A Bit Better Lyrics

Words are clay for sculptures, and for dwellings and for lives

Nicknames code for partnership, and for love that never dies

Progress comes when kindness comes from trauma in disguise

Protest ends in embrace while we calmly compromise

And I find myself wishing the dead could visit us

So we could hear them laugh, with their bellies

So you could see them, and they could know you

And you would both know me, you'd both know me

A bit better too

A bit better too

Unlike all the others, you were larger than your life

Joking, that wry smile, and the sparks light up your eyes

Teaching all the children, tone and stories mesmerize

Everyone knew you, impossible to eulogize

And I find myself wishing the dead could visit us

So we could hear them laugh, with their bellies

So you could see them, and they could know you

And you would both know me, you'd both know me

A bit better too

A bit better too

Some things haven't happened, but we're sure they surely will

Taking this for granted, and you're still here now until

Fractions of your soul and heart are fragments you've instilled

Imprints on the destinies encouraged, I'll fulfill

And I find, and I find, and I find

And I find myself wishing the dead could visit us

And we'll all laugh, with their bellies

So you could see me, and I could tell you

That you all made me - you still make me - so much better

And I find myself wishing the dead could visit us

And you would both know me, you'd both know me

A bit better too