“Better (But Not Me)” — Lyrics

Verse 1

I’m better, I’m better

Her love makes me better

But what is better?

Who is better?

Am I better

or just easier to hold now?

They say “look at you now”

you’ve come a long way

grown up, grown proud

like I was meant to be saved this way

Pre-Chorus

Dim the lights

take a bow

I learned how to smile on cue somehow

they clap like I’ve changed for good

but I don’t know if I should

Chorus

Me

her

us

I was me when she was her

now I can’t tell where I blur

they say love made me new

but I don’t know what’s true

if I’m better like they say

why do I feel far away?

Verse 2

Look at you now, they say again

you’re so loved, you’re so “then and then”

like I became what I was meant to be

but forgot what it cost to be me

she lives in my sentences

I live in what she lets me be

we’re still “us,” they call it that

but I don’t know if I get me back

Pre-Chorus

Dim the lights

take a bow

I’m good at being someone now

but the stage stays on too long

and I don’t feel like I belong

Chorus

Me

her

us

I was me when she was her

now I can’t tell where I blur

they say love made me new

but I don’t know what’s true

if I’m better like they say

why do I feel far away?

Bridge

To be loved

to be lost

to become what it cost

I learned how to stay

by disappearing slowly in place

and if this is me

is it enough?

and if this is me

why does it feel like giving up?

Final Chorus (soft / breaking)

Me

her

us

I was me when she was her

now I don’t know where I blur

they say love made me new

but I don’t feel like it’s true

if I’m better like they say

why am I still fading away?