Alex Bochel feat. Zach Alwin - The Hopeful Effect
Channel: Alex Bochel
Date: 2021-04-02

8 years ago I was playing a game of "Alex Ball", a made-up game that everyone in my neighborhood played when I was younger. It was some strange combination of football, soccer, and handball. I don't remember a time in my life where there was as much laughter and camaraderie. I wish I knew that day would be the last time I ever saw all of those friends in one place. 

8 years ago I broke up with a girl who tore my heart apart. On paper, she was perfect for me. It took me years to get over that relationship and learn what I really needed in a partner. I wish I had known how big of a mark an experience like that would have on the rest of my life. 

Back then, life felt simple. As I grow older,  The Hopeful Effect gets stronger. It's time to shed all of those childhood understandings of the world... And to move on from this song. 

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Lyrics:

We’ve been on earth too long
Good God, please strike us down 
We used to roam around
With friends together through the town
But that was so long ago

And now the world has changed
My friends don’t look the same
Packed and moved away and
I’ve not seen them since the day
We lost hope so long ago 

Born two blocks apart
I’m sorry I stole your heart
But in my defense
Yeah, I was full of innocence
And you took that away from me

But now the world has changed
My first love got engaged
Oh how much I hoped
That one day we would elope
And the rest would be history

8 years since I’ve been clean 
I can’t explain what it means
Or the hopeful effect that it has
It’s time to close the book
And burn it up for good
Is this how it ends?

How it ends
How it ends
How it ends
How it ends

8 years since I’ve been clean 
I can’t explain what it means
Or the hopeful effect that it has
It’s time to close the book
And burn it up for good
This is how it ends
How it ends.