Better For You

(Intro)

(A slow, muted acoustic guitar finger-picks a melancholic melody. A soft piano chord tracks behind it, setting a heavy, reflective mood.)

(Verse 1)

I used to check the rearview mirror just to see my ghosts

The kind of habits that'll burn down what you love the most

Spent too many midnights starin at a bottle label

Spillin all my secrets on a kitchen table

I was a walkin wrecking ball, a beautiful mess

And how you stuck around, well, it’s anybody’s guess.

(Verse 2)

There were nights I locked the door and shut the world clean out

Let my insecurities turn into screamin doubt

Thinkin I wasn't enough, that you’d be better off

With some clean-cut boy mmm real tough when things got rough

I put you through the ringer, made some massive mistakes

Testin every single string to see how much it breaks.

(Chorus)

But you never packed a bag, never walked out the door

When I was face down, bleedin on a hardwood floor

Yeah, you held my shakin hands through the worst of it all

You’re always Standin tall when my whole world falls

Man, I’m far from a saint, but heaven knows it's true

Every single day, I’m tryin to be better for you.

Yeah, better for you.

(Verse 3)

It’s a slow-going road tryin to straighten out the bends

Learnin how to live without the triggers and the trends

Still got a little darkness bitin at my heels

But you look at me and change how everything feels

You’re my ride or die, my midnight train

The only thing that ever finally numbed the pain.

(Chorus)

'Cause you never packed a bag, never walked out the door

When I was face down, bleedin on a hardwood floor

Yeah, you held my shakin hands through the worst of it all

You’re still Standin tall when my whole world falls

Man, I’m far from a saint, but heaven knows it's true

Every single day, I’m tryin to be better for you.

(Bridge)

I still wake up sweatin in the middle of the night

Wonderin if the version you got turned out right

But you just pull me closer, whisper in the dark

Remindin me that healin always starts in the heart

(Guitar Solo)

(Chorus)

And you never packed a bag, never walked out the door

When I was face down, bleedin on a hardwood floor

Yeah, you held my shakin hands through the worst of it all

Standin like a shadow when my whole world falls

Man, I’m far from a saint, but heaven knows it's true

Every single day, I’m tryin to be better for you.

(Outro)

Yeah, I'm workin on it daily

'Cause you're my ride or die, baby.

Let ME be the proof...

Of me bein better for you.