Hope

Hope is an optimistic state of mind, based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in your life, or in the world at large
Hope

Well if there's one thing in this life that makes it all worthwhile that's hope
It's not the things you've done before cos they're gone
And everything you're doing right now feels wrong
You're frantically paddling but on the surface you're a swan
You're looking to the future and it feels like a con
It's murky you've got nothing you can hang your hat upon
The water is rising and you're struggling to cope
It's not particularly enticing but you've gotta have hope

You can get downbeat
You can feel the heat
And you can suffer defeat
But you've gotta have

But you gotta have

So this is for the people that have lost their mojo
Feeling like they're going backwards living life in slo mo
The struggling couple that are doing nothing but bickering
The trauma victim finding everything triggering
The ballerina standing on the edge of a bridge
The broken family at the hospital praying for their kid
The closeted teenager who feels like they can't talk
The stroke survivor re-learning to walk
The woman with a newborn whose partner just left her
While she's caring for her parents in the grip of dementia
The dad going into theatre, nil by mouth
The fella cleaning up the ashes in his burned down house
When all you want to do is leave and you're at the end of their tether
You've got to believe it's gonna get better it's not gonna last forever

You can get downbeat
You can feel the heat
And you can suffer defeat
But you've gotta have

But you've gotta have

You can get downbeat
You can feel the heat
And you can suffer defeat
But you've gotta have