Soon You'll Get Better

## Audio

**Soon You'll Get Better** is the twelfth track of Taylor Swift's seventh album Lover. It was released on August 23, 2019. It features The Chicks.

## Meaning and Background

> "This song is one that was hard to write, because it's something that I'm going through right now. My dad got cancer when was 13 and he got better, and it wasn't a very long process, but things with my mom have been very different. This song is special in a lot of ways because when I wrote this one, I recorded it with Jack, and he was working, at the time, with the Dixie Chicks, making their new album. That's the band that made me wanna do this. There's a handful of artists that made me wanna do this. The Dixie Chicks taught me that you can have a strong female voice, saying whatever she wants in music, and experimenting with having a very feminine aesthetic, but very tough resilience to them. And their musicianship, the way that they played their instruments made me wanna play an instrument. Basically, I said to Jack, 'Can you please play this song for the Dixie Chicks? It's a really special song for me and my family, and they were such a big part of my life, and I wonder if maybe they can sing background vocals on it, or maybe even play on it if they wanted to.' And he played it for them, and they got really emotional hearing it, and wanted to sing on it and play fiddle and banjo on it too. So, the background vocals that you're hearing in this song are the Dixie Chicks, who I'm obsessed with."
>
> - Taylor about Soon You'll Get Better

## Trivia

* Taylor called this the hardest song to write of the album.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1: Taylor Swift]**
The buttons of my coat were tangled in my hair
In doctor's office lighting, I didn't tell you I was scared
That was the first time we were there
Holy orange bottles, each night, I pray to you
Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus too
And I say to you...

**[Chorus: Taylor Swift & The Chicks]**
Ooh-ah
Soon, you'll get better
Ooh-ah
Soon, you'll get better
Ooh-ah
You'll get better soon
'Cause you have to

**[Verse 2: Taylor Swift]**
I know delusion when I see it in the mirror
You like the nicer nurses, you make the best of a bad deal
I just pretend it isn't real
I'll paint the kitchen neon, I'll brighten up the sky
I know I'll never get it, there's not a day that I won't try
And I say to you...

**[Chorus: Taylor Swift & The Chicks]**
Ooh-ah
Soon, you'll get better
Ooh-ah
Soon, you'll get better
Ooh-ah
You'll get better soon
'Cause you have to

**[Bridge: Taylor Swift & The Chicks]**
And I hate to make this all about me
But who am I supposed to talk to?
What am I supposed to do
If there's no you?

**[Pre-chorus: Taylor Swift]**
This won't go back to normal, if it ever was
It's been years of hoping, and I keep saying it because
'Cause I have to

**[Chorus: Taylor Swift & The Chicks]**
Ooh-ah
You'll get better
Ooh-ah
Soon, you'll get better
Ooh-ah
You'll get better soon
Ooh-ah
Soon, you'll get better
Ooh-ah
Soon, you'll get better
Ooh-ah
You'll get better soon
'Cause you have to

## Videos

Taylor Swift - Soon You’ll Get Better (Official Audio) ft. The ChicksSoon You’ll Get BetterTaylor Swift performs "Soon You'll Get Better" - One World- Together At Home

## References

1. ↑ Taylor Swift Shares Intimate Details of 'Lover' Songs During Secret Session | iHeartRadio - https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-08-23-taylor-swift-shares-intimate-details-of-lover-songs-during-secret-session/