Absolutely. This version keeps **Better or Worse** sensual at the surface, but now the pain breaks through harder in the bridge and final chorus. The new lines become the emotional rupture, the moment the red room turns into a flood. **Title: Better or Worse** **Intro** Come close But don’t lie Touch me soft But tell me why If I get calm Will you still burn If I get clean Will you still want **Verse 1** Your hands on my chest Like you’re checking for storms You say you like peace But you pull when I’m torn You kiss me slow When my head ain’t right You get real warm When I start a fight Low light on your face Red wine on your breath You love me better When I’m close to the edge I calm down And you go quiet I heal up And you don’t like it **Pre-Chorus** So tell me what you want Before I change too much Do you want my heart Or do you want my blood Do you want my love Or the way I hurt Do you want me healed Or crawling through the dirt **Chorus** If I do better If I become worse Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it If I get softer If I still hurt Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it If I lose myself Trying to make this work Would you love me more Or leave me in the dirt If I do better If I become worse Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it **Verse 2** You like my voice low When I say your name You like my hands warm When I hide my shame You like the way I need you After midnight But when the sun comes up You don’t hold so tight I stopped breaking glasses Stopped slamming doors Stopped turning love Into little wars But peace looks lonely In your eyes Like you miss the man Who apologized **Pre-Chorus 2** So tell me what you need Before I give too much Do you miss my soul Or only miss my rush Do you want my truth Or the way I burn Do you want me saved Or begging to return **Chorus** If I do better If I become worse Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it If I get softer If I still hurt Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it If I lose myself Trying to make this work Would you love me more Or leave me in the dirt If I do better If I become worse Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it **Bridge** Put your hand right here Feel what I’m becoming Is it still desire If I stop running Put your mouth right there Where the old pain lives Would you still kiss me If I learned to forgive I know you like the shadows I know you like the rain I know you like my damage When it whispers your name But how can I heal, baby How can I heal How can I feel better When you’re making me feel Like I’m bleeding Like I’m drowning Like I’m reaching for love And it keeps pulling me down How can I heal, baby How can I heal How can I feel better If the pain feels real I don’t know if it’s worth it I don’t know if it’s love Bleeding and drowning Just to claim love **Breakdown** Do you want me better Or do you want me bad Do you want the man Or the wounds he has Do you want me gentle Or do you want me cursed Tell me now, baby Better or worse Do you want me whole Or easy to hold Do you want my love Or my lack of control Do you want the truth Or the pretty hurt Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it **Final Chorus** If I do better If I become worse Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it If I get softer If I still hurt Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it How can I heal, baby How can I heal How can I feel better When you’re bringing me down If I lose myself Trying to make this work Would you love me more Or leave me in the dirt I’m hurting Cause you’re crashing my world And I don’t know If it’s worth it Bleeding and drowning Just to claim love Bleeding and drowning Just to feel enough If I do better If I become worse Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it **Outro** Come close But don’t lie Touch me soft But tell me why If I get calm Will you still burn If I get clean Will you still want How can I heal If you bring me down How can I love If I keep drowning If I do better If I become worse Tell me now, baby Tell me if it’s worth it
