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The Noose

from Pax Americana by Bad Optics

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lyrics

The future’s cast, no time to waste,
Finite amount to make your case:
This is a life, this is a place,
This is a picture of the place.
Small feats are anybody’s game.
You build the picture, you made the frame.
You are the one who breaks the mould,
But now you’re getting old.

Half the time to all the time you need that noose around your neck.
Half the time to all the time you need that noose around your neck.

Time stiffens it's hold
Pull the straps on the bed tight
Good night
Nail the clock to the wall

Half the time to all the time you need that noose around your neck.
Half the time to all the time you need that noose around your neck.

I’m just waiting for a light
Breach into me and push
Reduce me to a slump
Pulled out into the rip tide
Mangled on the rocks
This body's had enough
I want my money back
Born naked in the dark

Oh god, don't feed me to the light
Breach into me and push
Reduce me to a slump
Pulled out into the rip tide
Mangled on the rocks
This body's had enough
I want my money back
Born naked in the dark

credits

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

J. Hidell - Guitar/Vocals
Max Stephens - Guitar/Tape Loop/Piano
Stephanie Jones - Bass
Joshua Ihler - Drums/Vocals

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

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