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 frozen time between hearses and caskets 
Lost control when I panicked at the acid test 

I wanna get better 

While my friends were getting high and chasing girls down parkway lines 
I was losing my mind 'cause 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 
So now I'm standing on the overpass screaming at the cars,

"Hey, I wanna get better!"

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 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 
So now I'm staring at the interstate screaming at myself,

"Hey, I wanna get better!"

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 

'Cause I'm sleeping in the back of a taxi 
I'm screaming from my bedroom window 
Even if its gonna kill me 

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 
That's why I'm standing on the overpass screaming at myself,

"Hey, I wanna get better!"

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