Speed of Light (4:06)

You are fire and I am air
What’s gonna happen when you let down your hair
The words keep popping up and I’m skirting the law
Like a Japanese lucky cat with a lascivious paw

Things didn’t go as I hoped they might
The future collapses at the speed of light

You’re wearing a wire and I don’t care
Getting lost in the dream of the American nightmare
These flares keep popping up and the town is obsessed
Anger and hate just fuel the whole damn mess

I was nine when Lennon died and I second guessed design
Seriously- pay no mind
I see him around from time to time

Things didn’t go as I hoped they might
The future collapses at the speed of light
And so I go without oversight
Stuck in a screen all day and half the night

Hey hey hey
There’s nothing left to say
The hardest part giving myself what you gave

Things didn’t go as I hoped they might
The future collapses at the speed of light
And so I go without oversight
Stuck in a screen all day and half the night

Things didn’t go as I hoped they might
The future collapses at the speed of light
And so I go without oversight
Stuck in a screen all day and half the night

Hey hey hey
There’s nothing left to say

bg vox: Kate Schell

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Song Notes

SAMPLED SOURCES: The robotic clicks and whirrs that form the percussion line of this song are sounds I captured with my H1N digital recorder during an ATM transaction at the Chase bank in Albany Park, Chicago.

Muse

Ariadne

Collaborators

Kate Schell

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