Sometimes it takes an optimist
To say you're going to die
For you to pull yourself together
And to get on with your life

Well, I've been there
I've been there before

Sometimes you lose the taste for food
And nothing satisfies
The gin don't get you drunk
Though you drink the river jar while

I've been there
I've been there before

Where do you go?
When you can't fake it
Where do you go?
When you can't save it?

Where do you go?
Where do you go?
I'm right here

I love your visions, fine
It's the world that isn't right
Did not change your eyes to strain
We must force the firmament to change
We must force the firmament to change
We must force the firmament to change

Sometimes it takes a photograph
Of all the things you had
To realize that nothing
In this fleeting world will last

I've been there
I've been there before

When you realize it
For your love you'd give up everything
And you wait and wait forever
But the phone it just won't ring

I've been there
I've been there before

Where do you go?
When you can't fake it
Where do you go?
When you can't save it?

Where do you go?
Where do you go?
I'm right here

I love your visions, fine
It's the world that isn't right
Did not change your eyes to strain
We must force the firmament to change
We must force the firmament to change
We must force the firmament to change

And my hands are warm
My aim is true
I'm miles from home
I'm just like you

No happy child
With try us few
We'll see the Sun
Bright as we do

I love your visions, fine
It's the world that isn't right
Did not change your eyes to strain
We must force the firmament to change
We must force the firmament to change
We must force the firmament to change

Sometimes it takes an optimist
To say you're going to die
For you to pull yourself together
And to get on with your life

While I've been there
I'm not scared no more