VERSE 1
Sometimes the world sucks, and that’s a fact.
I’m sorry to say it with so little tact,
But it’s honestly the way I feel,
It’s the way it is, and we just have to deal.

Now you might be saying, “Matt, I know this well,
Why would you sing about this . . . what the hell?”
It’s ‘cause I believe that things won’t always suck,
Whether through God, or fate, or just good luck.

Sometimes we have to suffer before we can move,
Sometimes things have to crappy before they can improve.
We have to take the bad along with the good,
But let this be understood:

CHORUS 1
It gets better.
And I know that it will.
Keep on fighting, though right now the battle’s all uphill,
It gets better,
Though I don’t know how,
And I know that’s not much consolation right now,
‘Cause you might be feeling that there’s no hope,
As you try to slough your way up that slippery slope,
And the rain falls down and the world gets wetter,
But it gets better,
It gets better!

VERSE 2
Throughout our history, there have been men
And women who’ve predicted, again and again,
“Repent! It is coming, the end is near!”
But the moment passed . . . and we’re still here!

The world grows dismal and dark and cold,
But it’s part of a cycle--or so I’m told--
And it’s not an accident, I feel,
That human beings were made to heal.

So though your cause seems hopeless and adversary strong,
And though your fight’s an old one and the battle is long,
Don’t ever stop believing that things can improve,
As the so often do.

CHORUS 2
It gets better.
And I know that it can.
All it takes are a few people who are willing to stand.
It gets better.
Everything will be fine.
Everyone has faith in something, and this is mine.
That winter thaws and the night will end,
The clouds will clear away and wounds will mend,
And the sun comes up and sky gets redder,
And it gets better.

BRIDGE
Our past is full of ignorance, despair, and hate,
And it seems we’re in that rut again, as of late.
But we are more enlightened now than we were then,
And we will be yet again.

CHORUS 3
It gets better.
I know, life’s not fair,
It’s a fact of the world, but do not despair,
It gets better.
Get up off your butt,
Because that’s the only way to escape this rut.
If we all give up, then we’re truly beat,
And the bastards have won. So pick up your feet,
And don’t let disillusionment be your fetter,
‘Cause it gets better,

CHORUS 4
It gets better.
And what else can I say,
Except that I know things won’t always be this way.
It gets better,
You can make that real,
Because life goes on, and the world will heal.
But you have to not give up the fight,
And keep your eyes focused on that glimmer of light,
I don’t know any way I can say it better
Than it gets better . . .

It gets better.