Ever The Optimist-Afterlives

[00:20.053] Look at you, face down again [00:24.597] Same as before, and you know why this happens [00:29.464] At this point, there’s no real reason to believe [00:37.772] You don’t need eyes in the back of your head to see [00:46.632] This is the way you are, have always been [00:50.981] Ever the fool [00:59.155] To be young again [01:07.174] To be young again [01:14.901] Not wide awake, just narrow [01:23.078] Not open to the bows and arrows [01:47.782] Ever the optimist, you won’t be fooled again [01:56.548] You get knocked down, then get up again [02:09.058] In your coat of armor, you alone cultivate the land [02:17.602] And remove the daggers from others hands [02:26.617] You run the water, you soak their feet [02:31.150] You fill the cups, you make them drink [02:35.716] This is the way you are, have always been [02:46.035] Ever the leader, the consummate believer [02:54.905] Ever the leader, the consummate believer [03:03.540] Not wide awake, just narrow [03:12.330] Not open to the bows and arrows [03:19.882] Ever the optimist, you won’t be fooled again [03:28.698] You get knocked down, then get up again [03:36.606] This is who you are, this is what you do [03:45.629] when all else fails, ever the optimist