Get Better Lyrics

Get Better - alt-J

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GET BETTER

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[Verse 1]

Hallelujah, I'm listening to

A recording of you sleeping next to me

A cappella, I'm listening to you cover

Elliot Smith's "Angeles"

It's these times I'll need if you go

It's these times I'll need if you go, so

[Chorus]

Get better, my darling

I know you will

Get better, my darling

I know you will get better

[Verse 2]

I'm drawn to the motorway

The cold whoosh of trucks passing

This nighttime under sodium light

The orange spread is soul-quietening

[Refrain]

A younger you and a younger me meeting at The Serpentine

I am yours, you are mine

[Verse 3]

Happy birthday, staff smuggled in a card I made

It rests under your pillow

When out of ICU, you'll cringe at all the "I love you"s

The card retired the life of one biro

At this time, I wanted you to know

At this time, I wanted you to know

[Chorus]

Get better, my darling

I hope you will

Get better, my darling

I hope you will get better

[Verse 4]

I'll start the day with tiramisu

Raise a spoon to frontline workers

An underfunded principle

They risk all to be there for us

[Refrain]

A younger you and a younger me meeting at The Serpentine

I am yours, you are mine

[Verse 5]

You were the baker, I'll christen this new era

With the smell of freshly baked bread

Your Nutella, I'll keep it in the cellar

You were always a fan of that spread

Six months on, there's a car crash outside

The fire brigade using the jaws of life

No flush at night to sound your return

I still pretend you're only out of sight

Front garden bouquet, I threw it at the fire brigade

I was admonished and told to go back inside

From the living room window, I stand and watch the white sheet go

Over the family car and I close my eyes

[Chorus]

I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

Smiling at your phone

I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

Smiling at your phone

I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

Smiling at your phone

I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

Smiling at your phone, I still pretend

[Verse 6]

A younger me, a younger you

Meeting at The Serpentine

The beginning of spring, you wore those yellow ripped jeans

Your look defined my 2009

Your shyness stoked my boldness

"Shall we go in?" I smiled

Your hand warmed walking through the gallery

[Outro]

Get better

I know I will

Get better

My darling, I know I will