Jon Hadley, James Wright – Optimistic

Artwork Partially AI Generated

Artist:
Jonathan Hadley

Release Date:
June 2, 2025

Record Label:
Abrasive Monologues

Writing Credits

Musical Composition:
J E Jackson

Lyrics:
J E Jackson

Musical Performance:
Jonathan Hadley – Guitars

Production Credits

Mixing:
Jonathan Hadley

Mastering:
Jonathan Hadley

Video Production:
Jonathan Hadley

Jon Hadley

Jonathan Hadley

Bio:

Jonathan Hadley is a musician and producer whose work explores atmosphere, texture, and emotionally direct songwriting. He is the founder of Abrasive Monologues, an independent artist collective and label, and releases music both under his own name and through collaborative projects within the roster.

Jon Hadley writes music like memories… out of order, half-lit, and sharper than it should be. As the founder of Abrasive Monologues, he builds sonic and narrative spaces where friction is never a flaw… it’s the point. His work moves between music, philosophy, and narrative realism, often circling themes of cost, love, and structural truth. When he’s not writing, he’s architecting systems that let other artists do the same… louder, cleaner, and with more control than the industry ever wanted to give them.

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Lyrics

I spend my evenings
Sipping on the antidote
For the poison world is shoving
Down our throat
Everybody's so woke
Laying on their pillow
They don't see the rope
Pulling tight around their
Throat
 
It's a brand new day
I hope these clouds will
Clear away
But I'm not optimistic
 
I had a beautiful thought
Float through my mind
And I almost missed it
Guess I'm not programmed optimistic
 
I spend my evenings
Sipping on the antidote
For the poison
That's found it's way between my code
The cure for this disease
Is a little grease
Then these old metal bones
Will find release
 
It's a brand new day
I hope my systems check OK
But I'm not optimistic
 
I had a beautiful thought
Float through my mind
And I almost missed it
Guess I'm not programmed optimistic
 
I might be broken
It might be how I'm designed
Happiness was never defined
It might be how I'm designed
 
I'm not optimistic
I'm not optimistic

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