I Wanna Get Better - MTV Unplugged

You guys are here, the band's here
And we're essentially celebrating
Um, music that we, we both care about
And uh, that's so, that um-
So making the records can be really harsh and
And very intense and kinda pull you apart but, um
I look forward to celebrating it with you guys
Which is the story of this song
This is a song about loss and depression, anxiety and etc., etc.
And we got to spend the last three years shouting it together
It's called "I Wanna Get Better"

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, put on the weather
And 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)

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 was wasted on a nice face
In a blaze of fear I put a helmet on a helmet
Counting seconds through the night, I got (carried away)
So I'm standing on the overpass screaming at myself, hey

(I wanna get better)

Didn't know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
I wanna get better and better, better, better
I wanna get (better)
Didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
I wanna get better and better, better, better
I wanna get (better)

To my room where there's girls on the ceiling
Cut out their pictures and I chase that feeling
Of an 18 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 I'm standing on 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 out my bedroom window
Even if it's gonna kill me, hey

You know that I woke up this morning early before my family
From this dream she was tryin' to show me
How a life can move from the darkness
Yeah, she said to get better
So I put a bullet where I shoulda put a helmet
And I crashed 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)

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 love you Jersey
I love you Stone Pony
Thank you so much