When you look at life with a cynic's view
The world's distorted and perspectively skewed
So they tell me.
Well, when you look at life through a rose-colored lens
Don't you just get disappointed in the end?
Because nothing works out in life.
No matter how hard you work at it
Life is sometimes just full of shit
You gotta deal with that.
All you can do is try your best
And you can live knowing that the rest-
You can't change a damn thing.
I'm sick and tired of all you optimists
I tell you to leave me alone, yet you persist
Wake up and smell the coffee!
Go preach to someone who hasn't already turned
To face the knowledge of what she's learned
The dark reality, the way it's going to be
The way life is always gonna treat me
Creul and unforgiving
But you gotta keep on living
And someday it'll all be over.

When you look at life as a pessimist
Look at everything you're gonna miss
By negativity.
Well, when you look at life through open eyes
I think you'll be plesantly surprised
Because everything works out in life.
No matter how hard you work at it
Life is sometimes just full of shit
You gotta deal with that.
All you can do is try your best
And you can live knowing that the rest-
You can make the best of it.
I really wish you pessimists
Would stop complaining and get a grip
Wake up and smell the coffee!
Don't shut yourself down to the world
And ignore the wonderful things that unfurl
The simple truth, the way it's going to be
The way life is always gonna treat me
Unsure and unknowing
But you gotta keep knowing
That someday it'll all be over.
Why don't you open up?
Why don't you protect yourself?
Why don't you take a leap of faith and trust
The world isn't death and destruction because you're here.
Why don't you see it?
Why don't you open your mind?
Why don't you look for yourself and see
The world isn't all candy and flowers because you're here.
Why can't you see
Life isn't what you think it is
It doesn't matter who you are or where you're from
The truth affects everyone.