Speed of Light [Vega Edition] (5:09)

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
And so I go without oversight
Stuck in a screen all day and half the night

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

Hey hey hey
There’s nothing left to say
The hardest part is 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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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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