Get Better lyrics

[Verse 1]

Hallelujah

I'm listening to a recording of you sleeping next to me

Acappella

I'm listening to you cover Elliot Smith's "Angeles"

It's these times I'll need if you go

It's these times I'll need if you go, so

[Chorus]

Get better, my darling

I know you will

Get better, my darling

I know you will

Get better

[Verse 2]

I'm drawn to the motorway

The cold whoosh of trucks passing

This nighttime under sodium light

The orange spread is soul-quietening

A younger you and a younger me

Meeting at The Serpentine

I am yours, you are mine

[Verse 3]

Happy birthday

Staff smuggled in a card I made

It rests under your pillow

When out of ICU, you'll cringe at all the "I love you"s

The card retired the life of one biro

At this time, I wanted you to know

At this time, I wanted you to know

[Chorus]

Get better, my darling

I hope you will

Get better, my darling

I hope you will

Get better

[Verse 4]

I'll start the day with tiramisu

Raise a spoon to frontline workers

An underfunded principle

They risk all to be there for us

A younger you and a younger me

Meeting at The Serpentine

I am yours, you are mine

[Verse 5]

You were the baker

I'll christen this new era with the smell of freshly baked bread

Your Nutella, I'll keep it in the cellar

You were always a fan of that spread

Six months on, there's a car crash outside

The fire brigade using the jaws of life

No flush at night to sound your return

I still pretend you're only out of sight

[Verse 6]

Front garden bouquet, I threw it at the fire brigade

I was admonished and told to go back inside

From the living room window

I stand and watch the white sheet go

Over the family car and I close my eyes

I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

Smiling at your phone

I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

Smiling at your phone

I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

Smiling at your phone

I still pretend

[Verse 7]

A younger me, a younger you

Meeting at The Serpentine

The beginning of spring, you wore those yellow ripped jeans

Your look defined my 2009

Your shyness stoked my boldness

"Shall we go in?", I smiled

Your hand warmed walking through the gallery

[Outro]

(Get better [laughs]) [tape rewinding]

I know I will

(Get better [laughs])

My darling, I know I will

• Artist:Alt-J (∆)
• Album:The Dream