The Optimist

from Parental Guidance by OK O'Clock

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Optimistic, often mystic. if so then who decides
What happens when the car you flipped just barely misses
The guard rail, and rolls over twice?
And your friends are floating around in the backseat
What if you're the elect and they're just casualties?

This will all be fine
This will all be OK
I've seen this all happen
I've planned everything

Mad Scientist of the cosmos:
"Have you met my finest specimen Job?"
"he ran the maze in record time"
But what about his wife and kids?
Go on about your pottery
Why did you orchestrate all this
At the expense of their eternity?

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This does not cut mustard
This does not make sense to me
I can't tell my dead friends' grieving mother
"This is how its supposed to be"
I don't want my friends to hurt anymore
Those pale white lines, don't know what to do
This negligence is blinding for
These tired eyes I've been looking through

I was supposed to be the careless one
Not you

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from Parental Guidance, released January 20, 2019

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