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i fear i'll die from complications.
complications due to things that 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 burdens sometimes, and he will escape unscarred.
i guess i take after my mother.
i guess i take after my mother.
but i used to be quite resilient.
gained no strength from counting the beads on a rosary.
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.
complications due to things that 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 burdens sometimes, and he will escape unscarred.
i guess i take after my mother.
i guess i take after my mother.
but i used to be quite resilient.
gained no strength from counting the beads on a rosary.
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.
Lyrics submitted by canvaswings
Track duration: 04:03
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Anyway! I believe that the meaning behind Grand Optimist is very straight forward. Clearly his father is a man who's very positive and takes life with a grain of salt. Dallas wishes he could be more like his father in that regard, so that he wouldn't be so tortured by his own thoughts and worries. Alas, he takes after his mother, who is also a worrier.