Pain Monitor

from Pax Americana by Bad Optics

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lyrics

Become alive
I trickle out of bed, undefined
Turn on a dime
The words and pictures scrape against my mind
I cannot try
To kick against the pricks without getting low

Look in your eyes
I want to hate you, but I empathize
You've run out of time
To make a better life
Now you lash out like a child
But if you look, you'll find our interests coincide

If you want to go, then you don't have to go
If you want to go, then you should stay

Life denies the forms it takes
Turning back into words
Seething from all it's past mistakes
Hoping that you haven't heard
Wanting for better, but pushing for worse
Seeing the future from the back of a hearse
Crumpled in the corner
Tears stained on its face

I don't want you to go
But you could say no
I know it's slow
You want to go home
A walk from one place to another
Won't change your mind

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from Pax Americana, released January 21, 2022
Music by BAD OPTICS
Lyrics by J. HIDELL

J. Hidell - Guitar/Vocals
Max Stephens - Guitar/Vocals/Synth
Stephanie Jones - Bass
Joshua Ihler - Drums

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Bad Optics Seattle, Washington

Bad Optics is an art punk band that creates music for the encroaching singularity.

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