[ti:I Wanna Get Better] [ar:Bleachers] [al:Strange Desire] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers [00:10.33]Hey I hear the voice [00:11.36]Of the preacher from the back room [00:13.08]Calling my name and [00:13.98]I follow just to find you [00:15.62]I trace the faith [00:16.36]To a broken down television [00:18.44]And put on the weather [00:20.16]And I've trained myself [00:21.18]To give up on the past [00:22.77]Cause I froze in time [00:23.96]Between hearses and caskets [00:25.78]Lost control when I [00:26.76]Panicked at the acid test [00:28.35]I wanna get better [00:30.18]While my friends were getting high [00:31.79]And chasing girls down parkway lines [00:33.97]I was losing my mind [00:35.16]Because the love [00:35.93]The love the love [00:36.85]The love the love [00:37.74]That I gave [00:39.10]Wasted on a nice face [00:40.98]In a blaze of fear [00:42.15]I put a helmet on a helmet [00:43.57]Counting seconds through a night [00:44.75]And got carried away [00:46.56]So now I'm standing on the overpass [00:48.41]Screaming at the cars hey [00:49.89]I wanna get better [00:51.07]I didn't know I was lonely [00:53.94]Til I saw your face [00:56.18]I wanna get better [00:58.38]Better better better [01:00.18]I wanna get better [01:01.15]I didn't know I was broken [01:04.02]Til I wanted to change [01:06.32]I wanna get better [01:08.38]Better better better [01:10.16]I wanna get better [01:10.98]I go up to my room [01:12.11]And there's girls on the ceiling [01:13.72]Cut out their pictures [01:14.56]And I chase that feeling [01:15.62]Of an eighteen year old [01:17.24]Who didn't know [01:17.87]What loss was [01:19.24]Now I'm a stranger [01:20.88]And I miss the days [01:21.99]Of a life still permanent [01:23.81]Mourn the years [01:24.68]Before I got carried away [01:26.97]So now I'm staring at the interstate [01:28.64]Screaming at myself hey [01:30.22]I wanna get better [01:31.68]I didn't know I was lonely [01:34.36]Til I saw your face [01:36.63]I wanna get better [01:38.71]Better better better [01:40.39]I wanna get better [01:41.55]I didn't know I was broken [01:44.36]Til I wanted to change [01:46.71]I wanna get better [01:48.79]Better better better [01:50.65]I wanna get better [01:52.27]Cause I'm sleeping in the back of a taxi [01:54.96]I'm screaming from my bedroom window [01:57.65]Even if it's gonna kill me [02:32.17]Woke up this morning [02:32.94]Early before my family [02:34.62]From this dream [02:35.41]Where she was trying to show me [02:37.23]How a life [02:37.84]Can move from the darkness [02:39.88]She said to get better [02:41.54]So I put a bullet [02:42.92]Where I should have put a helmet [02:44.64]And I crash my car [02:45.53]Cause I wanna get carried away [02:47.90]That's why I'm standing on the overpass [02:49.55]Screaming at myself hey [02:51.17]I wanna get better [02:52.48]I didn't know I was lonely [02:55.17]Til I saw your face [02:57.25]I wanna get better [02:59.56]Better better better [03:01.29]I wanna get better [03:02.46]I didn't know I was broken [03:05.18]Til I wanted to change [03:07.50]I wanna get better [03:09.64]Better better better [03:11.43]I wanna get better