You don't have to apologize
I'm old enough to empathize
How did they get things so wrong?
They'll still say that when I am gone.
You never had to fight a war
I didn't have to grow up poor
You didn't drink and I'm so grateful
But I take pills to keep me stable
I appreciate the good things that I got
But we both know
This is not where it should stop
I know very well,
When you grew up it was hell
But you did your best
And where you messed up
I will try so hard to do it
Better, better, better, better
(Better ‘cause of you I think I
Know what I can do to make it)
Better, better, better, better
(Better ‘cause of you I think I
Know what I can do to make it)
Better, better, better, better
(Better ‘cause of you I think I
Know what I can do to make it)
Better, better, better, better
(Better ‘cause of you I think I
Know what I can do to make it)
I wish you wouldn’t make believe
But I don't have to make you see
I know you think that silence is best
But this can’t wait until you’re dead
I never raised my mother’s child
You never had your dreams run wild
I’m still alive because you helped
Now you need to help yourself
I appreciate the good things that I got
But we both know
This is not where it should stop
I know very well,
When you grew up it was hell
But you did your best
And where you messed up
I will try so hard to do it
Better, better, better, better
(Better ‘cause of you I think I
Know what I can do to make it)
Better, better, better, better
(Better ‘cause of you I think I
Know what I can do to make it)
Better, better, better, better
(Better ‘cause of you I think I
Know what I can do to make it)
Better, better, better, better (x4)
credits
from The Family Curse,
released November 8, 2019
Music and Lyrics by Sarah Jickling, Laura Smith and Greg McLeod
Produced by Laura Smith and Sarah Jickling
Mixed and Mastered by Greg McLeod
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