𝑨 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑫𝒂𝒚

Verse 1

I take my seat, I cross my legs

You ask how well I've slept again

I say enough, you make a note

I clear the answer from my throat

You ask if I've been getting out

I name a place, leave Friday out

I spent an hour parked outside

Then told my friends I couldn't drive

Pre-Chorus

You leave me room to say it all

I watch the clock behind your head

I make the trouble sound so small

You hear the things I wish I meant

Chorus

I’m getting good at getting worse

I make it sound so well rehearsed

You hear the words I’ve learned to say

I hear myself and look away

How do I tell you I’m still here

When you’ve been getting less afraid?

I’m getting good at getting worse

And calling that a better day

Verse 2

My mother calls, I let it ring

Then call her back when I can sing

A little lighter through the phone

So she won't ask if I'm alone

She says I sound more like myself

I ask about somebody else

We talk until she has to leave

She sleeps a little more than me

Pre-Chorus

There's always someone so relieved

I hate to take that feeling back

The better that I make it seem

The less I know how else to act

Chorus

I’m getting good at getting worse

I make it sound so well rehearsed

You hear the words I’ve learned to say

I hear myself and look away

How do I tell you I’m still here

When you’ve been getting less afraid?

I’m getting good at getting worse

And calling that a better day

Instrumental

Bridge

I start to speak, then take it back

You give me time, I let it pass

I know this answer makes you proud

I almost say it out of habit

I didn’t sleep

I didn’t go

I said I did

So you could go

Don’t tell me that I sound alright

Just let me get it out this time

Chorus

I’m getting good at getting worse

I make it sound so well rehearsed

You hear the words I’ve learned to say

I hear myself and look away

How do I tell you I’m still here

When you’ve been getting less afraid?

I’m getting good at getting worse

And calling that a better day

Outro

Before you write that down—

There's more

I've never said

That part before