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It’s a Good Start

Released: February 10, 2020

lyrics

It's a good start
For when I fall so far
(I fall so hard)
Or when I fall so hard
Or when I fall apart
Oh and when it gets dark
It gets DARK
(gets dark)
And I wanna give up
(ooh)
I just wanna give up

There's not gonna be a high
after this low
I should really stay hopeful
but I know
If I want something
I'm not gonna get it
Love me, please, so I can hate myself
so pathetic
I really hate the way that I've been
Everything I'm doing
And everything that I've been through
And I take it out on you
Still you think that I'm the one
After all that I have done
I'm not who I was
So stay doing what you do because

It's a good start
For when I fall so far
(I fall so hard)
Or when I fall so hard
Or when I fall apart
Oh and when it gets dark
It gets DARK
(gets dark)
And I wanna give up
(ooh)
yeah
I just wanna give up

It's a good start
(good start)
For when I fall so far
(I fall so hard)
Or when I fall so hard
Or when I fall apart
Oh and when it gets dark
It gets DARK
(gets dark)
And I wanna give up
(ooh)
I just wanna give up

about

It's a Good Start is a message to a partner. The writer is affirming that her presence in his life is "a good start" but with an undertone that it may not be enough.

He goes on to self-deprecate: mentioning his pessimism, self-loathing tendencies, his distaste for himself, and his treatment of her. Regardless, he admits she is still here, despite all of it and quietly asks her to stay.