Better Than This

[Verse 1]
You used to call just to laugh about nothing
Now every text feels sharp
Like a dare
I try to talk
You roll your eyes
Like my feelings are clutter in your room somewhere
[Pre-Chorus]
How did we go
From secrets and sleepovers
To walking on glass
Afraid you'll tip over
[Chorus]
I deserve better than this
Better than begging you to care
Better than crying in my car
While you say I'm too aware
I gave you all of my trust
You turned it into a twist
If this is what you call a friend
I deserve better than this
(better than this)
[Verse 2]
You break my heart
Then you blame me for bleeding
You disappear
Then ask why I'm cold
You tell our jokes to a brand new crowd
Act like our history's a story you sold
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm tired of shrinking
So you can stand taller
Tired of chasing
Every missed caller
[Chorus]
I deserve better than this
Better than waiting by the phone
Better than sitting at your side
Still somehow feeling alone
I gave you pieces of me
You crossed my name off your list
If this is what you call a friend
I deserve better than this
(oh, I deserve better)
[Bridge]
Maybe you’ll miss me when I stop reaching
Maybe you’ll hear me when I’m gone
But I’m done folding just to fit your framing
Done pretending this is love
[Chorus]
I deserve better than this
Better than begging you to care
Better than swallowing my hurt
So you don’t have to be fair
I gave you all of my heart
You kept the parts you could twist
If this is what you call a friend
I deserve better than this
I deserve better than this

pop, Modern pop ballad with female vocals, muted piano and warm pads in the verses, big punchy drums and bright synths in the chorus. Start intimate and close-mic’d, then lift into an anthemic, sing-along hook with stacked harmonies and airy ad-libs. Clean guitar doubles the topline in the bridge, final chorus hits hardest with extra backing vocals and a slightly wider stereo field., female vocals