It Gets Better
by Andrew Lippa
“I thought there was something wrong with me,
something that everyone could see.
Something that made me cry, made me try disappearing. Why?
Why did they treat me like they did. I was a scared and lonely kid.
Deep in the darkest hole, no control, something whispering:
‘It gets better. It gets better, when you get past this time.
It gets better, so much better, when you outlast this time.
You can scream at the moon if you want to,
you can run just as far as you can.
But it gets better, it gets better and
betterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr’.
Though everyday seems like a chore,
Wondering ‘can you face one more’.
Ready to shed your skin,
Let them win,
just give in to pain.
Pain that you think won’t go away,
But if you lift your head and pray.
One day the final straw,
will be yours to draw.
Don’t you know that,
It gets better, it gets better when you get past this time.
It gets better, so much better when you outlast this time.
So go and scream at the moon if you want to,
Go and run just as far as you can.
But it gets better and better.
There are people who care,
There are friends everywhere.
There are hands to be held,
there are hearts to be swelled.
Point of view rearranged,
there are minds to be changed.
And it’s going to change.
It gets better, it gets better when you get past this time.
It gets better, so much better when you outlast this time.
So go and scream at the moon if you want to,
Go and run just as far as you can.
But it gets better!
Better, and better and better and better and better!!!
Better, and better and better and better and better!!!
Better, and better and better and better and better!!!
Better, and better and better and better and better!!!
Better, and better and better and better and better!!!”