[Instrumental Intro: Alternating Warm Analog Synths and Sharp Icy Electronic Tones, Pulsing Bass, Slow Drum Machine Beat]
[Intro]
Temperature rising
Temperature falls
Motion speeding up
Then suddenly stalls
Fire to frost
Day into night
Crossing the boundary
Back and forth in sight
[Verse 1]
Particles racing through the air
Energy moving everywhere
Heat expands and pressure climbs
Cold slows motion over time
Sweat and shiver
Burn and freeze
Opposite states
Without a cease
[Pre-Chorus]
Thermal motion
Shifts the flow
High to low
Fast to slow
[Chorus]
So, I’ve been told
(You run hot. You run cold)
Why? Oh, why not?
(You run cold. You run hot)
[Refrain]
Hot to cold
(Cold to hot)
Lose control
(Or maybe not)
[Instrumental Break: Distorted Bass Surge, Crackling Static, Melting Synth Pads Into Frozen Digital Tones]
[Verse 2]
Summer pavement radiates
Winter silence hibernates
Bodies searching equilibrium
Balancing the medium
Engines roar and glaciers sleep
Thermal gradients run deep
One releases, one contains
Energy forever changes lanes
[Bridge]
Nothing stays at either side
Temperatures shift with time
Heat disperses through the frame
Cold emerges just the same
No fixed border
No perfect line
Only movement
By design
[Build Section: Layered Vocals Alternating Left and Right Channels, Intensifying Percussion]
Burning bright
(Freezing still)
Thermal waves
(Bend the will)
Push and pull
(Expand contract)
Opposite reactions
(Interact)
[Final Chorus]
So, I’ve been told
(You run hot. You run cold)
Why? Oh, why not?
(You run cold. You run hot)
Energy flows
(Never stops)
Rising fast
(Then suddenly drops)
[Outro: Warm Synth Slowly Cools Into Sparse Frozen Tones, Heartbeat Kick Fades]
Heat fades out
Ice dissolves
One becomes
What it resolves
[Silence]
From the album “Opposite“