You were always trying to make me better
And I got convinced that was a good plan
I never thought to tell you to f*ck off
'Cause I'm not so bad just the way I am
Now I know that we've all got some work to do
And I'll be the first to admit I can be a mess
But I don't think you ever really wanted me
Just a prop to help you look your best
So how's it going, going it alone?
Now you got all the space you said you need
Yeah, what's the plan, and do you ever look back?
Do you miss some part of you when you think of me?
As for me, I'm better
When I see your pictures it feels funny
There's a stranger laughing next to your big old smile
You look just the same, but a little bit... different
You're wearing brand new clothes in the same old style
Sometimes I wonder if we ever really change at all
Or if we're just living out our DNA?
Yeah we like to think we're writing our own lines,
But the subtext is always changing with the play
So how's it going, going it alone?
Now you got all the space you said you need
Yeah, what's the plan, and do you ever look back?
Do you miss some part of you when you think of me?
As for me, I'm better.
I never dreamed, we could break
I just kept learning to bend
But that was more than you could take
And you did not want to pretend
And this is cleaner in the end...
I gotta say, it's better
Yeah, it's better