Better Than Nostalgia

Ain't no dust on my photo albums I can't make it through the day without 'em I been stuck in the middle like Malcolm AirPods only play early 2000s Thousands of options to cope Opt for concoctions of reruns and tropes It's better for me than a smoke I joke, but I'm wondering is this enough for me? Is this enough? I need more than a second hand high from a memory More than a way to get by What's the remedy? Looking back feels like my only tether I need something better (Better, better, better, better) Something bеtter than nostalgia (Better, bеtter, better, better) Something better than the magic of the classics I've been asking to go back But what could be better? (Better, better, better, better) What's better than nostalgia? Tomorrow you a stranger I don't know you Where'd you cut your teeth? What high school did you go to? I know yesterday from Federal Way We had to go through a lotta crazy things together So I don't owe you But I'm a blue version of myself Drown out the noise with laugh tracks from Seinfeld I can't tell up from down on this IV drip from the 90s you tell me that I need more than a second hand high from a memory More than a way to get by What's the remedy? Looking back feels like my only tether I need something better (Better, better, better, better) Something better than nostalgia (Better, better, better, better) Something better than the magic of the classics I've been asking to go back But what could be better? (Better, better, better, better) What's better than nostalgia? I wanna get better wanna feel a new way 'Cause I'm under the weather almost everyday I fire up the time machine to run from the pain But I can't run as fast I used to I feel a premonition deep down in my soul Out of ammunition gotta face it alone Avoiding my condition finally taking its toll Yeah I can't run that fast I'm used to letdowns, used to eye rolls Used to set backs, used to spirals All together something's missing Something better, something different Pick me up and look in my eyes Hold me down, point out the sunrise Make it quiet in my head for something brighter, higher I need something better (Better, better, better, better) Something better than nostalgia (Better, better, better, better) Something better than the magic of the classics I've been asking to go back But what could be better? (Better, better, better, better) I need something better Something better than nostalgia Something better than the magic of the classics I've been asking to go back What could be better?