[Verse 1]

I pick fights on myself 'cause I don't think I've known any better

Started at 14 years old with the mirror that hung from the dresser, yeah

17 when a friend of a friend at the bar told me I had a pretty face

If you know what that means then you know that it's never a cute mistake

So sorry for the ones you've had to go through

Backhanded compliments they get away, no consequence

While the subconscious of my mind keeps holding on to

Every single word they said, it's something you just can't forget

[Chorus]

You think that optimism's just a part of common sense

For me it's work I've got to turn off and on, yeah

I'm not expecting not to think of a bad thing again

I'm just too, wishing that it didn't happen often

Often

Didn't happen often

I'm just here wishing that it didn't happen often

[Verse 2]

Can't fit into my clothes

Out with friends, I stay home

Friday nights I don't go

Get some things, we all grow

Guess some things never change

I was just made or break

It's a part of my DNA

It's always been that way

'Cause they want nothing when I'm all in

Yeah it happens way too often

[Chorus]

You think that optimism's just a part of common sense

For me it's work I've got to turn off and on, yeah

I'm not expecting not to think of a bad thing again

I'm just here wishing that it didn't happen often

Often

It didn't happen often (wishing, wishing)

I'm just here wishing that it didn't happen often

[Bridge]

Lying to myself, I'm lying

Try to fix a wiring in my head, I just can't stop this

Trying to be open-minded

Maybe one day I'll be, woah

[Chorus]

You think that optimism's just a part of common sense

For me it's work I've got to turn off and on, yeah

I'm not expecting not to think of a bad thing again

I'm just too, wishing that it didn't happen often

Often (Often)

Didn't happen often-n-n

I'm just here wishing that it didn't happen often