I come to sing a song about hope I'm not inspired much right now, but even so I came out here to sing a song So here I go I guess I think That if I tinker long enough One might appear And look, it's here One verse is done The work's begun I come to sing a song about hope In spite of everything ridiculous and sad Though I'm beyond belief, depressed, confused, and mad Well, I got dressed I underestimated how much that would take I didn't break Until right now I sing of hope And don't know how ♪ So maybe I can substitute strength because I'm strong I'm strong enough I got through lots of things I didn't think I could And so did you I know that's true And so, we sing a song about hope Though I can't guarantee there's something real behind it I have to try to show my daughters I can find it And so today When life is crazy, and impossible to bear It must be there Fear never wins That's what I hope See? I said hope The work begins