Do Better

by Say Anything

Life is not a spark in space,
an episode of Will and Grace,
Controversial yet mundane,
Debra's messing with your brain.
Even Scientologists
Know there's more to all of this.
Search the ruins for trap doors,
Wonder what you're put here for.

Simple as a hint of gas,
Climbing nostrils as you pass,
Making Harvard graduates
Feel childish when they laugh at it.
Climb the rungs to kingdom come,
Sour Patch to acid tongue,
Are you opposed to having fun?
You clench the world between your buns.

You could do better
You could do better
You could be the greatest man in the world (whoa)
You could do better
You could do better
You could be the greatest man in the world (whoa)

Your life is always the post of something else,
Where is the present in the way that you present yourself?
It's disgusting how little that you try:
The existential equivalent of pink eye.

Drink alone and watch TV,
You're expecting harmonies
To tap your tune with silver spoons,
The anthem of impending doom,
Guiding Satan's steady hand,
Forcing Beatles to disband.
It's ego freaks and drama queens
The young at heart know what I mean.

You could do better
You could do better
You could be the greatest man in the world (whoa)
You could do better
You could do better
You could be the greatest man in the world (whoa)

You could do better,
Better than that,
You're a fraud.
Thank God and learn to keep your shirt on.
You could do better
You could do better
You could be the greatest man in the world (whoa)

You'd burn so brightly
You'd burn so brightly in the dark.
You'd burn so brightly
You'd burn so
You'd burn so

You could do better
You could do better
You could be the greatest man in the world (whoa)
You could do better
You could do better
You could be the greatest man in the world (whoa)

You could do better,
Better than that,
You're a fraud.
Thank God and learn to keep your shirt on.
You could do better
You could do better
You could be the greatest man in the world (whoa)
You could do better
You could do better
You could be the greatest man in the world (whoa)
We could do better
We could do better
We could be the greatest band in the world (whoa)
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I find this song very inspiring...because we all can do better. Even if it's just a little more kindness, a touch more patience or holding the door open for someone--we all can do just a little better each day.

I like that it starts with "life is not a spark in space." It reminds me that we all have meaning, each of us was meant to be...and meant to be in this world.

I can do better.

Today I can do better than yesterday.

Tomorrow I will do better than today.

And if I don't do better one day...then I will the next.

I will not be the 'existential equivalent of pink eye.'

I will do better.