Optimist or Pessimist
[Verse 1]
Chaos, the rule of the game
Spinning, as optimism fades
Confusion becomes law
Eclipsing hope, the pessimist said:
[Pre-Chorus]
"If you want to change the world
The future's not in our hands
If you want to change the world
The pigs already set it"
[Verse 2]
Freedom has been stripped away
Change it, this corrosion fades
Slowly, we turn
As the pessimist spits these pointed words:
[Pre-Chorus]
"If you want to change the world
The future's not in our hands
If you want to change the world
The pigs already set it"
[Chorus]
The optimist understands
Why the world's gone down the drain
The pessimist never bends
Constricting thought in vain
From the pessimist point of view
There's nothing we can do
As I paint this picture gray and taste the pain
I'll play the optimist
[Bridge]
The only world I know is the world I'll cling to
It's a world that I'd want to save
Optimist or pessimist, what am I supposed to be?
[Pre-Chorus]
If you want to change the world
The future's not in our hands
If you want to change the world
The pigs already set it
[Chorus]
The optimist understands
Why the world's gone down the drain
The pessimist never bends
Constricting thought in vain
From the pessimist point of view
There's nothing we can do
As I paint this picture gray and taste the pain
I'll play the optimist again
Chaos, the rule of the game
Spinning, as optimism fades
Confusion becomes law
Eclipsing hope, the pessimist said:
[Pre-Chorus]
"If you want to change the world
The future's not in our hands
If you want to change the world
The pigs already set it"
[Verse 2]
Freedom has been stripped away
Change it, this corrosion fades
Slowly, we turn
As the pessimist spits these pointed words:
[Pre-Chorus]
"If you want to change the world
The future's not in our hands
If you want to change the world
The pigs already set it"
[Chorus]
The optimist understands
Why the world's gone down the drain
The pessimist never bends
Constricting thought in vain
From the pessimist point of view
There's nothing we can do
As I paint this picture gray and taste the pain
I'll play the optimist
[Bridge]
The only world I know is the world I'll cling to
It's a world that I'd want to save
Optimist or pessimist, what am I supposed to be?
[Pre-Chorus]
If you want to change the world
The future's not in our hands
If you want to change the world
The pigs already set it
[Chorus]
The optimist understands
Why the world's gone down the drain
The pessimist never bends
Constricting thought in vain
From the pessimist point of view
There's nothing we can do
As I paint this picture gray and taste the pain
I'll play the optimist again