Improvement

By Daphne Eckman

Released on July 16, 2024

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[Verse 1]

Is it enough to say "I'm sorry"?

'Cause I don't have the energy to dissect all parts of me

I said I didn't like the way he drank 'til he got angry

Making snide remarks until his friends got him home safely

And now I'm drinking something pink and crinkling my eyelids

All my friends are talking 'bout their weekend in the islands

I'm watching them, just bubbling, and I'm overanalyzing

What the hell is wrong with me

If they could see what I could see

They'd know I don't mean anything I say


[Pre-Chorus]

I just want you and me to be okay

A pendulum that's swinging just one way

Blame it on where my natal moon was placed

Do I make you want to drivе me away?


[Chorus]

I'm not moving

Until you tell me what wеnt wrong

If I'm improving

I never thought that it would take so long


[Verse 2]

I'm good at holding secret grudges

Apologizing on the phone, forgetting next to nothing

At some point, something shifted, and it's me that's up to something

I don't like when you're mad at me

And I think you probably should not be

But now it's my fault that we're not okay


[Pre-Chorus]

A pendulum that's swinging just one way

If I'm a baby, please don't throw it in my face

And I hate you, but I hate that you're in pain

I can see how all this would drive you away


[Chorus]

I'm not moving

Until you tell me what went wrong

If I'm improving

Then why'd it have to take so goddamn long?

I've been stewing

Like a cynic that can't see her own mistakes

I'm not losing

But is it winning to refuse to accept my fate?

Accept my fate


[Bridge]

Now I'm growing up

Now I'm an adult like you

Now we're getting somewhere

And now I have a foolproof excuse

To go back to your place

Throwing up on my shoes

I won't accept that it's over

In fact, I fucking refuse

So


[Outro]

Is it enough to say "I'm sorry"?