Optimistic Nihilism

from Bouquet by kind smart dangerous

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Will you hold us to the status and the standards of a bygone day?
When we were born in time to watch the world around us cracked and crumbling (heat warning)

Will you sit and drink alone in a cold corner and avoid the fray?
Even though your bones are just composed of chemicals that will decay (dust it fades)

Ah ah … ...

And every work of art or masterpiece mankind has made will be unmade
So kiss and laugh and lose yourself in flower beds, and the smell of rain (make mistakes)

Will you spend your days in offices just waiting for the clock to change?
When we were born in time to save some tigers or learn how to fly a plane (cut the chain)

Ah ah … …

I … Won’t let your eyes distort me
I … Don’t live for wrath or glory

I ... Don’t need to search for meaning
I … Won’t look to gods or demons

Ah ah … …

Will you laud yourself above the ones around you for the checks you pay
Even though the earth is just a ball of dirt around a ball of flame (orbiting)

What that means is that you’re free from everything they’ve made you do or say
So take my hand and clear your throat it’s time to go no need to be afraid (wandering)

Ah ah … …

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from Bouquet, released December 29, 2018

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