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TRACK

SYML

Better

Release date: 9th September 2016

From Hurt for Me - EP
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About This Track

A love song built on the idea of mutual transformation. SYML finds himself unexpectedly changed by another person, moving from a state of fragmentation to something whole. The lyrics trace that arc cleanly: arrival as accident, then rescue, then the realisation that the relationship itself is the engine of improvement. "You make me better" becomes not flattery but simple fact. The song leans on repetition to make its point. The chorus cycles through the same affirmations, each iteration tightening the grip of the idea. A bridge about love's capacity to terrify and ignite arrives late, complicating the straightforward devotion that came before it, suggesting that transformation always carries risk. The post-chorus refrain, "we only get better", shifts the focus from one person saving another to two people rising together.

"Better" is a track by SYML, from the album Hurt for Me - EP, released 9th September 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

SYML

SYML

Lyrics

Better

[Verse 1]

You came into the picture like a natural

You were unexpected, got me spiritual

I don't wanna say it, but maybe it was fate

And I can not contain it

[Chorus]

And I know, and I know it's a different love

And I know, and I know that you make me better

It's a love that will keep me holding on

And I know, and I know we only get better

[Verse 2]

I came into your picture such a broken fool

A million different pieces looking back at you

Believe me when I say this, I was giving up

But now you come and save me

[Chorus]

And I know, and I know it's a different love

And I know, and I know that you make me better

It's a love that will keep me holding on

And I know, and I know we only get better

[Post-Chorus]

Ohh, ay, ay, we only get better

Ohh, ay, ay, we only get better

Ohh, ay, ay, we only get better

Ohh, ay, ay, we only get better

[Bridge]

Love can terrify, love can start a fire

Holding on tonight, we're burning like a lighter

Everything inside us burning with desire, now

[Chorus]

And I know, and I know it's a different love

And I know, and I know that you make me better

You're enough and you keep me holding on

And I know, and I know we only get better

[Post-Chorus]

Ohh, ay, ay, we only get better

Ohh, ay, ay, we only get better

Ohh, ay, ay, we only get better

Ohh, ay, ay, we only get better

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Track details

From Hurt for Me - EP

2016
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Joe King, SYML
    Producer
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