Garbage - There's No Future In Optimism Lyrics

Garbage Lyrics

"There's No Future In Optimism"

If you're ready for love, if you're ready for love
If you're ready for love, if you're ready for love
If you're ready for love, if you're ready for love
If you're ready for love

Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future

The night is dark and full of terror
The air is thick with helicopters
People marching, cops are swarming
The city's on fire and the sirens are screaming

You and I, we have a chance
We could leave this place and rewrite our romance
Let's go dancing, not talk for a while
The sky's so beautiful, the stars are wild

Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future

There is no future that can't be designed
With some imagination and a beautiful mind
Did I disgrace myself, bring shame to the flock?
I was sick with resentment, couldn't help myself

The earth is shaking, I want to go home
The clock is ticking, we'll go it alone
The rest is history, a host of mistakes
A strange turn of events, an unfortunate mess

Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future

If you're ready for love
If you're ready for love
If you're ready for love
If you're ready for love

If you're ready for love, if you're ready for love
If you're ready for love, if you're ready for love
If you're ready for love, if you're ready for love
If you're ready for love, if you're ready for love
If you're ready for love

Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future
Future, future, love, love, future

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Writer(s): Steve W Marker, Butch Vig, Shirley Ann Manson, Douglas Elwin Erickson

album: "Let All That We Imagine Be The Light" (2025)

Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be The Light album cover

There's No Future In Optimism

Chinese Fire Horse

Hold

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Sisyphus

Radical

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R U Happy Now

The Day That I Met God

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