The Optimist

To say it's running down Is an understatement To bleed it out Would be running its course The soul awaits Your infinite mistakes I think it's a bad time to mention this yet Got drops of Jupiter in my head A hope, a dream that refuse to expire You'd know the answer if you were to inquire And although your dreams are permanent Your flesh and skin are anything but It's a simple twist The way it always is That makes you see yourself For what you really are You're the center of the dial A portion of the child Thе waste of the beginning Thе end is never fitting It's that one-time thing that you repeat The one that knocks you off your feet You don't give up on winning It just becomes less fitting So they say Second half verse kinda the same as the first This is the last time you'll ever do this This is millionth time you've also said that And although your dreams are permanent Your flesh and skin are anything but You're the center of the dial A portion of the child It's a waste of the beginning The end is never fitting It's that one-time thing that you repeat The one that knocks you off your feet You don't give up on winning It just becomes less fitting You're the center of the dial A portion of the child It's a waste of the beginning The end is never fitting It's that one-time thing that you repeat The one that knocks you off your feet You don't give up on winning It just becomes less fitting So they say