're really cool
I like you—
Hey, I think you're really cool
I like you a lot
Maybe we can hang out or something
[Bridge]
Everything else will work itself out
I don't care
I'll just keep my head buried under the ground
And wait for everything to work out
[Pre-Chorus: Sample]
Hey, I think you're really cool
I like you a lot
Hey, I think you're really cool
I like you—
Hey, I think you're really cool
I like you a lot
Maybe we can hang out or something
[Chorus]
Oh, if I can take something
To make me feel better than I'm feeling now
Then everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Oh, if I can swallow something
Then people might like me better when I choke it down
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
[Outro]
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work its—
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work its—
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work its—
Everything else will work its—
Better was written by Jack Garratt & Henry Brill.
Better was produced by Jack Garratt & James Flannigan.
Jack Garratt released Better on Mon Apr 20 2020.