Afterlives - "Ever the Optimist"

[@OfficialToqai]

This is William Barret, Dan Barret of Have a Nice Life's and Giles Corey's brother. He had never recorded or really played music before this recording. That is why this is so unique

[@gerald1495]

so thats why he sounds so much like Dan

[@TaylorJocelynShaw]

That's so cool, whatttttttt.

[@giantrobot5804]

So dope. Makes this album ten times better. Super raw, especially this track.

[@maybetomorrownewmaker]

it's pretty inspiring that someone without much experience can just make an album like this

[@zygurate9467]

I wonder wtf happened to these guys to make so fucked up music

[@end.olives]

Look at you, face down again
Same as before and you know why this happens
At this point, there's no real reason to believe
You don't need eyes in the back of your head to see
This is the way you are, and have always been
Ever the fool
To be young again
Not wide awake, just narrow
Not open to the bows and arrows
Ever the optimist, you won't be fooled again
You get knocked down, then get up again
In your coat of armor, you alone cultivate the land
And remove the daggers from others' hands
You run the water, you soak their feet
You fill their cups, make them drink
This is the way you are, have always been
Ever the leader, constant believer
Not wide awake, just narrow
Not open to the bows and arrows
Ever the optimist, you won't be fooled again
You get knocked down, then get up again
This is who you are, this is what you do
When all else fails, ever the optimist
Ever the optimist

[@lilix2594]

All Barrett's are superb emotion dealers. Syd, Dan and of course William.

[@DeadFleshPariah]

I LOVE afterlives, especially this song. Very beautiful. As soon as I finish recording, I hope to get signed by ELHR.

[@sandwichyourself4481]

Did you ever get signed?

[@tydawg51123]

@@sandwichyourself4481 I had the same question

[@soursweettooth]

So cool and unique. Like something I heard in a dream and desperately tried to recall on waking.

[@gerald1495]

lol what

[@soursweettooth]

@@gerald1495 Just rediscovered this awesome song. Forgot I ever commented on it, and what do I see but Gerald here mocking three years ago me. Sheeesh buzzkill.

[@maybetomorrownewmaker]

definitely gives me that dream like, liminal feeling too

[@ozymandiaz362]

Muito foda, uma das melhores músicas que o Will fez.

[@mando6296]

Sim Ozzy

[@hollow3951]

I’ve listened to this song probably 30 times by now... fucking beautiful. Just so fucking good. Thank you william

[@alexjones742]

Reminds me when I was a kid my dad used to play this to me in the car to school 🤣😔

[@teresacrammer1142]

he touched me and wouldn't stop. he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop he wouldn't stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop please don't do this to me please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please ple

[@gerald1495]

@@teresacrammer1142 cool

[@user-c17dr3ku1j]

@@teresacrammer1142 bro are you good

[@meownana2012]

@@teresacrammer1142 nice trauma dump asshole

[@clams_pachinko283]

🤣🤣

[@wojt4spes]

Outstanding.

[@sputnik163]

This is cool stuff

[@ofermashiach4519]

Impinging minimalism. It well exceeds my expectations. I like it.

[@saschadestroyer3906]

This just wonderfully perfect.

[@kosemekars]

good luck buddy

[@stoopiddub333]

whoooo badassery

[@brimerwelpippy4972]

I've often had to wonder if the story about this being Dan's brother was just clever bogus and that it's actually Dan.. not saying its impossible by any means. But this seems way too advanced on every level to have been made by somebody without writing/recording experience, much less without instrument experience. The composition and all, like really the story is actually just unfathomable and seems very, very much like the type of legend dan would make up

[@brimerwelpippy4972]

Good shit regardless. Love this song and album. Plus there's a bizarre foo fighters cover on it... can't go wrong...

[@HulksterHogan]

This reminds me a whole lot of MeWithoutYou

[@yazankhanfar3161]

i love hanl man

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[@jaydavvg]

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[@oscar-kx7zx]

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[@wolfmark]

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[@vetvietnam]

😍😍😍😍

[@RossHilyard90]

FIRST! this is really good, really different too

[@aidanflaherty7124]

Fer someone who never recorded this is good sound quality

[@jmrocker]

good luck

[@owen1686]

hmmm

[@bandkanal]

ja. ja. ja.ja. ja.ja.ja.ja.ja.ja.ja,ja.ja.ja.

[@hoodcat.]

meh