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“I Wanna Get Better” is the debut single from Bleachers, off of Strange Desire. Bleachers was formed in 2014 by Jack Antonoff, lead guitarist of Fun.
Jack described his thought process behind the single in an interview:
The message is heavy, it’s not dumbed down…I didn’t write this song thinking t...
[Verse 1]
Hey, I hear the voice of a 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 froze in 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
[Pre-Chorus]
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 better, better, better, better
I wanna get better
I didn't know I was broken 'til 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
And I miss the days of a life still permanent
Mourn the years before I got carried away
[Pre-Chorus]
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 better, better, better, better
I wanna get better
I didn't know I was broken 'til i wanted to change
I wanna get better, better, better, better
I wanna get better
[Bridge]
'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
So I put a bullet where I shoulda put a helmet
And I crash my car 'cause I wanna get carried away
[Pre-Chorus]
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 'til I saw your face
I wanna get better, better, better, better
I wanna get better
I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
I wanna get better, better, better, better
I wanna get better
I Wanna Get Better was written by John Hill & Jack Antonoff.
I Wanna Get Better was produced by John Hill & Jack Antonoff.
Bleachers released I Wanna Get Better on Tue Feb 18 2014.