Optimist

from Perspective by Clouded Filter

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I wanna see the colors that you see
how they shine so vibrantly
reflecting the way you look at your life
how you feel so satisfied
knowing that these hard times come and go
and when they're gone, we'll have a chance to grow

The optimist in me is wearing thin
but it'll grow when we begin
to analyze the darker shades of mine
and how yours tend to intertwine
Even when the path is fogged and cold
what I know is you're the one who will let me know

With the way things are going I am gonna make it out
Of the jumbled web inside my head (I'm gonna make it, I'm gonna make it out)
As I take a deep breath oh I breathe it out
All the negativity I see floats away whenever you're with me

I see the way the downward slope can start
it takes over this wounded heart
Oh inside of my chest I feel the weight relieve
as you show me a way to breathe
in a way where I'll feel complete
No longer seeing all the ways, I seem to have gone astray

Nothing here is definitive, everything here is infinite
Oh please just let me know

I crawled my way to make it to the top
of this hill I've spent my whole life, building up
You were there to show, me the way to go
To make sure that I always find my way home
to brighten the path so I could see the holes
I won't be distracted by ways to fall down
You're always there to keep me alive and now
I am stronger than, I was back then
and I have you to thank for that

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from Perspective, released June 3, 2019

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