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Cynical Optimist

from Amnesia by Circuit Theory

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You say the city is getting better.
I say it’s crumbling in your hands.
You say the sun shines brighter,
well I think it’s burning me up inside.
You make it out to be the best days of our lives
but I just see things otherwise.

You can call me a cynical optimist.
I don’t expect you to understand this but I hope you do.

You say we’re getting smarter every day.
I say we’re being told what to know.
Our authority has taken our free will
to know, to think, to feel what our body should.
I know it’s hard for you to think along these lines
but you want to, I can see it in your eyes.

You can call me a cynical optimist.
I don’t expect you to understand this but I hope you do.

"Our children can still play," you say.
But not without their armor on.
"We can still love our sons and daughters."
Until they turn their backs on us.

We’re losing our rights to live.
We’ve got nothing else to give.
Can’t you see we are turning our men against their brothers?
We cower in the fear they spread.
We gotta realize all that we’ve been fed
and step out from the womb of our mothers.
Step out from the womb of your mother.

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from Amnesia, released November 16, 2007

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Circuit Theory is on indefinite hiatus.

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The music of Circuit Theory has been described as dark, inward looking, and rustic. With inspirations of love, hate, life, lies, anger and bliss combined with a very broad range of musical influences, a new sound is created with the idea of taking the listener somewhere a little out of the ordinary. ... more

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