For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic

Album: Riot! (2007)
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  • Just talk yourself up
    And tear yourself down
    You've, one wall
    Now find a way around
    Well what's the problem?
    You've got a lot of nerve

    So what'd you think I would say?
    You can't run away, you can't run away
    (So what did you think I would say?)
    (You can't run away, you can't run away)
    (You wouldn't)

    I never wanted to say this
    You never wanted to stay
    I put my faith in you, so much faith
    And then you just threw it away

    How's that feel, Illinois?

    Just threw it away

    No, I'm not so naive
    'Cause my sorry eyes can see
    The way you fly shy
    Of almost everything
    Well, if you give up
    You'll get what you deserve

    What'd you think I would say?
    No you can't run away, no you can't run away
    So what did you think I would say?
    No you can't run away, no you can't run away
    (You wouldn't)

    I never wanted to say this
    You never wanted to stay
    I put my faith in you, so much faith
    And then you just threw it away

    You threw it away

    No, you were finished long before
    We had even seen the start
    Why don't you stand up, be a man about it?
    Fight with your bare hands about it, now, now

    Alright, Chicago

    I never wanted to say this
    You never wanted to stay, well, did you?
    I put my faith in you, so much faith
    And then you just threw it away

    I never wanted to say this
    You never wanted to stay, oh no
    I put my faith in you, so much faith
    And then you just threw it away Writer/s: Hayley Nichole Williams, Joshua Neil Farro
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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