Bells Beyond The Stars

The voice inside my head is on its mission to confuse
"An optimist is somebody who hasn't heard the news!"
I don't know where he gets that from; it surely isn't me!
I only see the sunny side, you have my guarantee!
He tells me how he's coming round
To break all of my guitars
But I reply that if you try
I'll still hear bells beyond the stars

He somehow never takes the hint; he'll always double down
Many may indeed conclude it's easier to drown
But me, I see the sunny side. He hates it that I've tried
No matter what he's said, to keep my head above the tide
He tells me he's convinced that he
Can drain my reservoirs
I say, it doesn't work that way
I can hear bells beyond the stars

I don't know why he finds it hard. Whenever he returns
The tragic old recidivist who sadly never learns
He knows I see the sunny side and that I always will
Yet he persists, and still insists he'll stay around until
The day that he's convinced he's run
Through all his repertoires
So even now, he won't allow
I hear those bells beyond the stars

You'd think that he'd have cottoned on. It's very little use
But here he goes again with yet another lame excuse!
He never sees the sunny side, is always indiscreet
His rationale that victory is somehow a defeat
Is holed below the waterline
A thousand battle scars
They're borderline, but healing fine
'Cause I hear bells beyond the stars

Let's bring this to an end. Let's stop the monkeying around
Let's recognise a loser, casting seed on stony ground
I only see the sunny side, so how is he to win?
If he was even half a man, he'd take it on the chin!
As always, it is up to me
To do the au revoirs
And that's as well; I nearly fell
Then I heard bells beyond the stars

Of course, it will be up to me
To do the au revoirs
I know so well I nearly fell
Then I heard bells beyond the stars