Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier When the morning comes When we see what we've become In the cold light of day, we're a flame in the wind Not the fire that we've begun Every argument, every word we can't take back 'Cause with all that has happened I think that we both know the way that the story ends Then only for a minute I want to change my mind 'Cause this just don't feel right to me I wanna raise your spirits I want to see you smile but Know that means I'll have to leave Know that means I'll have to leave Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier When the evening falls And I'm left there with my thoughts And the image of you being with someone else Well, it's eating me up inside But we ran our course, we pretended we're OK Now if we jump together at least we can swing Far away from the wreck we made Then only for a minute I want to change my mind 'Cause this just don't feel right to me I wanna raise your spirits I want to see you smile but Know that means I'll have to leave Know that means I'll have to leave Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier So I'll go, I'll go I will go, go, go So I'll go, I'll go I will go, go, go Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier Even though I might not like this I think that you'll be happier I want you to be happier Then only for a minute I want to change my mind 'Cause this just don't feel right to me I wanna raise your spirits I want to see you smile but Know that means I'll have to leave Know that means I'll have to leave Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier I want you to be happier So I'll go, I'll go I will go, go, go Dan Smith, frontman, told NME about the collaboration on this song, "We had a really interesting time getting to work on it with Marshmello who managed to find some euphoria in a pretty melancholy, direct song.