Shouldn't it always be so simple Like how it's always been so simple All of our photographs blur We're running too fast Shouldn't it always be this simple We've got the ocean, time's just a ripple Under the screen we laugh, we blur We're swimming too fast But ooh, i am an optimist I am an optimist But I'm not prepared for this here- What if I have to go What if that's how we know The best things don't last forever here Why can't it always be this simple I cry so you hold me for a little We hide in your room with the curtains closed To the end of the world But ooh, i am an optimist I am an optimist But I'm not prepared for this here- What if I have to go What if that's how we know The best things don't last forever here