Turnscrews

from Pax Americana by Bad Optics

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lyrics

This is a bullet for the dead god,
outmoded and sick.
A dirty polemic for an old fraud,
running out of new tricks.
Live from my father's debris,
alienated by what I see.
Does anything belong to me,
or have I been deceived?

It picks apart all the carrion
and says it's for you.
It would cannibalize it's own flesh
if it turned a better revenue.
Phantom limbs reach everywhere,
tearing down yours to get what's theirs.
The third world lives like a target,
but that's the cost of freedom in a buyer's market.

All that is solid melts into air.
Hypernormalized, but I don't care.

Are you happy with where we're at?
Are you feeling fulfilled?
You're in control of your life,
but just within the limits of the script they've built.
It's not equipped for empathy,
marginalizing so mercilessly.
Oh, you think it's all supply and demand?
Well here comes the invisible hand!

All that is solid melts into air.
Hypernormalized, but I don't care.
If it's coming for them, then it's coming for you.
Futures on life have been devalued.

Maintain, decay, and compose:
a cycle designed to centralize in the home
wealth, power, control.
A cycle designed for those who are in the know.

We have been remanded and cannot step out!
It has been demanded that we taste the ground!
You may not see them, it's certain they see you!
Freedom is contingent upon turning screws!

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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/Vocals
Joshua Ihler - Drums/Percussion/Vocals

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

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