Lyrics

Written by Mathias Brosenbauer

We were born optimists
A love for this world a love to exist
Till we were given more
Than we could ever handle
Yes you had it tough and we thank you for your struggle
But in the end, this world is flawed
Please understand this is how we cope
At least don’t condescend our words

We were born optimists
The troubles of this world a gift to your kids

Growing inequality
Increasing wealth gap
Overpopulation
No privacy, a trap
Pollution and catastrophes
Pandemics and conspiracies
Unfiltered access to see
Garbage, gore and tragedy

We were only kids
Yet you forced all these stimuli
Born into this world, what’s a truth and what’s a lie?
All we ever wanted was for you to listen
And now it’s our fault, that we don’t fit your system!

We recruit kids, and we give them guns, converts and now they’re terrorists
We hook them up on likes, and what is beauty? Now they’re narcissists
We set a view, a narrative, and we take their freedom, now they’re extremists
To give us false purpose
So we don’t become Nihilists

Recruiting kids, give them guns, converts now terrorists
Hook them up on likes, what is beauty? Now narcissists
Set a view, a narrative, take their freedom, extremists
To give us false purpose
So we don’t become Nihilists

We were only kids
Yet you forced all these stimuli
Born into this world, what’s a truth, and what’s a lie?
All we ever wanted was for you to listen
And now it’s our fault, that we don’t fit your system!
Oh

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