Exploring Birdsong - Ever The Optimist lyrics

Loss of control
The gears twist and the clock turns
Ever the optimist 'til the clouds roll in
And the bridges burn
The aggravation of drawing blood out
From the stone we've hit the bone

Kingdoms fall with the weight of it all
And we're gone

I hate to tell you but
The setting sun won't rise
The shepherd lost his grip and
Now the wolf's inside
Now the paragon has poison in his veins
We'll wash away, we'll all decay

A slowing breath
A sharpened tongue for comfort
Ever the optimist 'til the deluge hit's
But the famine first the final reckoning
The action and the consequence
You've drawn your breath

A fumbling king, only chaos he'll bring
An obedient queen forced in between
The obscene

I hate to tell you but
The setting sun won’t rise
The shepherd lost his grip and
Now the wolf’s inside
Now the paragon has poison in his veins
We'll wash away we'll all decay

I hate to tell you but
The setting sun won’t rise
The shepherd lost his grip and
Now the wolf’s inside
Now the paragon has poison in his veins
We'll wash away, we'll all decay