It Gets Better Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Artsyemma2 

Cover art for It Gets Better lyrics by fun.

I’ve always been curious about the radio bit in the middle. I sounds like maybe a tv or radio that was left on. From what I can hear is sound like “In a nation with no values other than your own values are rubbish” and then “Jesus, America” then sounds like a different person maybe a person in the song says “Oh my God”. I always took the lgbt perspective on this song. In equal parts about sex and the general idea of sexual orientation and coming out. For myself it’s kind of a mantra “it gets better”. Anyway, that radio bit plays into that idea for me in that it seems like a homophobic speech about “traditional values” and the “oh my god” is the person in the song saying that as they turn off the TV or radio. Just a thought