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Almost Better
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Almost Better was released on October 2, 2026 by NostalgicVibez as a part of the album The Observer
October 2, 2026
LabelNostalgicVibez
LanguageEnglish
BPM70
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

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Lyrics

I've been almost better since February
I keep arriving right outside the door
I keep telling people I'm getting there
I've been getting there for longer than getting there should take
Almost better
Almost
I've got a list of things I'll do when I'm better
It's a long list and it's been waiting since the spring
I keep adding to it, which is maybe the problem
You can't finish something you keep making longer
I told my sister I was doing much better
She said, "You seem better"
I said, "Yeah, I feel it"
I said it with the confidence of someone
Who hasn't felt better in enough time
To forget what better actually feels like
I'm describing something from memory
And memory gets distorted after a while
I know the shape of better
I just can't find the room it lives in
I've been almost better since February
I keep arriving right outside the door
I keep telling people I'm getting there
I've been getting there for longer than getting there should take
Almost better
Almost better
The therapist said progress isn't linear
I said, "Right, I know, that's very accurate"
I've been using that sentence as a permission slip
For staying in the same state since the winter
Progress isn't linear, it's true
It's also easy to say when you're not sure
If what you're doing is progress or just surviving
What's a better story?
I reorganized the room, I read the books
I did the things that look like getting better
From the outside
From the inside, I'm at almost
I've been at almost since February
I know the shape of better
I've been standing outside it for a very long time
I've been almost better since February
I keep arriving right outside the door
I keep telling people I'm getting there
I've been getting there for longer than getting there should take
Almost better
Almost better
Can I tell you what almost is?
It's waking up and things not being terrible
It's managing the day without anything breaking
It's saying "I'm fine" and meaning sixty percent of it
Which is more than the winter
But less than what I was before the thing that started all of this
And I don't know if the destination exists
Or if I've been navigating toward a coordinate that moved
And I'm so tired of the distance between here and better
I've been almost better since February
I've been arriving right outside the door
I've been saying I'm getting there
For so long getting there has become the place I live
Almost better
I live here
Almost better
Almost better
Almost better
Still almost
Written by: ZARA MARTINS

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