I Wanna Get Better (A Stranger Desired)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Hey, I hear the voice of a preacher from the back room Calling my name and I follow just to find you Trace the faith to a broken down television, not put on the weather Cause 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 I'm standing on the overpass screaming at myself "Hey, I wanna get better!" [Chorus] Didn't know I was lonely until I saw your face But, I wanna get better, better, better, better I wanna get better Didn't know I was broken until I wanted to change But, I wanna get better, better, better, better I wanna [Verse 3] 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 And mourn the years before I got carried away [Pre-Chorus] That's why I'm standing by the interstate screaming at the cars "Hey, I wanna get better!" [Chorus] I didn't know I was lonely until I saw your face But, I wanna get better, better, better, better I wanna get better I didn't know I was broken until 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 Yeah, I'm screaming at my bedroom window Like even it's gonna kill me [Verse 4] Hey, I woke up this morning early before my family From this dream 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 until I saw your face But, I wanna get better, better, better, better I wanna get better I didn't know I was broken until i wanted to change But, I wanna get better, better, better, better I wanna get better