Look at the battle we're in
 
 I was never one to pick a fight I couldn't win
 
 Look at the secrets we keep
 
 They terrorize me every night in my sleep
 
  
  Afternoon tea with the impending doom
 
 Counting the elephants here in this room
 
 You can be twisted but still optimistic
 
 Be the black sheep but not a statistic
  
 
 May not know who you are
 
 But you know what you've got
 
 So hang on to the absurd
 
 Hey, have you heard?
  
 
 Hope's not a four-letter word
 
 Put on a happy face
 
 Make a scene and leave a permanent trace
 
 Show me that rebel inside
  
 
 Where the leader of the revolution resides
 
 Afternoon tea with the impending doom
 
 Counting the elephants here in this room
 
 You can be twisted but still optimistic
  
 
 Be the black sheep but not a statistic
 
 May not know who you are
 
 But you know what you've got
 
 So hang on to the absurd
  
 
 Hey, have you heard?
 
 Hope's not a four-letter word
 
 Careful, you might catch yourself going under
 
 Careful, you might lose your breath like the others
  
 
 Careful, you might slip and never recover
 
 Careful, you might burn to death like the others
 
 You can be twisted but still optimistic
 
 Be the black sheep but not a statistic
  
 
 May not know who you are
 
 But you know what you've got
 
 So hang on to the absurd
 
 Hey, have you heard?
 
 Hope's not a four-letter word