{"id":30,"date":"2026-05-07T00:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/?p=30"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:54:10","slug":"queen-of-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/2026\/05\/07\/queen-of-denial\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen of Denial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queen Of Denial by Lobster Optimus Ltd\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F120441510&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verse:<br>Keep me in your confidence, when you speak of me in the past tense<br>Leave my heart in the hollow of a tree, tranquil thoughts when you remember me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>Please let me have some dignity, stretching my sadness into a smile<br>My words are not common sense to you because I think you are the Queen of Denial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verse:<br>Place me in a tower high, bolt the door and lock me inside<br>Leave the key in the lining of a cloud, just out of reach like a lover in a crowd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>Please let me have some sanity, Mister Mark Anthony was never your style<br>My words are not crossing your Red Sea; because I think you are the Queen of Denial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridge:<br>Hey Cleopatra I want to get at you, but I think you are the Queen of Denial.<br>Hey if I were Caesar I know that I could please her but I heard she wants to rest for a while<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verse:<br>Wrap me up in an electrical fence; build it high with due diligence<br>A generator that never runs dry; you hold me hostage inside of your mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>Please forget this whole calamity, release the asp and give me a smile<br>My words never seem to penetrate; because I know you are the Queen of Denial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verse:Keep me in your confidence, when you speak of me in the past tenseLeave my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}