City and Colour - The Grand Optimist (Official Audio)

City and Colour's song "The Grand Optimist" from the album, Little Hell - available now on Still Records.

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LYRICS:
I fear I'm dying of complications
Complications due to things I've left undone
That all my debts will be left unpaid
Feel like a cripple without a cane
I'm like a jack of all trades
Who's a master of none

Then there's my father
He's always looking on the bright side
Saying things like
"Son, life just ain't that hard"
He is the grand optimist
I am the world's poor pessimist
You give him burdensome times

And he will escape unscarred

I guess I take after my mother
I guess I take after my mother

I used to be quite resilient
Gain no strength from counting the beads on a rosary
And now the wound has begun to turn
Another lesson that has gone unlearned
But this is not a cry for pity or for sympathy

I guess I take after my mother
I guess I take after my mother
I guess I take after my mother
I guess I take after my mother

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[cityandcolour]

Get the new album "The Love Still Held Me Near" at cityandcolour.com ✌

[sunbehindclouds]

I would leave this song in a playlist on repeat for hours and it still sounds just as great as the first time

[edjones]

he must be one of the only artists that puts an entire CD on youtube? love him

[sandyanderson]

so true words when you listen to him sing it 🙏🏻🎄🙏🏻🐶merry christmas 🎵🎶

[BenG]

So folky with a hint of blues. And of course, with a Dallas twist. The only word to describe what I'm listening to is "beautiful".

[pleasureincontempt]

Dallas Green speaks to my soul. I was a Matthew Good acolyte in my twenties and kinda still am. I fucking loved the Traigeically Hip too. With the loss Gord; I kinda think that there was a torch passed and I can’t think of a more talented or deserving person.

Edit: Some people are lost, and Triaged for health reasons. Tragically is the proper word, but I think I’ll just leave it that way. Music heals.

[taruto]

HAAHA I dislike this, i like trollin just sayin.