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Artist: Turin Brakes
Canonical path: /turin-brakes/the-optimist
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The Optimist
Read The Optimist lyrics by Turin Brakes 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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Sitting here staring out the window,
Traffic always makes me feel like I'm coming home.
Cold blood bleeding still at least I'm breathing.
Patiently waiting clinging on to my mobile phone.
Cracked skulls with a creepy mind inside.
I'm planning the greatest of escapes you know.
Patiently waiting in the line.
Soon I'm gonna stand up.
Yeah I'm gonna rear up
And there's no escape lonely planet
Oh it's too late lonely planet.
Cold blood bleeding still at least I'm breathing.
Patiently waiting soon I'm gonna take control.
Cracked skull with a creepy mind inside.
I'm planning the greatest of escapes you know.
Patiently waiting in the line.
Soon I'm gonna stand up.
Yeah I'm gonna rear up
And there's no escape lonely planet
Oh it's too late lonely planet.
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Turin Brakes performs "The Optimist", and this lyric page sits inside the Turin Brakes catalog on LyroVerse.
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