[Instrumental Intro: Percussion, Bass Pulses, Cut-Up Vocal Samples, Sharp Synth Stabs]
[Spoken word]
The Logic of Exclusivity:
In formal logic and language, black and white form a contradictory pair because an object cannot possess both qualities in the exact same way at the exact same time.
[Intro]
Pick a side
Draw the line
Signal fades
Between design
Static pressure
Binary sound
One goes up
One goes down
[Verse 1]
Formal systems separate
Contradictory states
Presence here excludes the rest
Logic pushes every test
Silence breaks when speakers rise
(Truth divides through opposite sides)
No collision without strain
(No distinction without name)
[Pre-Chorus]
Two conditions
Cannot stay
Identical
The same way
[Chorus]
The logic
(Of exclusivity)
The music
(Or found sound)
You can’t be quiet
(And loud)
Quite right!
[Refrain]
Shout it out:
(Black or white)
Shout about:
(Wrong or right)
[Instrumental Break: Metallic Percussion, Tape Glitches, Feedback Swells, Heavy Kick Pulse]
[Verse 2]
Switches flip from on to off
Sharp distinctions cut across
Cold division frames the view
False or valid, red or blue
Language forms through contrast lines
Meaning lives where tension binds
One condition disallows
What its opposite avows
[Bridge]
Darkness cancels incoming light
Noise disrupts the silent night
Contradictions lock the gate
Mutual limits shape the state
A thing cannot both stand and fall
In the same regard at all
Logic builds from boundaries drawn
Night departs when comes the dawn
[Build Section: Layered Chant Vocals, Intensifying Bass Sequence, Rhythmic Static Noise]
Choose a frame
(Name the side)
Separate
(Divide divide)
Signal split
(Into form)
Conflict shapes
(The norm)
[Final Chorus]
The logic
(Of exclusivity)
The music
(Or found sound)
You can’t be quiet
(And loud)
Quite right!
[Final Refrain]
Shout it out:
(Black or white)
Shout about:
(Wrong or right)
Truth divides
(Left and right)
Meaning forms
(Through contrast lines)
[Outro: Bass Slowly Fades, Distant Echoed Voices, Mechanical Hum Dissolves]
One or zero
Near or far
Boundaries define
What things are
[Silence]
From the album “Opposite“