Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better (Official Audio)

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  • Listen to the official audio for "I Wanna Get Better" by Bleachers
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  • @calebdunn1288
    @calebdunn1288 Před 7 lety +1587

    "I didn't know I was broken till I wanted to change" the real truth right there

    • @atsuyak768
      @atsuyak768 Před 4 lety +10

      It hits so hard.

    • @Shannonbryant605
      @Shannonbryant605 Před 3 lety +1

      Dead ass

    • @Oreggon
      @Oreggon Před 2 lety +12

      It’s a double entendre. He didn’t know he was broke in terms of money until he wanted some change. He also didn’t know he was broke mentally until he wanted to improve himself.

    • @SalemSphynx
      @SalemSphynx Před rokem +1

      True that🤘

  • @1gnore_me.
    @1gnore_me. Před 3 lety +2317

    hey guys, just a reminder: progress isn't linear. if you had a bad day, you're still better off then you were before. don't give up.

    • @oneoddduck777
      @oneoddduck777 Před 3 lety +45

      I hope it isn't inappropriate to say that I love you for this comment. Thank you.

    • @Ratking008
      @Ratking008 Před 3 lety +18

      I also love you for this commemt

    • @junipersolis
      @junipersolis Před 3 lety +2

      "Progress isn't linear" is something abusers say to make people believe they're getting better. What does that say about you?

    • @Ratking008
      @Ratking008 Před 3 lety +47

      @@junipersolis but that doesn't mean it has to be said by an abuser this is just someone trying to motivate people to do better and feel better when they're struggling it's a good thing to say amd abusers also say shit like "your pretty" "your made for me" and more but that doesnt make those statements evil or cursed

    • @1gnore_me.
      @1gnore_me. Před 3 lety +29

      ​@@junipersolis this is something I say to myself all the time, I guess I'm abusing myself.

  • @gpgara
    @gpgara Před 7 lety +8066

    This song made me shower, get dressed, clean my room, and take a long, silent walk through my neighbourhood. Yesterday I didn't even want to move. Bleachers 1 - My Depression 0. Thank you Bleachers for this song. So much.

    • @alanpacholski2788
      @alanpacholski2788 Před 7 lety +92

      Way to go! Keep it up!

    • @gpgara
      @gpgara Před 7 lety +79

      Thank you for your encouragement. I just hope the improvement sticks. :)

    • @gpgara
      @gpgara Před 7 lety +72

      Matthew Bridges Today I played the violin again. That should tell you how I'm doing! :) Thanks for your encouragement.

    • @alanpacholski2788
      @alanpacholski2788 Před 7 lety +30

      giligara30492, you should upload a video of you playing the violin!

    • @gpgara
      @gpgara Před 7 lety +34

      Alan Pacholski Maybe some day!

  • @maryamaadw123
    @maryamaadw123 Před 8 lety +5747

    I wanna be friends with everyone who loves this song

    • @RoxxySweets
      @RoxxySweets Před 8 lety +41

      +Hippie Not hipster Hey Buddy! (because we're friends now...😏)

    • @aaronviss
      @aaronviss Před 8 lety +1

      +RoxxySweets Guess not

    • @RoxxySweets
      @RoxxySweets Před 8 lety +3

      Double Aaron ....guess not what? Friends?

    • @Herisson126
      @Herisson126 Před 8 lety +8

      +Hippie Not hipster here i am my child

    • @maryamaadw123
      @maryamaadw123 Před 8 lety +2

      +AlessiaHasOpinions Mummy!!

  • @stateofdisarray679
    @stateofdisarray679 Před 8 lety +1981

    This song definitely gives me hope for getting out of my depressive rut.

    • @anbuuoza5744
      @anbuuoza5744 Před 7 lety +44

      I think the same. Life will be alright :D

    • @sadiant9625
      @sadiant9625 Před 6 lety +4

      Anbu Uoza u good now fam?

    • @jemimadaisy7173
      @jemimadaisy7173 Před 6 lety +3

      Joseph Edwards I got out so you can too! Keep hoping - you're gonna get better!!! 😜

    • @byrnesdubc
      @byrnesdubc Před 6 lety +3

      Depression is reality, depressive thoughts are not

    • @idkkk1825
      @idkkk1825 Před 6 lety +1

      ha! hey at least someone can get better

  • @Yourmumsadoor
    @Yourmumsadoor Před 9 lety +209

    i really, truly wanna get better.

  • @m1kulas
    @m1kulas Před 7 lety +339

    As a person who is recovering from depression, this song is a real boost.

  • @joshuaramon123
    @joshuaramon123 Před 9 lety +2407

    The first time i heard this, i cried. I should've known this song when i was depressed.

    • @simon-yx5ln
      @simon-yx5ln Před 9 lety +15

      same.

    • @Dude2256
      @Dude2256 Před 9 lety +45

      I'm still there, I've heard this song many times, just trying to get better.

    • @Ryanagator49823
      @Ryanagator49823 Před 9 lety +1

      Dude.

    • @simon-yx5ln
      @simon-yx5ln Před 9 lety

      ***** can u not

    • @zachswearingen6966
      @zachswearingen6966 Před 9 lety +33

      Yeah... This song starts meaning a whole lot more to you once you actually understand the meaning behind it. I love this song.

  • @SirGhostly
    @SirGhostly Před 9 lety +547

    An 18 year old who didn't know what loss was hits home so fucking hard, I love this song

    • @braltimore3995
      @braltimore3995 Před 2 lety +5

      Recently realized that all my anger and rage doesn't help anyone. Revenge doesn't help the hurt. I felt the fire die and I feel so old and wise. I wanna be young and foolish again.

  • @raine-rambles
    @raine-rambles Před 7 lety +3095

    no therapy we listen to this song fifty times like men

    • @blissfulstatic2563
      @blissfulstatic2563 Před 6 lety +26

      Jamie Brown okay legit? i came to this video because of a tumblr post that said almost the exact same thing
      the post's 11 months old so it's possible that you saw the same one 👀

    • @dayman7084
      @dayman7084 Před 5 lety +50

      What sort of toxic masculinity bs is that?

    • @writteninthestars02
      @writteninthestars02 Před 5 lety +82

      Day man it's a joke

    • @brianchenny
      @brianchenny Před 5 lety +1

      Jamie Brown yeeeahhh buddyyy

    • @ouijabored000
      @ouijabored000 Před 5 lety +49

      use testosterone to dominate your own mental illnesses

  • @noxious9284
    @noxious9284 Před 5 lety +177

    "I didnt know I was lonely till I saw your face."
    *says me, to me in the mirror*

  • @thaliaferreira8656
    @thaliaferreira8656 Před 3 lety +82

    “I didn’t know I was lonely till I saw your face” and “I didn’t know I was broken till I wanted to change” really get to me

  • @deliahadian9618
    @deliahadian9618 Před 7 lety +232

    please take care of yourself guys, we all can do it.

  • @cams5563
    @cams5563 Před 4 lety +108

    This song is instant serotonin guaranteed

  • @chuuchuuz
    @chuuchuuz Před 3 lety +46

    The old comments are so wow. Glad you all are taking the journey to better yourselves

  • @mariaechuacasantonja5903
    @mariaechuacasantonja5903 Před 9 lety +2694

    This lyrics seems to be depressed but the melody is so great and cool and it is like wanting to dance while you're sad anyone agree? lol

    • @shmesaalrawahi3492
      @shmesaalrawahi3492 Před 8 lety +41

      Basically what twenty one pilots is

    • @glithch
      @glithch Před 8 lety +25

      +Someone Special i like top but,, no? also its a bleachers song so why are you talking about diametrally differend band

    • @shmesaalrawahi3492
      @shmesaalrawahi3492 Před 8 lety +9

      glithch except im not saying anything related to the bleachers? Im just saying that most top songs have a happy beat and sad lyrics so idk where your coming from?

    • @glithch
      @glithch Před 8 lety +11

      +Someone Special no? you are on a bleachers video ppl are talking about bleachers song and you are trying to push 21p here?

    • @glithch
      @glithch Před 8 lety +1

      +Someone Special you said NOTHING about other bands. what game are you trying to be playing?

  • @Mode7GamingPLUS
    @Mode7GamingPLUS Před 10 lety +251

    Sometimes when you feel like shit you need a song like this to pump you up instead of sad songs by other people when they were also feeling like shit because that just becomes a vicious cycle of people feeling like shit

    • @caitlink
      @caitlink Před 3 lety

      Same, sometimes you just need happy comments instead of sad comments. I hope you are doing well!

    • @Shannonbryant605
      @Shannonbryant605 Před 3 lety +2

      We are all slowly getting better we needa support each other 😌☝️

    • @matttress7218
      @matttress7218 Před rokem

      Any other songs like this?

  • @barefootandindependent
    @barefootandindependent Před 8 lety +694

    This song makes me not want to hurt myself!

  • @intraserv3123
    @intraserv3123 Před 7 lety +1868

    This song is gonna be my fuel while I go through this transition.

  • @kayliemancino6269
    @kayliemancino6269 Před 7 lety +220

    THIS SONG IS SO CUTE AND INSPIRATIONAL AND REALLY REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

    • @shewhoshallnotbenamed9272
      @shewhoshallnotbenamed9272 Před 7 lety +5

      Kaylie Mancino it's actually really sad 😐

    • @ElpSmith
      @ElpSmith Před 6 lety +6

      but it inspires you to be a little less sad.

    • @mothmadi_
      @mothmadi_ Před 6 lety

      Yeah I'm pretty sure its about Jacks sister dying.

  • @test123apt
    @test123apt Před 6 lety +4040

    day 4 off heroin.
    this made things better

    • @wxstedstxrs2008
      @wxstedstxrs2008 Před 6 lety +101

      test123apt I hope you’re doing better now! :) 💕

    • @test123apt
      @test123apt Před 6 lety +197

      Wxsted Stxrs thank you. It's still a rough and rocky road... But I'm determined to give it all I've got.

    • @ollievstheworld2270
      @ollievstheworld2270 Před 5 lety +80

      I don't know you, but I'm proud of you. You are getting better.💛

    • @rory4623
      @rory4623 Před 5 lety +46

      Hopefully 9 months now.

    • @ilselangnar507
      @ilselangnar507 Před 5 lety +42

      I wish you the best. Almost nobody I ever knew got off heroine successfully. Be strong, my friend. Withdrawal is not fun and I know it can be painful and frustrating, and heroine is a thousand times worse, but if you fight you can make it!🤞🏻🤞🏻

  • @MT1932MT
    @MT1932MT Před 10 lety +297

    I listen to this song right before I go into therapy. Thank you bleachers. This is my freaking jam.

  • @gabbykingmusic
    @gabbykingmusic Před 10 lety +892

    I feel like I've known this song for years, like I've heard it hundreds of times. I can't explain it; it's like song déjà vu.

    • @lyndseymiddleton5022
      @lyndseymiddleton5022 Před 9 lety +29

      same with me! when i heard this on the radio i was like, "i swear to god i heard this when i was a kid" déjà vu twins! haha

    • @gabbykingmusic
      @gabbykingmusic Před 9 lety +8

      Lyndsey Middleton I guess it's just that kind of song haha

    • @jeffjeffjeff69
      @jeffjeffjeff69 Před 6 lety +7

      Same lol but i think ive heard it before i just dont know when and where

    • @prototype359
      @prototype359 Před 6 lety +12

      you were just remembering in the wrong direction

    • @elliinspace
      @elliinspace Před 6 lety +17

      Honestly I feel like when he sings “I didn’t know i was lonely till i saw your face” is definitely something I’ve heard somewhere else. It has to be, because it’s fucking with my brain how familiar it is.

  • @strwbrrypeeshes
    @strwbrrypeeshes Před 4 lety +78

    imagine being the artist reading these comments about how this song has helped all these people 🥺

  • @randomfire27
    @randomfire27 Před 10 lety +97

    I fucking wanna get better.

  • @user-gi3sq3kd2q
    @user-gi3sq3kd2q Před 7 lety +126

    made me smile for the first time in days

  • @AlanKey86
    @AlanKey86 Před 7 lety +180

    That piano loop. Genius.

  • @veilentines
    @veilentines Před 8 lety +573

    I have to get ready for school in less than 3 hours and I'm quietly jamming out to this song.
    And there's no other way I'd want to spend another sleepless night :')

  • @TheForestFamily
    @TheForestFamily Před 8 lety +153

    I have never related so much to a song in my life before. Ever. It's hopeful though, which is nice. Anxiety is so hard to fucking deal with and no song has ever described what it's like as well as this song.

    • @pizza101real9
      @pizza101real9 Před 6 lety

      TheForestFamily nice to see someone I can relate to

  • @sab1229
    @sab1229 Před 7 lety +78

    THE FUCKING BEST SONG Ever

    • @sad-wr4ye
      @sad-wr4ye Před 7 lety +3

      ilesonce sb PROFAMITY

    • @sab1229
      @sab1229 Před 7 lety +3

      TheTitanOfChaos Right. i'm sorry

  • @Ren-vh3hg
    @Ren-vh3hg Před 5 lety +84

    “I didn’t know I was broken until I wanted to change.”
    God, this song has made me realized I want to become a better person. I love it so much. Bleachers in general has really helped me to get through these summer blues I have. I’m so grateful to know this band! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @jordancaffrey6196
    @jordancaffrey6196 Před 7 lety +153

    This song get me in workout mode/ my ex doesn't matter mode/ I can overcome depression mode it's so good! Thankyou bleachers

    • @Ash-ej1jj
      @Ash-ej1jj Před 6 lety +2

      Jordan C Hell ya!

    • @futuresmiles5797
      @futuresmiles5797 Před 6 měsíci +1

      the best running song, I cannot not sprint every time that chorus kicks in

  • @blankityblank4976
    @blankityblank4976 Před 9 lety +112

    this song is enough misery and joyful for me i adore it. it makes me want to smile, sing and dance with eternally sad people.

    • @ashleyrobbins8205
      @ashleyrobbins8205 Před 6 lety +2

      I will dance with you! I've been jamming to this on repeat for a while now! I love this song ♡

    • @robyn7650
      @robyn7650 Před 2 lety +1

      😭💗

  • @hannahbeckington
    @hannahbeckington Před 10 lety +95

    This song is so underrated

  • @laughattack1313
    @laughattack1313 Před 9 lety +142

    It's been months and THE LYRICS STILL AMAZE ME.

  • @goigonk4460
    @goigonk4460 Před 3 lety +18

    “Didn’t know I was broken ‘till I wanted to change”
    I’m in love with this line.
    So relatable my guy... or gal

  • @Chirpingcherub
    @Chirpingcherub Před 2 lety +9

    “I didn’t know I was broken till I wanted to change” yes literally you don’t know how depressed you actually are/were until you start treatment

  • @jimmy404g
    @jimmy404g Před 4 lety +6

    Wherever you are.
    Don't give up.

  • @scent-bubbles
    @scent-bubbles Před 5 lety +75

    The lyrics of this beautiful song:
    Hey, I hear the voice of a preacher from the back room
    Calling my name and I follow just to find you
    I trace the faith to a broken down television and put on the weather
    And I've trained myself to give up on the past 'cause
    I frozen time between hearses and caskets
    Lost control when I panicked at the acid test
    I wanna get better
    While my friends were getting high and chasing girls down parkway lines
    I was losing my mind 'cause the love, the love, the love, the love, the love
    That I gave wasted on a nice face
    In a blaze of fear I put a helmet on a helmet
    Counting seconds through the night and got carried away
    So now I'm standing on the overpass screaming at the cars,
    Hey, I wanna get better!
    I didn’t know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I go up to my room and there's girls on the ceiling
    Cut out their pictures and I chase that feeling
    Of an eighteen year old who didn't know what loss was
    Now I'm a stranger
    And I miss the days of a life still permanent
    Mourn the years before I got carried away
    So now I'm staring at the interstate screaming at myself,
    Hey, I wanna get better!
    I didn't know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    Better, 'cause I'm sleeping in the back of a taxi
    I'm screaming from my bedroom window
    Even if its gonna kill me
    Woke up this morning early before my family
    From this dream where she was trying to show me
    How a life can move from the darkness
    She said to get better
    So I put a bullet where I shoulda put a helmet
    And I crash my car 'cause I wanna get carried away
    That's why I'm standing on the overpass screaming at myself
    Hey, I wanna get better!
    I didn't know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better

  • @pinkgaybitch
    @pinkgaybitch Před 9 lety +241

    i play this on full blast with no shame

    • @artwelve22
      @artwelve22 Před 9 lety +22

      Yep. This song was meant to be played on full blast while you're screaming singing along to it... I WANNA GET BETTER! BETTER! BETTER! BETTER!!!

    • @pdoglarsen
      @pdoglarsen Před 6 lety

      Good for you?

    • @oooalonsonacho6935
      @oooalonsonacho6935 Před 6 lety

      Is that from MEMEME. Your pic I mean.

  • @itsallperspective7415
    @itsallperspective7415 Před 2 lety +39

    My siblings and I grew up in a abusive neglected household.
    Nothing better than being 17 drunk with your 13 year old brother screaming this song smoking a bowl parked in the driveway ✌

  • @stephaniel7002
    @stephaniel7002 Před 8 lety +70

    Listening to this song on repeat while going through terrible depression. It helps a bit.

    • @ale5929
      @ale5929 Před 5 lety

      Stephanie Levine How are you doing now?

    • @vaughendustries
      @vaughendustries Před 5 lety +2

      I think it totally does, it has positive and honest vibes.
      I hope you're doing okay, my dude, and that we can both get through things.

  • @fatgods2921
    @fatgods2921 Před 7 lety +38

    What is this?
    Why is this in my recommended?
    Why is it the best song I've ever heard?

  • @oliviahyates
    @oliviahyates Před 8 lety +66

    this content is relatable

  • @inno8283
    @inno8283 Před rokem +30

    At a rough point right now. Shit is really rough and I don't know if I'll make it through tomorrow without doing something I'll regret, but I can't deny that this song has picked me up in the past and that I believe it'll pick me up long into the future.

    • @Enturbulant
      @Enturbulant Před 10 měsíci +2

      I hope things have improved for you, sincerely.

  • @lexiepetranin7729
    @lexiepetranin7729 Před 3 lety +32

    not sure if anyone will actually read this, but two days ago my cat passed away. i had him for over 5 yrs, growing into my teenage years. he was my best friend, and a brother to my other kitty, who is probably going through the same pain as me. im really scared for my mental health right now. i feel so sad and useless. im hoping to come back to my comment in a few months to understand how much ive gotten better. i want to get better, but i promise myself that i will get better.

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx Před 3 lety +2

      My cat died about a year and a half ago (September 7th, 2019). She'd been with me my entire life, my parents got her as a wedding present to each other (my dad knew my mum wanted another cat, my mum used the excuse of them having their own cat each in order to get her). I dont really know what happened with her, we couldn't find her one night and then the next morning we found her and she couldn't move her back legs. She was fifteen, deaf, probably partially blind, and had been rather chunky up until a year before. We knew it was nearing the end when she got skinny with no diet change. I feel a lot of guilt because for the last two years of her life she smelled really bad and always snuffled and snorted really loudly. I avoided her when I should have made sure she knew I loved her. She was always there when I needed her, despite my stupidity.
      We had to have her put down the same day her legs went. The vet couldnt even finish injecting the whole syringe before she stopped breathing. From the moment we found her that morning I'd been wondering what itd be like to breathe in a world without her. Shed been there my whole life, followed me around and acted as more of an emotional support than my mum did most of the time. She was basically my second mother, and I'll always think of her as such. It's probably stupid, she was a small boned tabby cat I tried to curl up smaller than so she would think I was her kitten, but that's just what it was.
      I did hold my breath for a while, after she breathed out the last time. I wondered if I would even know how to breathe without her. I breathed back in eventually, obviously, and it hurt a lot. Accepting a world without her hurt a lot. She had been there for every milestone before that, what would it be like to not celebrate with her?
      It still hurts thinking about her sometimes. If one of my other cats snuffles too loud while coming up the stairs, I automatically think "Ah, here Brindle comes, looking to steal some food."
      The grief doesnt go away, and it doesnt heal in the way most people say it does. It's more like you grow around it. What once was huge and all encompassing becomes manageable, then small. Like when I was young, and picking up my cat was a full body effort. Then, as I grew bigger, it got easier. She never changed size, my body just grew to better accommodate her.
      There's never a right time to lose a pet. It'll never be easy to do. But we grow around it, it becomes part of us. Eventually, cliche though it may seem, we look back and remember how lucky we were to have them at all.
      I hope this helps a bit :)
      RIP Brindle
      She saw 12 kittens come into our household over the years, saw eight remain in said household, and of those outlived three, all with the patience of a saint. Her predecessor Billy the Great, if cats could cackle, would be cackling with her in cat heaven for all eternity.

    • @lexiepetranin7729
      @lexiepetranin7729 Před 3 lety +1

      @@CoRLex-jh5vx i really really appreciate your reply. reading your story made me feel at home again and reminded me of how good my kitty was to me. i am so sorry you lost one of your best friends. i can understand it’s the hardest thing to cope with (more difficult than human deaths imo). the breathing thing hit me hard, as at times i used to always think that lilo was dead but just breathing slow. hurt like a ton of bricks when he stopped breathing after we put him down. anyways, thank you for spending the time to write that out, seriously. it’s definitely been a few months since my kittys passing, and i am very happy to report that i am better. eventually, i (as you said) learned to grow around his death and keep a positive eye open. i still miss him a lot and once in awhile i’ll shed a few tears but... they aren’t full of sadness anymore. i’m so joyful that he was able to be in my life and comfort me. pets truly are our guardian angels in disguise. i have two new kittys now, they’re amazing. at first, it was hard having new cats in the house. may sound stupid but i didn’t say i love you to them for the first few months. i guess i felt guilty? whatever it may be, i now love them with all my heart. but, lilo will forever be remembered and missed. no other kitty compares to him.
      i’m glad you’re doing okay. im wishing love and happiness for you always. thank you, again.

  • @annie-pq6qs
    @annie-pq6qs Před 9 lety +123

    This song makes me extremely pumped and ecstatic

  • @DesertPoem18
    @DesertPoem18 Před 6 lety +48

    I used to play this song a lot when I was going through a deep and bad depression, and sing it to myself with determination that I wanna get better. Now I play it and I know I'm better, life has gotten better and I love this song even more.

    • @emmakrumm6399
      @emmakrumm6399 Před 2 lety

      Hey, I'm truly glad to hear. How are you now, do you want to tell me?

  • @hunterwhite7075
    @hunterwhite7075 Před 3 lety +10

    ex drug addict- for 3 years ! and i can only thank this song.

  • @eddiecordero2644
    @eddiecordero2644 Před rokem +3

    I like the part “mourn the years before I got carried away”…alcohol is my thing.

  • @mewcelappleby
    @mewcelappleby Před 3 lety +3

    the vibe reminds me of fun. idk i just miss the old times

  • @SolusEclipse
    @SolusEclipse Před 9 lety +757

    I think well all need to get better...Anyone agree?

    • @chipcookie707
      @chipcookie707 Před 9 lety +10

      Kinda but No cuz im perfect

    • @violetb.2835
      @violetb.2835 Před 9 lety +7

      Haha. I agree. We certainly all need to get better. Except not that guy... ( cookie chip ) Cuz he's perfect. ☺

    • @chipcookie707
      @chipcookie707 Před 9 lety +2

      i be perfect

    • @XxLilBxX1
      @XxLilBxX1 Před 9 lety

      cookie chip A perfect person would have a better grammar.

    • @chipcookie707
      @chipcookie707 Před 9 lety +12

      I said im perfect not flawless ;)

  • @guitarpunk200
    @guitarpunk200 Před 9 lety +123

    lyrics cause all the lyric videos on youtube have shit going on in the back ground of the videos.......
    "I Wanna Get Better"
    Hey, I hear the voice of a preacher from the back room
    Calling my name and I follow just to find you
    I trace the faith to a broken down television and put on the weather
    And I've trained myself to give up on the past 'cause
    I frozen time between hearses and caskets
    Lost control when I panicked at the acid test
    I wanna get better
    While my friends were getting high and chasing girls down parkway lines
    I was losing my mind 'cause the love, the love, the love, the love, the love
    That I gave wasted on a nice face
    In a blaze of fear I put a helmet on a helmet
    Counting seconds through the night and got carried away
    So now I'm standing on the overpass screaming at the cars,
    "Hey, I wanna get better!"
    I didn’t know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I go up to my room and there's girls on the ceiling
    Cut out their pictures and I chase that feeling
    Of an eighteen year old who didn't know what loss was
    Now I'm a stranger
    And I miss the days of a life still permanent
    Mourn the years before I got carried away
    So now I'm staring at the interstate screaming at myself,
    "Hey, I wanna get better!"
    I didn't know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    'Cause I'm sleeping in the back of a taxi
    I'm screaming from my bedroom window
    Even if its gonna kill me
    Woke up this morning early before my family
    From this dream where she was trying to show me
    How a life can move from the darkness
    She said to get better
    So I put a bullet where I shoulda put a helmet
    And I crash my car cause I wanna get carried away
    That's why I'm standing on the overpass screaming at myself,
    "Hey, I wanna get better!"
    I didn't know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better

  • @obrey__
    @obrey__ Před 4 lety +7

    Thank you mike birbiglia

  • @llamabomb9375
    @llamabomb9375 Před 4 lety +21

    Dude I dont know what this song does to you but It does something, I got dressed, cleaned my room, lit some candles, chilled out. This song is great

  • @stevenlomon
    @stevenlomon Před 4 lety +33

    This is part of the soundtrack of my life right now. I recently had a complete mental breakdown and I've never related to a lyric more than "I didn't know I was broken til I wanted to change". One week of therapy and regular exercise now and it'll only get better! :D

  • @sarahcarvalho9963
    @sarahcarvalho9963 Před 4 lety +9

    Listening to this to give me courage for my first therapy visit today.

  • @Calob
    @Calob Před 10 lety +80

    Bleachers has a bright future in the Music Industry that's all i have to say. :) Great song.

    • @mothmadi_
      @mothmadi_ Před 6 lety +2

      Calob Yeah, they got on the radio finally. Which is great.

  • @varglbargl
    @varglbargl Před 4 lety +18

    I have this on a spotify playlist called The Scream-Cry Sing-Along Car Ride that's genuinely dangerous to listen to while driving because I can't see the road through the tears.

    • @Lobstir
      @Lobstir Před 3 lety +1

      May you please tell us what your favorite songs on the playlist are? I think we all need some scream-cry-sing-along car ride songs right now.
      I know it's almost a year later, but y'know.

    • @varglbargl
      @varglbargl Před 3 lety +2

      @@Lobstir Let's see, off the top of my head there's this song, Your Heart is a Muscle The Size of Your Fist by Ramshackle Glory, No Children by The Mountain Goats, Twin Size Mattress by The Front Bottoms, A Better Son/Daughter by Rilo Kiley, and uh Let It Go from Frozen.
      I remember most of it because I've needed to go back to it myself pretty recently too. Those last two tracks are important for coming out the other side 💜

    • @Lobstir
      @Lobstir Před 3 lety +1

      @@varglbargl Thanks! I'll be sure to give these a listen.

  • @eric_the_egggremlin
    @eric_the_egggremlin Před 3 lety +12

    I haven't heard this song in years. I immediately started crying. This was my recovery song. Today I'm on new meds, I have new doctors, I have hope, and I swear to god I HAVE gotten better

    • @vickmalham8191
      @vickmalham8191 Před 3 lety

      Good luck pal and happy New Year 🎊🎆🎈

  • @silverfox142
    @silverfox142 Před 3 lety +6

    I'm sorry for all of you that have struggled with depression or heroin use. I've not, but it doesnt mean iam better than you lot. Iam just proud of you guys have listen to the power of this song that enabled you guys to pick yourselves up to the greater possibilities of what your lives can offer than drugs or feeling low. Big hug to all of you!!

  • @sadradkris
    @sadradkris Před 3 lety +3

    gosh, i remember listening to this song off of an old Dan and Phil edit... times were simple then and i didn't realise it... damn

    • @haileycrank2312
      @haileycrank2312 Před 3 lety

      Dang 😳

    • @sadradkris
      @sadradkris Před 3 lety +1

      @@haileycrank2312 i knowww

    • @natasha-qm7le
      @natasha-qm7le Před 3 lety

      that's exactly how i found out about this song too! i'm pretty sure i was in middle school when i watched that edit. crazy

    • @sadradkris
      @sadradkris Před 3 lety

      @@natasha-qm7le that's insane

  • @BoereViking
    @BoereViking Před 3 lety +2

    Whatever you are busy with and going through. Just keep moving. If you cant run, then walk. If you can't walk then crawl. Just keep moving.

  • @kylesul6433
    @kylesul6433 Před rokem +2

    Another day another step closer to better

    • @randy5655
      @randy5655 Před rokem

      Every day in every way I'm getting wetter.

  • @CreativeC13
    @CreativeC13 Před 2 lety +5

    Hey me. We're still alive if we're reading this huh? I'm so incredibly proud of you!!

  • @shinwonderboy
    @shinwonderboy Před rokem +10

    this song will always be for 15 year old me, staying up all night and watching the sunrise over the mountains in my old neighborhood. i’m 23 now (has it really been that long?) and i’m still not okay, but sometimes, i think i am better.

  • @zonkvervonk
    @zonkvervonk Před rokem +1

    happy birthday babygirl IWGB! thanks for keeping me alive for 9 years!

  • @kellydixon8423
    @kellydixon8423 Před 9 lety +52

    this is such a good summer song :)

  • @user-pm7mt7ho9w
    @user-pm7mt7ho9w Před 3 lety +9

    I have chronic depression that comes and goes. I use this song as a reminder, that things will be ok again, as long as I keep going, I'll get better soon. Then when I'm through, I dance like crazy to the song with a crazy burst of adrenaline and happiness. Like, yesterday, it was raining, and I love rain, and I woke up so happy, so normal, after a week of depression, and I just ran outside and danced to the rain, and jumped in the puddles. I didn't care that people were seeing me in their cars, I didn't care that I was probably too old for this, all I cared about was that I just felt so much better.

  • @avegen1616
    @avegen1616 Před 2 lety +4

    "I didn't know I was broken until I wanted to change". I felt that..

  • @andrewbernier4676
    @andrewbernier4676 Před 3 lety +8

    TLDR Quarentine + depression I didn’t know I had = I wanna get better.
    I’m 18 and COVID hit me hard. At first I was peeking, straight A’s and B’s in all my college classes (I’m in highschool) and I was managing my time very well. But never going outside besides a quick walk for the dogs, not talking to people, in general just the solitude of covid finally took its toll. I kept saying yeah these are feelings everyone deals with. But when my family noticed that I was starting to act like a completely different person without me even knowing, I decided, I had to get better. Ok, all cheesy jokes aside, I’m showering each morning, my bed is only for sleeping, attempting to go outside more often and even hanging out with friends that I didn’t even think wanted to hang out. It’s great I’m trying to figure this out before I got off to college. Anyway, no one is alone trying to figure things out. Things will... well.. get better, but you have to want to and you have to make that first step. :) I hope this didn’t sound cheesy 😂

  • @Naomi-rf1bl
    @Naomi-rf1bl Před 5 lety +233

    It makes me sad that all the comments are from four years ago

  • @lolipopscandy62
    @lolipopscandy62 Před 9 lety +21

    I really really wanna get better

  • @cmunson9488
    @cmunson9488 Před 3 lety +9

    This song will help me get thru my depression

  • @pizzagamecube2564
    @pizzagamecube2564 Před 7 lety +21

    How is it that a song that came out 3 years ago can make me feel nostalgic?

  • @Owen_O-Quinn
    @Owen_O-Quinn Před 4 lety +16

    Shout out to all my people who going through the inner struggle and are unhappy with yourself
    Stay strong be great be yourself we gonna breakthrough

  • @claudiaobrien1009
    @claudiaobrien1009 Před 3 lety +31

    My story isn't going to be as inspiring as everyone elses, but my pet rat died today. I used to have 3 rats, and I've lost 2 this year. Things are really hard, and I blamed myself for not doing something right. I thought about this song, and suddenly felt the need to listen to it. It just makes everything feel a little less crazy in the world. Thank you.

    • @jamieclark9695
      @jamieclark9695 Před 2 lety +4

      I'm here for you babes 💖 I've raised rats since I was 5 I haven't been without one since. Losing them is hard it's like losing a best friend. I'm so sorry for your loss but it will get better with time and their soul will be with you always. Thank you for showing them love! All creatures deserve love no matter how small.

    • @willshogren1987
      @willshogren1987 Před 2 lety +3

      Losing a pet rat is like losing any other pet. They're sweet and affectionate and i hope you're feeling better.

  • @cailincasey3444
    @cailincasey3444 Před rokem +5

    I have schizophrenia. I listen to this like every day. I WANNA GET BETTER!! 💚💪

  • @PxllWav
    @PxllWav Před 4 lety +4

    Uploaded on my birthday on possibly the most life changing year of my life. This is a gift I didn't know I got. 2014 itself was a gift to me

  • @jocelynsawyer9647
    @jocelynsawyer9647 Před 2 lety +8

    Whenever I’m really thinking about it.,. I jam this song, read the comments, and remind myself it’s ok to wanna get better, and I’m not alone. Thank you all. Thank you bleachers. For at least tossing me a match to light in this darkness..

    • @emmakrumm6399
      @emmakrumm6399 Před 2 lety

      Thanks for phrasing that. It's okay to want to get better, I don't know what you thought writing that but I think I needed to hear.

  • @lizhorn2931
    @lizhorn2931 Před 8 lety +12

    i can not thank you enough for this song it has changed my life

  • @phill4301
    @phill4301 Před 7 lety +16

    i haven't heard this song in like, a year and a half and i randomly thought of it today and i'm so glad i did

  • @aussie7305
    @aussie7305 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Thanks for this song. I am chronically Ill. Helps me

  • @willliammaymay1402
    @willliammaymay1402 Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks brother. Spirits high forever.

  • @enterusername7412
    @enterusername7412 Před 8 lety +6

    this song is one of the many great things that made 2014 amazing.

  • @crunchenpretzel
    @crunchenpretzel Před 5 lety +7

    Coming from someone who's suffered from depression, everything from the dissociatively happy melody acting as a mask over the lyrics to the delivery of said lyrics is a perfect representation of that to the point where it's hard to say the one who created the song didn't suffer from it themselves. It shows such an intimate, even poetic knowledge o of the disease it honestly makes me break into tears.
    And that's a good thing.

  • @joievianny420
    @joievianny420 Před měsícem +27

    it's the guy from fortnite

  • @Benjamin-tu4mf
    @Benjamin-tu4mf Před 7 lety +3

    "I didn't know I was broken til' I wanted to change." Fuck those lyrics hit hard

  • @loststar5503
    @loststar5503 Před 2 lety +3

    used to listen to this when i was younger and it found me at the perfect time again. love y’all

  • @rustypterodactyl
    @rustypterodactyl Před 5 lety +5

    There’s just something about the line, “So now I’m standing on the overpass screaming at the cars hey hey!” And how it changes to “Standing on the interstate screaming at myself” and then combining the two at the end to “So now I’m standing on the overpass screaming at myself hey hey!” Lyrical Genius

  • @a.lonely.fox.3342
    @a.lonely.fox.3342 Před 2 lety +5

    Honestly it's like going in circles. Crash, breaking point, go numb, almost die, start to feel better, repeat. But it won't always be this way. I'm gonna break the cycle this time.

  • @greebn4196
    @greebn4196 Před 3 lety +2

    You're gonna get better.

  • @HS-ri7br
    @HS-ri7br Před 5 lety +4

    Take any prescribed medication, drink some water, get some rest, take a shower, a walk, do yoga, meditate, do whatever you need to do to relax yourself. We all stress so much it's a part of us. Take Care Of Yourself please.

  • @claragreen7472
    @claragreen7472 Před 3 lety +3

    I WANNA GET BETTER

  • @jamesrows6819
    @jamesrows6819 Před rokem +2

    Forget about this song till now when I probably needed it most. Hope you all are staying well in this crazy 2022+ world, keep those chins up!

  • @Drivingwinds
    @Drivingwinds Před 2 lety +2

    This song reminds me of my mental health progress. From a psyche ward to being married with a career. Don't give up.

  • @father_cowboy
    @father_cowboy Před 3 lety +6

    My hair looks almost exactly like that rn lol :)
    This song has gotten me through so much, 💕💕💕

  • @LoveSickPanda
    @LoveSickPanda Před 10 lety +10

    This song makes me oddly emotional.
    Such a uniquely, beautifully, touching aspect to it.
    Been on replay all morning.

  • @toxicbisexual
    @toxicbisexual Před rokem +2

    Somebody: How many times you listen this song?
    I: I WANA GED BETTA

  • @l8m8c
    @l8m8c Před 2 lety +1

    Currently going through chemo for leukemia. This song is keeping me going!