Better

[Chorus I]

Throw it on the pyre and watch it glow

Given the chance I would be better

Jump off the high dive and let go

I can’t swim but I would follow

[Verse I]

Fields of goldenrod, groves of hemlock

Rolling earth leading to locked doors

Just a couple knots from my home in the larch tree

So why does it feel like we’re worlds apart?

[Chorus II]

Throw it on the pyre and watch it glow

If we did this again I could be better

Jump off the high dive and let go

Ten feet deep and I’m still sinking

[Verse II]

The number thirty-six, white cars, and curly brown hair

Each a growing pit in my stomach

Why do the things I love

Always turn sour?

Or is it me that has gone bad?

[Chorus III]

Throw it on the pyre and watch it glow

Give me the chance to be better

Jump off the high dive and let go

Call the lifeguard ’cause I’m drowning

[Verse III]

I curse the goldenrod at summer’s end

For even the spring won’t awake this

This is how it has to end, but I want you to know

I will always love you

Lyrics: Moose Lucas

Song artwork: Moose Lucas