forever n' never never

[CHORUS] Forever n' never n' never, forever n' never n' never, that's a long fucking time to be almost getting better. Forever n' never n' never, forever never never, we keep calling it a phase phases don't repeat forever. [VERSE 1] I got better for a minute, then I got a little bored with it, started picking at the stitches just to see what I was holding in. Every promise is a suggestion when you make it with fingers crossed I’ve been counting every lesson by the people that they cost I've got reasons for my reasons, I've got language for the lacking, I can hold myself accountable in ways that require no action. [PRE-CHORUS] Get well. Get worse. Get what you wanted. Watch it hurt. [CHORUS] Forever n' never n' never, forever never never, that's a long fucking time to be almost getting better. Forever n' never n' never, forever never never, we keep calling it a phase [VERSE 2] I got good at making progress in directions that don't matter much, taking two steps toward redemption, three toward anything that fucks it up. I've been practicing restraint with all the usual exceptions, getting better at admitting I have absolutely learned no lessons. Every clean slate gets so tempting once there's something there to ruin, I can turn a new beginning into something worth undoing. [PRE-CHORUS] Get well. Get worse. Get what you wanted. Watch it hurt. [CHORUS] Forever n' never n' never, forever n' never n' never, that's a long fucking time to be almost getting better. Forever n' never n' never, forever never never, we keep calling it a phase [BRIDGE] We were richest in the moments just before we knew the cost, when wanting something badly still felt different from loss. I learned the shape of your perception, then persuaded it to bend; made you doubt the wound was bleeding if I pretended I couldn't see the red. [DROP] Get well. Get worse. Get well. Get worse. Get well. Get worse. [FINAL CHORUS] FOREVER N' NEVER N' NEVER, FOREVER NEVER NEVER, that's a long fucking time to be almost getting better. FOREVER N' NEVER N' NEVER, FOREVER N' NEVER NEVER, we keep calling it a phase— [GANG VOCALS] PHASES DON'T REPEAT FOREVER. [OUTRO] Almost better. Almost better. Almost better. Forever n' never n' never, Forever never never,