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Optimist
I read the news today, politics had strayed and were imploding
Somewhere in the middle east, the fighting’s ceased but schools are blown sky high
Every nation has the fear that refugees are coming here eroding
It’s gotta be better than this. It’s gotta be better than this
It’s gotta be better than this. Or unless maybe… I’m just an optimist
But what does an optimist do when the world is crying
What does an optimist feel when they wear a frown
What does an optimist do when the world is spiralling
Out of control, through a black hole, till it’s down
I heard the news today, the sea is full of plastic waste suffusion
Climate change has warmed the seas like antifreeze and so the levels rise
Factory farming is a cause along with carbon particle pollution
It’s gotta be better than this. It’s gotta be better than this
It’s gotta be better than this. Or unless maybe… I’m just an optimist
But what does an optimist do when the world is dying
What does an optimist feel when the dolphins drown
How does the optimist stop all consumers from buying
Stuff they don’t need, fuelled by their greed, while they go down
I saw the news today, the pound is in a poorly way and is falling
Shares are dipping, there’s no doubt, that pensions funds will soon be all wiped out
Food banks are all running dry with rents and mortgages too high and stalling
It’s gotta be better than this. It’s gotta be better than this
It’s gotta be better than this. Or unless maybe… I’m just an optimist
But what does an optimist do when there’s under investing
How does an optimist live in an old ghost town
Should an optimist be on the streets with a banner protesting
In their glory, tell the story, how we all went down
We all went down, we all went down, we all went down