Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better

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  • Опубліковано 26 бер 2014
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    "I Wanna Get Better" on iTunes: smarturl.it/IWannaGetBetter
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    Music video by Bleachers performing I Wanna Get Better. (C) 2014 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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  • @jaydevanathan374
    @jaydevanathan374 7 років тому +4032

    "Come back, I will make you an espresso." Genius.

    • @dominicdefelice7974
      @dominicdefelice7974 5 років тому +68

      Greatest pickup line ever

    • @redundantdna
      @redundantdna 5 років тому +54

      How did that not work?!!

    • @dariarussu686
      @dariarussu686 5 років тому +9

      @@redundantdna exactly the same question!! :)

    • @richardrennie8221
      @richardrennie8221 4 роки тому +3

      True that!

    • @graemee
      @graemee 4 роки тому +14

      I believe it's pronounced "exspresso", you uncultured swine.

  • @clock3443
    @clock3443 3 роки тому +2118

    If an artist makes you scream 'I wanna get better' at the top of your lungs, that's a good artist

    • @toastedjoe1013
      @toastedjoe1013 2 роки тому +5

      While holding your abortion dog.

    • @LeonardoSilva-ih9ld
      @LeonardoSilva-ih9ld 2 роки тому +9

      This makes sense to me. I totally agrre.

    • @luciamatysakova5781
      @luciamatysakova5781 2 роки тому +1

      I know this comment is old, but try Nothing But Thieves- I wanna get better :)

    • @OttrPopAnimations
      @OttrPopAnimations Рік тому +1

      ikr!!

    • @Rachel-jb6ht
      @Rachel-jb6ht Рік тому +3

      I was lucky to see them at Bonaroo some years back. To hear hundreds of people screaming "I wanna get better", I will never experience anything quite like that ever again. Incredibly moving

  • @MarchKitty
    @MarchKitty 4 роки тому +5589

    I use to listen to this song when i was heavily addicted to heroin. I'm three years clean and sober and and this song gives me chills. I got better. 💖

    • @Sharkdanko
      @Sharkdanko 4 роки тому +60

      Congrats Kitty, well done!

    • @SuperMacik1
      @SuperMacik1 4 роки тому +82

      That's weird.. I was just reliving those years when I heard this song.. this song was popular while I was in rehab for heroin and that's where I heard it for the first time. Music from that time period hits me in an entirely different way than anything else

    • @samanthaw8637
      @samanthaw8637 4 роки тому +26

      MarchKitty1994 me too, I feel so much better now and congratulations to you too

    • @mowyattlowdon617
      @mowyattlowdon617 4 роки тому +24

      Congrats to both of you for getting clean! I'm super proud and impressed. 💜

    • @devildawg1065
      @devildawg1065 4 роки тому +23

      Great job MarchKitty , you go girl. Hard work I know. Just over 23 years for me.The song is fantastic and everything is better with a bit of clarity.

  • @gardenbimbo6531
    @gardenbimbo6531 4 роки тому +2429

    Damn aging is so weird. I remember hearing this as a pre-teen being like "wow he must be living a wild party life filled with drugs, sex, and rock and roll" but now I get it. He's just a tired confused 20 something who has no idea what tf is going on and I feel that man.

    • @alexandriaking2410
      @alexandriaking2410 4 роки тому +20

      Ellie Bean sometimes it’s the little things

    • @luciagarcia4820
      @luciagarcia4820 4 роки тому +80

      I mean... "While my friends were getting high and chasing girls down parkway lines, I was losing my mind"

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 4 роки тому +71

      Wait another 20 years and it will make even more sense.

    • @BigBrother1993
      @BigBrother1993 4 роки тому +37

      From what I've read, the song is about losing his sister, he spirals out and he has a dream to which she tells him to get better.

    • @samroy9153
      @samroy9153 3 роки тому +3

      Oh this song was written for me then

  • @PeepsILoveEllie
    @PeepsILoveEllie 8 років тому +2872

    "I chase that feeling of an eighteen year old who didn't know what loss was"
    hits home..

    • @BigPokemonFan987
      @BigPokemonFan987 6 років тому +14

      PeepsILoveEllie loss as in the meme?

    • @dcmonnie
      @dcmonnie 5 років тому +33

      I II
      lI. I__

    • @roncrate6424
      @roncrate6424 5 років тому +7

      Too bad predators ruin their lives

    • @Liv-or5ci
      @Liv-or5ci 5 років тому

      Yeahhhhhhhh glad I’m not the only one

    • @jmc2845
      @jmc2845 5 років тому +27

      PeepsILoveEllie the first time I heard that thought summed up with "...and now I'm a stranger" got me right in the feels. I'm not sure I remember how that person that used to be me ever felt so optimistic.

  • @Katie-mw7pd
    @Katie-mw7pd 7 років тому +3951

    "I didn't know I was lonely till I saw your face"
    I hope someday I meet someone who makes me feel like that.

  • @chiggers8889
    @chiggers8889 3 роки тому +1047

    I somehow forgot the name of this song, I legit just searched “Your ketchup toast is ready” and here I am

  • @DeathbatDrone
    @DeathbatDrone 4 роки тому +2926

    One doesn't simply listen to this song at a normal volume.

    • @physcoclown1238
      @physcoclown1238 4 роки тому +32

      Beautifully written my friend

    • @mney4403
      @mney4403 4 роки тому +28

      FULL BLAST

    • @Jdub54
      @Jdub54 3 роки тому +10

      Big facts

    • @jessicamarie6611
      @jessicamarie6611 3 роки тому +8

      I blast t hff e living F$$$out of this.

    • @punkygrl01
      @punkygrl01 3 роки тому +21

      As loud as you can play it, and screaming along with it. Only way.

  • @Hakajin
    @Hakajin 6 років тому +1411

    This is one of the only music videos I've ever seen where I feel like the cinematic bits actually add to the experience.

    • @MeanBeanComedy
      @MeanBeanComedy 3 роки тому +6

      That's the whole point to a music video.

    • @chefdeputas
      @chefdeputas 3 роки тому +24

      @@MeanBeanComedy and they said it's the only one where they feel like it adds value, dumbass

    • @nofurtherwest3474
      @nofurtherwest3474 3 роки тому +9

      Agreed. I kinda wish the beginning was a real tv show or movie.

    • @artemisspawnofzeus7732
      @artemisspawnofzeus7732 3 роки тому +5

      @@MeanBeanComedy the cinematic bits are actually generally there to keep you from ripping it off of youtube. Thats why they only became like super common after youtube. Thats why it feels like it ruins the song a lot of the time cause its explicitly designed to ruin the song.

    • @Shapes_Quality_Control
      @Shapes_Quality_Control 3 роки тому +4

      Have... have you never seen Thriller?

  • @kellyclark2806
    @kellyclark2806 8 років тому +941

    "I didn't know I was broken until I wanted to change" are amazing lyrics. Wanting to live a better life is the first step toward change. Then asking for help. Asking for help is a strength! Do it! Asking for help is just saying "I want my life to get better!" Love this song.

  • @aaqshsh2617
    @aaqshsh2617 4 роки тому +516

    this song helped me so much with stopping selfharming and i am happy that i am finally 1 full year clean.

  • @fistfullcoronation3512
    @fistfullcoronation3512 3 роки тому +561

    This really should be made into a movie in some way. A therapist's life where they struggle with their own problems, meanwhile also need to bear the weight of everyone who comes in

    • @MrWigglesWorth
      @MrWigglesWorth 3 роки тому +34

      That's just the TV show "Frasier".

    • @ninboy97
      @ninboy97 3 роки тому +7

      'hector and the search for happiness ' pops into mind

    • @Jadejasminebentley
      @Jadejasminebentley 2 роки тому +1

      Check out Gypsy on Netflix! Only one series but so so good!

    • @natashaphelps4653
      @natashaphelps4653 2 роки тому +6

      This song reminds me of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story.” The book is better than the movie.

    • @CobaltLobo
      @CobaltLobo 2 роки тому +4

      Me everyday at work as a cashier

  • @TheSingingPug
    @TheSingingPug 7 років тому +1179

    I'm on a binge/cycle of under appreciated music.. How come I've never heard all this gold??

    • @daniellpritchett1763
      @daniellpritchett1763 7 років тому +22

      Tess House any suggestion for good music?

    • @fionaautumn
      @fionaautumn 6 років тому +8

      Tess House Same, I just discovered this song today

    • @DarthVader-di4sz
      @DarthVader-di4sz 5 років тому +11

      Please, let us know what else besides "I Wanna Get Better" you've discovered as gold in your binge of under appreciated music.

    • @zachcovington8829
      @zachcovington8829 5 років тому +5

      Check out Max Frost. You will thank me later

    • @poodychulak
      @poodychulak 5 років тому +10

      TV Girl if y'all wanna get really indie with me. Has a lot of that old-school sampling stuff, upbeat and danceable while being relatably depressing.

  • @SleezyMcZeelius
    @SleezyMcZeelius 5 років тому +359

    "Timings great, I just came out of my coma." "Are you gonna keep using that?" I couldn't stop laughing.

  • @bdash32
    @bdash32 3 роки тому +1745

    "I didn't know I was broken, till I wanted to change."
    Let's go, 2021 is the year we get better.

    • @irequirecaffeine
      @irequirecaffeine 3 роки тому +10

      my girlfriend of 3 years broke up with me on new years lmaoooo maybe next year man.

    • @williammckimm8318
      @williammckimm8318 3 роки тому +2

      Well said sir

    • @williammckimm8318
      @williammckimm8318 3 роки тому +6

      @@irequirecaffeine I'm sorry man but now you get todo whatever you want whenever you want so what's the down side.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 3 роки тому +5

      ​@@irequirecaffeine Well dude, look at it as you have all of 2021 to get better, so the sentiment is still true!

    • @anthonyhuman4625
      @anthonyhuman4625 3 роки тому

      G3t it bdash!

  • @joleneangelicsingarrett5837
    @joleneangelicsingarrett5837 3 роки тому +313

    This song means literally so much to me... Sang it to my mom when I picked her up from hospital... Had the best 3 days before she passed... She was like "I really like this song it's catchy"... She was pretty awesome. Xoxo

    • @archieclark1139
      @archieclark1139 2 роки тому +11

      That's such a nice memory you'll have forever. Sorry for your loss ♥️

    • @joleneangelicsingarrett5837
      @joleneangelicsingarrett5837 2 роки тому +2

      @@archieclark1139 thank you xoxo ♥️

    • @christopherpeninger324
      @christopherpeninger324 2 роки тому +3

      Sorry for your loss but sounds like she found a happy thought!

    • @Rainy-In-The-Desert
      @Rainy-In-The-Desert 2 роки тому +1

      I'm so sorry for your loss. It's beautiful that you were able to share this with her and have those three days. Three days doesn't sound like much unless you're in the situation. I spent a week holding my dad's hand in the hospital.. even though he was in a coma I still wouldn't give up that time. Blessings to your mom's memory ❤️

    • @stevehuskey9037
      @stevehuskey9037 Рік тому +1

      ❤❤❤

  • @X-3K
    @X-3K 7 років тому +1657

    "Your ketchup toast is ready."

    • @pcarebear1
      @pcarebear1 7 років тому +40

      I thought that was what she said...but I was like "who the hell does that?!?" Then I remembered some people use ketchup for pasta sauce :P

    • @qreilly1978
      @qreilly1978 6 років тому +32

      Texas Toast

    • @AppaJooey
      @AppaJooey 6 років тому +6

      I think it's just one word ... ketchuptoast ... lol

    • @brianleonard6290
      @brianleonard6290 5 років тому +2

      Had to rewind to make sure I heard right.

    • @Sayonarami
      @Sayonarami 5 років тому +3

      I heared cutTED toast tho. Its weird

  • @Tbonekid34
    @Tbonekid34 7 років тому +1555

    All these comments talking about Soso and no one mentions Donna?!
    TREAT YO SELF

  • @skybingus
    @skybingus 3 роки тому +174

    I used to listen to this A LOT around the time that I was coming to terms with severe depression and overcoming trauma. I struggled with everything and this song really helped me feel normal and even find humor in it. I just want to wish everyone who listens to this song to cope with something, absolute luck. I’m rooting for you 💛

    • @jaysabz7355
      @jaysabz7355 2 роки тому +4

      Love that bud, loving each other and taking care of each other is priority

    • @PJK0PA15
      @PJK0PA15 Рік тому +1

      How did you overcome

    • @lindseypowell01
      @lindseypowell01 6 місяців тому +1

      Love your positivity, I really needed it today!

  • @ghostlyhugs
    @ghostlyhugs 3 роки тому +301

    I'm quitting smoking. I'm getting out of depression. I didn't know I was broken till i wanted to change and now. I'm gonna get better.

    • @scottbarbee4392
      @scottbarbee4392 3 роки тому +3

      I am riding high upon a deep depression-i can relate-in time it always gets better-it is part of the total human experience-you live you learn, and you will become better- in your own special way

    • @delir1um
      @delir1um 3 роки тому +1

      we'll get better

    • @gabrieldepaula7609
      @gabrieldepaula7609 3 роки тому +2

      I want to be fine I don't want to feel sad anymore
      i wanna get better

    • @sonachouldjian9945
      @sonachouldjian9945 3 роки тому +3

      you will im absolutely certain

    • @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335
      @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 3 роки тому +2

      Nice hope everything goes well

  • @SophieArabella
    @SophieArabella 8 років тому +5174

    the real question: why did she only take the lamp

    • @oliviaaugust5744
      @oliviaaugust5744 8 років тому +40

      true lmfao

    • @Rauulra
      @Rauulra 8 років тому +149

      +Sophie Arabella Lightning for selfies

    • @sylviapike4235
      @sylviapike4235 8 років тому +70

      +Sophie Arabella I may be wrong but I think that it is a play off of the movie The Jerk...

    • @brooklynfaith9097
      @brooklynfaith9097 8 років тому +4

      Good question

    • @Dwight_Lee
      @Dwight_Lee 8 років тому +190

      +Sophie Arabella I think it's supposed to show how the light of his life (her) is walking out on him.
      Edit: I noticed how the scene of her leaving is the only time he's fully lit in the video. The parts afterward he's mostly only lit on half of his face, showing his feeling of emptiness.
      Also after the line "...So I put a bullet where I should of put a helmet and crashed my car 'cause I wanna get carried away" (Saying he blew his brains out in his car, so he could at least have a decent funeral) He is completely dark on this point forward from the video, signifying his death.
      Just added this to support my theory, any other ideas anyone?

  • @naomi3184
    @naomi3184 3 роки тому +239

    This song came out a few months before I was sent to a residential eating disorder treatment facility and is one of the only reasons i didn't feel like a failure or give up on myself. Thank you Jack

    • @vickmalham8191
      @vickmalham8191 3 роки тому +6

      Good luck gal

    • @autumn7809
      @autumn7809 2 роки тому +5

      Same, but inpatient for suicidal intention. Best of luck

    • @onionbroisbestwaifu5067
      @onionbroisbestwaifu5067 2 роки тому +3

      This song also helped me get through and eating disorder res program

    • @roadworkaheadsign3707
      @roadworkaheadsign3707 2 роки тому +2

      Eating disorders are so tough (know from experience) and I hope you’re still doing ok. A big, giant mental trap where nobody wins is the only way I can think about it.
      Remember you’re worth the same if you eat today. Keep trying to get better ❤️

  • @georgeferreira1715
    @georgeferreira1715 4 роки тому +257

    I love this song not only bc it's catchy but it's also lyrically really really deep, and the video strikes a great balance between dark humor and serious issues

  • @dane2156
    @dane2156 6 років тому +799

    Hey, I hear the voice of a preacher from the back room
    Calling my name and I follow just to find you
    I trace the faith to a broken down television and put on the weather
    And I've trained myself to give up on the past 'cause
    I frozen time between hearses and caskets
    Lost control when I panicked at the acid test
    I wanna get better
    While my friends were getting high and chasing girls down parkway lines
    I was losing my mind 'cause the love, the love, the love, the love, the love
    That I gave wasted on a nice face
    In a blaze of fear I put a helmet on a helmet
    Counting seconds through the night and got carried away
    So now I'm standing on the overpass screaming at the cars,
    Hey, I wanna get better!
    I didn’t know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I go up to my room and there's girls on the ceiling
    Cut out their pictures and I chase that feeling
    Of an eighteen year old who didn't know what loss was
    Now I'm a stranger
    And I miss the days of a life still permanent
    Mourn the years before I got carried away
    So now I'm staring at the interstate screaming at myself,
    Hey, I wanna get better!
    I didn't know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    Better, 'cause I'm sleeping in the back of a taxi
    I'm screaming from my bedroom window
    Even if its gonna kill me
    Woke up this morning early before my family
    From this dream where she was trying to show me
    How a life can move from the darkness
    She said to get better
    So I put a bullet where I shoulda put a helmet
    And I crash my car 'cause I wanna get carried away
    That's why I'm standing on the overpass screaming at myself
    Hey, I wanna get better!
    I didn't know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better

    • @gtbkts
      @gtbkts 5 років тому

      Thanks

    • @julsb9347
      @julsb9347 5 років тому +22

      1 year after and I'm here. I'm finally chasing the dreams I had. It's been a year from my recovery and I'm still here. I'm not finished. I'm still working on myself and most days, I feel like shit. I gotta trust that I'll get there. I'll be better...

    • @Silver-gd9lg
      @Silver-gd9lg 5 років тому

      Wouldn't it be Hey I, ?

    • @j-quanpadgett2934
      @j-quanpadgett2934 4 роки тому

      You're a legend

    • @helenarosno
      @helenarosno 4 роки тому

      Thank you❤️❤️❤️

  • @stephanieborn3444
    @stephanieborn3444 8 років тому +193

    "The timing's great... I just got out of a coma..."
    "Are you gonna keep using that?"

  • @happi0420
    @happi0420 3 роки тому +86

    "Waiting til I get dressed and then putting on the same thing; is not fixing yourself." Makes me cackle every time

    • @toastedjoe1013
      @toastedjoe1013 2 роки тому +6

      If people see me and I'm not wearing pajama's, they should know I put in effort for them.

  • @ronnietaylor3548
    @ronnietaylor3548 7 років тому +553

    this is such a good music video, it's realistic and a thing that a lot of people can relate to. being in therapy and not feeling like anything's going to make you Get Better.

  • @mayamagination
    @mayamagination 8 років тому +1594

    This song is actually really sad

    • @seanknuth4819
      @seanknuth4819 8 років тому +12

      +Maya Magination Yeah. It is.

    • @BatTaz19
      @BatTaz19 8 років тому +6

      +Maya Magination As sad as Jack Dunham?

    • @birdsqautchman1116
      @birdsqautchman1116 8 років тому +9

      +Maya Magination is it about suicide?

    • @blinktheworld33
      @blinktheworld33 8 років тому +28

      +Maya Magination Unless you don't speak English. Than it sounds like a happy anthem!

    • @mayamagination
      @mayamagination 8 років тому +89

      +Samuel Day The songs pretty much about most of the shitty things that have happened in his life (his sister's death, his cousin's death during the Iraq War, 9/11) and how he 'wants to get better'. Antonoff himself calls it a 'mission statement'.

  • @coryobrien8879
    @coryobrien8879 2 роки тому +18

    I’m a musician, grew up on the Beatles, Petty, Springsteen. All of my musical tastes have evolved many times over. I think this is a perfect pop song. Jack is so nonchalant about writing and recording but I think hundreds of people screaming “I WANNA GET BETTER” night after night should clue him in. He did something really special with this song.

  • @bobfreak96
    @bobfreak96 3 роки тому +54

    sitting outside AA 2 hours before they open at 8am and after the suicide hotline didnt answer listening to this song because i needed to change my life is the most powerful thing ive ever felt. lip syncing, smoking the remnants of a pack of cigarettes realizing i really do want to change and after almost a year living the life i know i deserve, a loving wife, a baby on the way. this song has truly changed my life in a way i never thought possible by music (i never wanted it to mean so much to me imagine being influenced by music lol) but it was and it kept me sitting there for the whole 2 hours so i can change my life for the better. And it worked!~ there is hope people its just 1 more week its just 1 more day from now. trust me a random guy on the internet who had nothing and gained everything even if it feels like nothing is going your way it truly is i only did the 1 AA meeting so this isnt some religious thing but really truly you can do it you know you can and i know you can just hold on please.

  • @maefae21
    @maefae21 7 років тому +164

    i also love how into character these people get for the music video. one of my all-time favorites.

  • @lacrimosa5213
    @lacrimosa5213 9 років тому +305

    And this is how you start a band.

  • @michaelhochstetler5020
    @michaelhochstetler5020 Рік тому +13

    This song is currently keeping me alive

  • @PaulaPatioOfficial
    @PaulaPatioOfficial 3 роки тому +17

    I have NO idea where I've been BUT... I can't get enough of this very VERY talented band!!!!

  • @gldnkltz101
    @gldnkltz101 9 років тому +105

    She left with one bag, two fake birds, and a lamp. Priorities.

  • @evan
    @evan 8 років тому +3313

    This was a great music video!

    • @brooklynfaith9097
      @brooklynfaith9097 8 років тому +7

      Agreed

    • @maliksanchez3476
      @maliksanchez3476 8 років тому +4

      +Evan Edinger yeah

    • @nowhxreboy-4607
      @nowhxreboy-4607 8 років тому +3

      Evan! :)

    • @w1nterb4by
      @w1nterb4by 8 років тому +2

      +Evan Edinger same evan

    • @alexjonesey7454
      @alexjonesey7454 8 років тому +5

      EVANNNNN you reminded me how much I love this song, and when you said it in your new video I was like 'YES I LOVE THAT SONG OMFG THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME!!!' And here I am. Thank youuu 😂

  • @jjb0894
    @jjb0894 10 місяців тому +10

    “I didn’t know I was broken until I wanted to change” really resonated with me.
    I ignored my mental health problems and alcoholism and didn’t want to address them, convincing myself I didn’t have a problem.
    I finally admitted I had a problem when I went to get help.

  • @Rodsteelington813
    @Rodsteelington813 3 роки тому +93

    If anyone is going through things mentally and feels alone, just know that this will get better as long as you’re willing to fight. Even if you aren’t willing to do it for yourself. Do not give up, breathe, know that I don’t even have to know your name or where you’re from but I love you and we’re all fighting together. We will get through this. You are strong, you are beautiful, and you will get better.

  • @lazyangelgirl
    @lazyangelgirl 5 років тому +102

    I wanna say the third time I heard this song, it hit hard. I cried and blasted this on repeat. I finally got around to getting help. I didn't realize that I had a few mental illnesses. I am currently doing much better then I was. This song is a reminder that music can change your life.

    • @TheStnrbtch
      @TheStnrbtch 5 років тому +2

      This song inspired me to get help ♡♡♡ this song is a life changer

    • @bigb333
      @bigb333 3 роки тому

      Hope you're still on the up & up! x

    • @hastithakkar
      @hastithakkar 2 роки тому +1

      this is the only song i can listen to when i'm not ok. and i'm not ok a lot. idk about saving but it's comforting me and i couldn't thank jack enough for it

  • @ditto7139
    @ditto7139 7 років тому +85

    God, I wish there was a way to like this more than once. Amazing, sad lyrics combined with a catchy uplifting beat and a music video that is actually entertaining and powerful and not just people singing in a field? Sign me the hell up

  • @LowKeyLokiDyes
    @LowKeyLokiDyes 10 місяців тому +9

    The middle aged lady's performance was amazing. "I'm not crazy!" Whole heartedly believed the need to convince us she's not just making it up.

  • @eleanor8370
    @eleanor8370 Рік тому +18

    I loved this song as a 10 yr old because it sounded cool, not knowing what it meant, not knowing knowing that someday in the future I would be screaming “I wanna get better” into the sky with every nuance of meaning hanging from it

  • @piyush1365
    @piyush1365 5 років тому +161

    one doesn't realise this song really helps people like me who thinks every day is a turmoil of millions of different feeling trying to get hold of me that i cannot handle and ends my day with an anxiety

  • @Tfries_
    @Tfries_ 6 років тому +136

    [Verse 1]
    Hey, I hear the voice of a preacher from the back room
    Calling my name and I follow just to find you
    I trace the faith to a broken down television, and put on the weather
    And I've trained myself to give up on the past cause
    I frozen time between hearses and caskets
    Lost control when I panicked at the acid test
    I wanna get better
    [Verse 2]
    While my friends were getting high and chasing girls down parkway lines
    I was losing my mind cause the love, the love, the love, the love, the love
    That I gave wasted on a nice face
    In a blaze of fear I put a helmet on a helmet
    Counting seconds through the night and got carried away
    [Pre-Chorus]
    So now I'm standing on the overpass screaming at the cars
    "Hey, I wanna get better!"
    [Chorus]
    I didn’t know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better
    I wanna get better
    [Verse 3]
    I go up to my room and there's girls on the ceiling
    Cut out their pictures and I chase that feeling
    Of an eighteen year old who didn't know what loss was
    Now I'm a stranger
    And I miss the days of a life still permanent
    Mourn the years before I got carried away
    [Pre-Chorus]
    So now I'm staring at the interstate screaming at myself
    "Hey, I wanna get better!"
    [Chorus]
    I didn’t know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
    I wanna get better, better, better, better
    I wanna get better
    I didn't know I was broken 'til i wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better
    I wanna get better
    [Bridge]
    Cause I'm sleeping in the back of a taxi
    I'm screaming from my bedroom window
    Even if it's gonna kill me
    [Verse 4]
    Woke up this morning early before my family
    From this dream where she was trying to show me
    How a life can move from the darkness
    She said to get better
    So I put a bullet where I shoulda put a helmet
    And I crash my car cause I wanna get carried away

  • @ellagrace8986
    @ellagrace8986 3 роки тому +38

    This song made me cry cause like kinda speaks facts. Didn’t know I was broken till I wanted to change

  • @AndArrington
    @AndArrington 4 роки тому +51

    "I wanna get better" Donna: *TREAT YO SELF*

  • @pcsecuritychannel
    @pcsecuritychannel 7 років тому +1202

    That is how you make a music video.

  • @AaronAtkinsHonorableChairman
    @AaronAtkinsHonorableChairman 9 років тому +231

    this video's casting is an allstar team of comedy show extras

  • @andrewwestgard2057
    @andrewwestgard2057 3 роки тому +20

    I listen to this song every day to remind me that my anxiety does not control, and that I can get better. This song helps me change my life. Thank you Jack!

  • @TheRedKing247
    @TheRedKing247 4 роки тому +33

    "Woke up this morning early before my family
    From this dream where she was trying to show me
    How a life can move from the darkness
    She said to get better
    *So I put a bullet where I shoulda put a helmet*
    And I crash my car 'cause I wanna get carried away"
    Jesus christ that line hits like a freight train

  • @alexdeschenes243
    @alexdeschenes243 7 років тому +563

    I'm surprised this doesn't have more views.

    • @badumtiss5288
      @badumtiss5288 7 років тому +1

      Exactly...

    • @pvrpl313
      @pvrpl313 7 років тому +19

      at least a 100 are from me lol

    • @bishbach310
      @bishbach310 7 років тому +2

      more than 5 million ?

    • @alexdeschenes243
      @alexdeschenes243 7 років тому +12

      ThermoNuclear GR ya but this was a pretty big song for a couple weeks, just seems like 5 mil is low is all

    • @chiadikajoeadigwe145
      @chiadikajoeadigwe145 6 років тому +1

      Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Vanillawaffer07
    @Vanillawaffer07 9 років тому +71

    Lol at the end " timing is great, I just came out of my coma " are you going to keep using that? Lol😂😂😂😂.

    • @videolover00
      @videolover00 9 років тому

      ***** Just so you know, it's 2015. ;-) You're welcome!

  • @jaysabz7355
    @jaysabz7355 7 місяців тому +17

    I'm starting my journey to get better. This song, as silly as it seems, was a major part of that decision. Love to everyone struggling to get by day to day. Hope to report back successfuly soon!

  • @mowyattlowdon617
    @mowyattlowdon617 4 роки тому +403

    "My parents got me this dog so I would get an abortion. Its an abortion dog. "
    This video is great it does a great job of showing the revolving door of a psychiatrist/psychologist/ therapist's office

    • @flatsamiscool
      @flatsamiscool 3 роки тому +2

      Ew. Parents wanting their child to kill their grandchild? Gross.
      But "NoBoDy'S pRo-AbOrTiOn", right?

    • @Peach-kv4ze
      @Peach-kv4ze 3 роки тому +32

      @@flatsamiscool Is that all you took away from this? Oof.

    • @flatsamiscool
      @flatsamiscool 3 роки тому +1

      @@Peach-kv4ze The whole point of it? Yeah, how weird?

    • @FIDIOT-cringe
      @FIDIOT-cringe 3 роки тому

      Anyone ever heard of an artist called Foetus?

    • @FIDIOT-cringe
      @FIDIOT-cringe 3 роки тому +6

      @@flatsamiscool Come back when you grow a uterus. Just bcz you have an opinion doesn't mean anyone needs to hear it.

  • @ErikBelland
    @ErikBelland 8 років тому +2176

    Is nobody going to question the choice of food at the beginning, like who eats ketchup on toast

    • @Steeveriffic
      @Steeveriffic 8 років тому +67

      Erik Belland Children. Children are stupid.

    • @ErikBelland
      @ErikBelland 8 років тому +5

      Steeveriffic that is so true

    • @mikeytopaz4601
      @mikeytopaz4601 8 років тому +135

      Erik Belland I think it's supposed to be a commentary on the state of his life and his living circumstances. He lives in the same complex as someone who would feed ketchup toast to her kid.

    • @RastaJediX
      @RastaJediX 8 років тому +18

      I searched through the comments just to see if anyone else noticed the 'ketchup toast' thing, because I thought I was crazy and hearing it wrong. Thanks for confirming that's what she actually said, so gross!!! Lol

    • @ErikBelland
      @ErikBelland 8 років тому

      Steve Erikson lol you're welcome

  • @puppXet
    @puppXet 9 років тому +726

    Isn't that SoSo from Orange Is The New Black in the beginning?

    • @MegaBitHead
      @MegaBitHead 9 років тому +33

      That's where I know her from! It couldn't think of where I saw her before

    • @Angelcrazy98amy
      @Angelcrazy98amy 9 років тому +5

      Yeah! That's her, ahah incredible

    • @everygorgeousmoment
      @everygorgeousmoment 9 років тому +5

      Omg thank you!! She was so familiar!

    • @jameslaskowski9259
      @jameslaskowski9259 9 років тому +1

      Elizabeth Purvis ur cute

    • @iLiveExtreme
      @iLiveExtreme 9 років тому +8

      I KNEW I KNEW HER FROM SOMEWHERE, lol thanks, it was bothering me so much

  • @madamDOOM105
    @madamDOOM105 2 роки тому +6

    My friend died 4 years ago in a bad car wreck.... He just got clean, just bought a house, and just had two little girls... He used to quote this song... I didn't know he was until now and it is hitting me so hard..... Not just that he quoted it but that I needed to hear this

  • @CronkyAF
    @CronkyAF 4 роки тому +94

    I only realized this dude was from the band “fun.” just now. I was rewatching We Are Young n I was wondering why that one band member looked so familiar.

    • @ddngblsng1135
      @ddngblsng1135 3 роки тому +3

      I was literally scratching my brain thinking, where have I seen this guy. Thank you.

    • @jennifersun2638
      @jennifersun2638 3 роки тому +7

      He is super talented....he produced and co wrote a ton of good albums. Lordes Melodrama,Taylor Swifts folklore etc.

  • @therealdanfan
    @therealdanfan 8 років тому +245

    Is that SoSo from OITNB? And Donna from Parks and Rec? :P Love it even more

    • @PeepsILoveEllie
      @PeepsILoveEllie 8 років тому +10

      +emma n SOSO FROM OITNB. fuck, I was thinking so hard.

  • @RaeBae7
    @RaeBae7 10 років тому +204

    i could've sworn that i had heard this song before when i heard it the first time

    • @stevew278
      @stevew278 10 років тому +24

      you probably did, artists today are very unoriginal and often use songs from 30 years ago by replacing the lyrics and maybe adding a slightly different beat

    • @athena5795
      @athena5795 10 років тому +16

      Steven F Yo no though not really

    • @Skyte100
      @Skyte100 10 років тому +24

      Steven F "Creating drama needlessly and making this all up"

    • @stevew278
      @stevew278 10 років тому +7

      Skyte100 go listen to "werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon and then "sweet home Alabama" by Kid rock and tell me Im wrong. Sorry artists today aren't original , hate to break to to you.

    • @athena5795
      @athena5795 10 років тому +19

      That's only one artist though, not everyone.

  • @shannonventura8435
    @shannonventura8435 Рік тому +11

    When I was at my lowest with my PTSD and depression, I heard this song for the first time, and it really did inspire me to keep going and want to get as healthy as I could.

    • @thienxuanpham2215
      @thienxuanpham2215 8 місяців тому

      Hope you can achieve the better. Keep doing the good work. I'm cheering for you 🥰❤️🌹

  • @peje1214
    @peje1214 3 роки тому +5

    i like the how the music video revolves around jack listening to other people's problems while the lyrics of the song talk about his own. it reinforces the message that yeah, he SHOULD probably start analyzing himself just like he does others... and maybe he'd get somewhere. and he does, when the video shifts to him singing. this song makes me think good things. i love it so much.

  • @jej.claess269
    @jej.claess269 5 років тому +55

    I’m in an eating disorder recovery program and bruh this song makes me feel less abnormal and more like just another person going through some stuff.

    • @sophiarojas1659
      @sophiarojas1659 3 роки тому +3

      hey darling! how r u doing?

    • @jej.claess269
      @jej.claess269 3 роки тому +8

      @@sophiarojas1659 Pretty great!! Out of the ED Recovery program and officially in recovery now! Going back to school, engaged to the best man I’ve ever met, and just living life basically! I still struggle but I’m a whole lot better than a year ago!

    • @marshm3llow467
      @marshm3llow467 3 роки тому

      @@jej.claess269 Wow, I am so glad for you! My life is kind of a complete mess right now so good to hear it actually will get better.

  • @EdCates
    @EdCates 10 років тому +68

    It's always nice when you hear a song on the radio and get hooked on it, then see the video and wind up liking it even more. :-)

  • @flxwercxrpse1871
    @flxwercxrpse1871 4 роки тому +34

    This song always make me cry. At first it was mainly the, “i didn’t know i was lonely till i saw your face, i wanna get better, better better better i wanna get better, i didn’t know i was broken till i wanted to change.” And now the lines for his sister make me think of my brother who passed away when i was 18.

    • @rubydeep1191
      @rubydeep1191 2 роки тому +1

      Jack Antonof's sister passed of brain cancer when he was in high school, its been a major influence on his songwriting. I hope you're well

  • @jacobadderley2643
    @jacobadderley2643 3 роки тому +20

    This song... says words I couldn’t say for myself, whilst simultaneously rocking my world. Thank you for the beauty.

  • @ModestPilgrim1
    @ModestPilgrim1 9 років тому +287

    that awkward moment when your guitarist starts a band and its actually better than your own band! *Cough (fun.) Cough*

    • @yourlifeovermine666
      @yourlifeovermine666 9 років тому +60

      Fun is an awesome band. No, it's not for everyone but they are an awesome band.

    • @kellinsigh847
      @kellinsigh847 9 років тому +1

      I love your icon. c:

    • @FFisthebestgameever
      @FFisthebestgameever 9 років тому +14

      fun's first album, way better than their second.

    • @RavonLegendmaker
      @RavonLegendmaker 9 років тому +7

      Himynameisart I still love fun, but this comment made me laugh so hard XD

    • @iceyspicey4011
      @iceyspicey4011 7 років тому +6

      hipster is more FUN " carrot cake"

  • @myrahbeverly1242
    @myrahbeverly1242 10 років тому +56

    anthem of the human race

    • @erickneipfer4025
      @erickneipfer4025 10 років тому +3

      Best comment I ever read anywhere, period. Well done.

    • @myrahbeverly1242
      @myrahbeverly1242 9 років тому +1

      Eric Kneipfer well thanks dude (:

  • @michaelthomas8077
    @michaelthomas8077 3 роки тому +6

    This is our year! Just remember, "every passing moment is a chance to turn it all around."

  • @fmvobsession6733
    @fmvobsession6733 2 роки тому +4

    This song/video IS therapy.

  • @mattsouza2237
    @mattsouza2237 6 років тому +100

    I fucking love this song.

  • @julesdeward9951
    @julesdeward9951 2 роки тому +7

    I have 9 years, 4 months, and 8 days, of getting better without alcohol or pills... and every morning I still say, Please, and Thank You, and Turn it Over and I Wanna Get (even) Better

  • @thatchocobro
    @thatchocobro 2 роки тому +10

    I've loved this song for years and always felt it in my bones. This last year some things finally shifted and I can feel it in my heart too. I don't just want to get better, I'm GOING to.

  • @lardesouza
    @lardesouza 4 роки тому +13

    The casting in this is beautiful :)

  • @lordpantoufle7895
    @lordpantoufle7895 7 років тому +23

    giving hope when you need some. perfect song

  • @MajorGrokey
    @MajorGrokey 10 років тому +19

    It's one of those days that doesn't come around too often, but when it does, you refuse to make eye contact but do anyway because you know you have to and you feel okay but hope that it's really okay and not just okay because you're not looking at the floor anymore.
    Man, I need to sweep.

    • @queenwyntir
      @queenwyntir 10 років тому +3

      Poetry.

    • @Wishbonegreco
      @Wishbonegreco 10 років тому +1

      That made my day

    • @MajorGrokey
      @MajorGrokey 10 років тому

      keith greco and your comment made mine - thanks :)

    • @neoshoprof
      @neoshoprof 10 років тому

      I wish I wrote that...

  • @Brendan194
    @Brendan194 4 роки тому +102

    UA-cam recommendations
    2014-nope
    2015-nope
    2016-nope
    2017-nope
    2018-nope
    2019-oh yes recommend that now

    • @grimthedeathlord8998
      @grimthedeathlord8998 4 роки тому

      You should've just listened to spotify, i went from listening some classical music to finding this masterpeace in the first year of me using the app😂

  • @Stickerbombsquad
    @Stickerbombsquad Рік тому +18

    Still listening to this song after years and years of depression, Still trying to get better

  • @alexthomas962
    @alexthomas962 5 років тому +8

    Just discovered this amazing song. Crazy how music like this can fly under the radar.

  • @mutalemalama
    @mutalemalama 8 років тому +97

    Hey! It's Soso, and she finally got out of Litchfield! Good to see man

  • @diomnibeyonce591
    @diomnibeyonce591 3 роки тому +8

    Still to this day this song still gives me that tingling feeling. I can’t describe it (only when I blast it obviously)

  • @kaylabarrera3405
    @kaylabarrera3405 2 роки тому +11

    I heard this song the summer before my sophomore year of highschool. I am not better. Thank you Jack Antonoff and Bleachers

  • @MattStormsSEO
    @MattStormsSEO 9 років тому +35

    Great song.

    • @machettou
      @machettou 9 років тому

      i like it

    • @KevinWheat
      @KevinWheat 9 років тому +2

      Their full album is pretty good as well.

    • @WilliamRockseo
      @WilliamRockseo 9 років тому

      WOW

    • @WilliamRockseo
      @WilliamRockseo 9 років тому

      Matt Storms here is another #FUN song I think you will enjoy as an SEO Dude.
      *I Am The Spam Man (SEO Beatles Parody)*
      ua-cam.com/video/XhoS1Ax9Vds/v-deo.html

    • @WilliamRockseo
      @WilliamRockseo 9 років тому

      Here is another great one before you take off and GO Fishing, I made this video 5 years ago... *Catch Fishing Fever*
      vimeo.com/2963040

  • @matthiasck
    @matthiasck 10 років тому +23

    holy shit, real music :)

  • @lindseypowell01
    @lindseypowell01 4 місяці тому +1

    One of the few songs (and even artists) that how I think of their songs has grown with me. COMPLETELY different than the first time I heard it. AMAZING.

  • @shelbyandstuff123
    @shelbyandstuff123 Рік тому +7

    I discovered this band today and am so happy I did.

  • @markanthonytorres9624
    @markanthonytorres9624 5 років тому +6

    Their songs and vidoes give me this old MTV early 90s nostalgia vibe. Love it

  • @MyWingsFly
    @MyWingsFly 8 років тому +77

    Well, I totally cried. Finally decided to get help today. This makes me wanna dance and yell at the sky.

    • @TheStnrbtch
      @TheStnrbtch 5 років тому +7

      Good for you i hope you have come to a better place 3 years later!! ♡♡

    • @halfpintyt
      @halfpintyt 5 років тому +4

      Me too! I hope you're doing better!! And if you're not, listen to this again! :)

  • @alorarose6945
    @alorarose6945 4 роки тому +54

    "So now I'm staring at the interstate screaming to myself" QUARANTINE 2020 THIS SONG 🙌

  • @pinknessicity
    @pinknessicity 2 місяці тому +2

    The talking parts are the BEST part of this video. Love the song, but doesn't hit the same without the talking parts. Waiting till I get dressed then putting on the same thing is NOT fixing yourself! LMFAO

  • @theneedledrop
    @theneedledrop 9 років тому +532

    cute hooooook!

    • @Candela115
      @Candela115 9 років тому +28

      Hey, you review albums, I know your channel, it's weird seeing youe comment unexpectedly, are you planning on reviewing bleacher's album?

    • @jenniferwohlpart4161
      @jenniferwohlpart4161 9 років тому +2

      Hi

    • @Ownedyouhard
      @Ownedyouhard 9 років тому +16

      death grips

    • @KLUSTUR
      @KLUSTUR 9 років тому +3

      Cause the hooooooooooook brings you back! I aint telling you no lie!

    • @ACEAMIGO
      @ACEAMIGO 6 років тому +6

      shut up melon

  • @ignaciobeltran5047
    @ignaciobeltran5047 9 років тому +5

    The way I see it, in the video at least, he's sitting down and examining each part of himself that is in need of change. The younger person signifies his childish insolence, the abortion dog girl is his lust, the couple signifies his inability to understand someone else's point if view, while at the same time making every excuse under the sun and the older woman signifies his paranoia in relationships. He's sitting down examining each part of himself. This is a great song, catchy and worth more than just listening to but also understanding.

  • @annaotto7256
    @annaotto7256 2 роки тому +7

    I can’t explain how much I love this song

  • @RevyT-js7ui
    @RevyT-js7ui 11 місяців тому +1

    OMG! I forgot this was the first place I saw Retta! She's such a great actress!

  • @hydrogenfilms5264
    @hydrogenfilms5264 4 роки тому +450

    "your ketchup toast is ready"
    Not only is that a violation of human health, that's a violation of human decency
    EDIT: yay my most liked comment is about ketchup toast

    • @mothman742
      @mothman742 4 роки тому +2

      Hydrogen Films I’ve already called the police

    • @kiryuchan860
      @kiryuchan860 4 роки тому +2

      I've eaten ketchup toast many, many times

    • @stevenstanleygamerguy5091
      @stevenstanleygamerguy5091 4 роки тому +3

      Joseph Johnson you’re a monster

    • @michaelwood8027
      @michaelwood8027 3 роки тому +2

      I used to eat ketchup sandwiches as a kid

    • @dariadaniellemusic
      @dariadaniellemusic 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah that's nasty
      I ate mustard toast when I was a kid though so IDK...

  • @matheusdejesussilva
    @matheusdejesussilva 10 років тому +49

    Song Amazing..

    • @bulls_eye007
      @bulls_eye007 10 років тому +8

      Much Grammar...

    • @matheusdejesussilva
      @matheusdejesussilva 10 років тому +58

      I can not speak English, because I am Brazilian.

    • @JesusCardosoPC
      @JesusCardosoPC 10 років тому +10

      Damn yiou guys are fucked up

    • @Poultrygeist666
      @Poultrygeist666 10 років тому +14

      Jesus Cardoso They assume English is the only language for the internet.

    • @michaelredwine3194
      @michaelredwine3194 10 років тому +1

      This IS correct English Sir!! (add punctuation) "Song, Amazing."

  • @serenity2655
    @serenity2655 3 роки тому +1

    As someone who started therapy at 19 I sooooooo love this video. I got one therapist that truly was human and very harmful. Their real people too. My 7th grade counselor was a blessing Sister Helen - thank you for yellow walls and Judy Blume books and an ear.

  • @pienoaji
    @pienoaji Рік тому +18

    To every single person listening to this song: we're all here from different lives and different circumstances, but all for the same reason. I see you, there. Let's get better.

  • @cinema.zipfile
    @cinema.zipfile 8 років тому +42

    Wow Soso's backstory is so interesting

  • @kelseyalyssa2013
    @kelseyalyssa2013 9 років тому +12

    OMG, Donna Meagle! #Parksandrec She's literally the best. And so is this song