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Song facts
“Ever The Optimist” is a song written by Exploring Birdsong, a band which describes itself as “a piano driven progressive rock band from Liverpool, UK“.
In the writing process, the band got help from Paul McCartney, as part of a songwriting session he gave at LIPA in 2018.
This song certainly has the most interesting back story to any of the tracks we’ve written. When in university back in 2018, Lyns and Matt were given the opportunity to have a one on one songwriting session with Sir Paul McCartney. This is the song they took into the session and worked on with Sir Paul himself. It’s by far the poppiest song on the record and was the catalyst for centring our songs around synths as well as sole piano parts.
Exploring Birdsong – From Ever the Optimist | Exploring Birdsong (bandcamp.com)
Last updated on December 23, 2022
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 hits, 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
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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