You can walk away but you can’t forget what was said
And I could run away, pull the covers over my head
Try to get away but I fall back again
I get up off the floor, I’m coming back for more
You need it, you get some hate
You found it but it’s too late
I try to wear a smile and brush it all aside
I’m starting over now, I’ll try to sort it out somehow
Hope you’re feeling better, I’m not bitter yet
You’re fading through the years
Hope you’re feeling better, I’m not bitter yet
You’re fading through the years
I guess that I should stay, stay around like I always do
'Cause if I ran away there’s no place I’d be going to
More than anything I wanna work it out
It’s never easy when you’re falling down again
You need it, you get some hate
You found it but it’s too late
I keep breaking down, it’s more than I can take
You pull me off the floor, I’m coming back for more
Hope you’re feeling better, I’m not bitter yet
You’re fading through the years
Hope you’re feeling better, I’m not bitter yet
You’re fading through the years
Hope you’re feeling better, I’m alright
Hope you’re feeling better
Hope you’re feeling better, I’ll be fine
Hope you’re feeling better through these years
Hope you’re feeling, hope you’re feeling
Hope you’re feeling, I hope you’re feeling
Hope you’re feeling better
Hope you’re feeling better, I’m alright
Hope you’re feeling better
I hope you’re feeling better, I’m alright
Hope you’re feeling better
Hope you’re feeling better, I’m alright
Hope you’re feeling better
Hope you’re feeling better, I’m alright
Where in the hell do you think you are?
(Hope you’re feeling better)
And who ever thought you’d get this far
(Hope you’re feeling better through these years)
And was the travel worth the time
(I hope you’re feeling)
It’s time to open up your mind
(Hope you’re feeling better through these years)
I choose to give the gift of sight
(Hope you’re feeling better)
The right to choose, to give a life
(Hope you’re feeling better through these years)
The right to die, the right to teach
(Hope you’re feeling)
To think you’re right but not to preach
(Hope you’re feeling better through these years)
I’ve often wondered where you’ve been
(Hope you’re feeling better)
Could someone go through this again
(Hope you’re feeling better through these years)
Another journey down that road
(I hope you’re feeling)
Prepared to bear a heavy load
(Hope you’re feeling better through these years)
I gave you everything I could
(Hope you’re feeling better)
I gave you everything I had
(Hope you’re feeling better through these years)
There’s nothing left for me to say
(Hope you’re feeling)
I guess it’s time to walk away
(Hope you’re feeling better through these years)
"Beaster" sat in the shadow of "Copper Blue" because it was released as out-takes from those sessions. It really stands as an album in its own right - every song is a gem and this track in particular is mind-blowing. Could he play it live? I wonder. The inter-woven riffs suggest he must have done some over-dubbing. It reminds me of a fugue, the way the riffs turn over and under and around themselves. A masterpiece.