Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Anathema
Canonical path: /anathema/the-optimist
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Optimist
Read The Optimist lyrics by Anathema on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Optimist
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Drive at night in the slow lane
Rabbit in headlights run away, run away
The great escape in the slow lane
Before it’s too late to run away, run away
The life we left behind
See, they all are alike
The life we left behind
Dreaming all our life
We ride on hopes
Designed our world
Let go of you and I
Run for our light
Don’t look behind
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Anathema performs "The Optimist", and this lyric page sits inside the Anathema catalog on LyroVerse.
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