Better by Jack Garratt
Jack Garratt's Better is a charmingly vulnerable set of ruminations on anxiety, belonging, and state of the world.
Back in 2014, I saw Jack Garratt open for Ben Howard at X-Tra in Zürich. While this can't have been an easy gig, Jack did splendidly.
Today, I've got Better from his Love, Death and Dancing album on repeat. It's a charmingly vulnerable set of ruminations on anxiety, belonging, and state of the world. Sounds depressing I know, but it's also really cathartic.
Better
Oh, something's telling me to save myself
Something's telling me to hurt myself
Something's eating at me
And oh
Something's telling me that to save myself
I might have to go and sedate myself
And join the reverie
Oh, if I can take something
To make me feel better than I'm feeling now
And everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Oh, if I can swallow something
Then people might like me better when I choke it down
And everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work its-
Oh, I'll sit back helplessly and watch the world descend
Into chaos curated by suited men
And they all look like me
But oh, something has to start making sense
But in my dreams I see no evidence
That this is happening
Oh, if I can take something
To make me feel better than I'm feeling now
Then everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Oh, if I can swallow something
Then people might like me better when I choke it down
And everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself
Everything else will work itself out
I don't care how
Just keep my head buried under the ground
And wait for everything to work out
Oh, if I can take something
To make me feel better than I'm feeling now
Then everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Oh, if I can swallow something
Then people might like me better when I choke it down
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work its-
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work its-
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work itself out
Everything else will work its-
Everything else will work its-
