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LYRICS

I gamble big for the smallest pot
I know it's not
Enough to change what's been going on
But it's all I've got

I misjudge and switch up from target to target
And miscalculate what it is that I wanted

Swimming in circles in search of substance
In shallow waters that give me nothing
How can optimists be cynical?

So if I'm honest
I think I'm beginning to question how much i want this
Overloaded serial stresser, I'm sitting nauseous
Panic on a loop in my head, I'm chronically cautious
How can I get off this

To keep it simple
I think I've been willingly following every impulse
Picturing a future, then tossing it out the window
Suffocate the fire I started right when it kindles
Passionate but fickle

The source of my serotonin is only digital
Cause my reality's fading, I guess that's typical

Can't switch back it's mismatched in dopamine
Get whiplash, it hits fast controlling me

Swerving in silence I'm all alone
In traffic I'm trapped in, I can't find home
I'm an optimist who's cynical
And that's miserable

So if I'm honest
I think I'm beginning to question how much I want this
Overloaded serial stresser, I'm sitting nauseous
Panic on a loop in my head, I'm chronically cautious
How can I get off this

To keep it simple
I think I've been willingly following every impulse
Picturing a future, then tossing it out the window
Suffocate the fire I started right when it kindles
Passionate but fickle

CREDITS

Creative Director / Geffen - Tessa Tinglof
Director/DP - Ian Lipton
EP - Krista Worby
Production Manager - Kateland Cornine
Chief Lighting Technician - Michael Roseman
1st AC - Michelle Hernandez
Steadi Op - Taylor Johnson
Wardrobe - Monica Rojas
Wardrobe Assistant - Karen Velize
Wardrobe Intern - Jada Konop
Groomer - Morgan Grimes
Set PA - Alex Hardman
Set PA - Anthony Chavez
Color Grade - Nick Lindel-Wright @ Ethos Studio
Guitarist - Jake Goldman

Music video by Braden Bales performing CHRONICALLY CAUTIOUS (Live Session). © 2023 Braden Bales, under exclusive to Geffen Records

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