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Surface-I.mp3<\/a>
\nSurface-I.mp4<\/a>
\nSurface-Unplugged-Underground-XIX.mp3<\/a>
\nSSurface-Unplugged-Underground-XIX.mp4<\/a>
\nSurface-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nAre you sure you can measure
\nHer surface temperature
\nIf she’s hot but dry, maybe won’t die
\nIf there’s moisture, your wet-bulb might fry<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nShe runs hot (She runs cold)
\nBetter not (call her old)
\nOnce you understand…
\nThe land on which you stand —<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nHer face is your surface
\n(Be careful when you dig deep)
\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
\nCollective souls weep
\n(Be careful when you dig deep)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nAre you sure you can measure
\nHer surface temperature
\nNo longer bold (out in the cold)
\nShe’s taken in, all you’ve given<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nIs karma…
\nGettin’ even
\nMama,
\nStarin’ the believin’<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nShe runs hot (She runs cold)
\nBetter not (call her old)
\nOnce you understand…
\nThe land on which you stand —<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nHer face is your surface
\nSuffice to say, under the surface
\nCollective souls weep
\n(Be careful where you dig deep)<\/p>\n

A SCIENCE NOTE<\/p>\n

The song “Surface”<\/strong> uses the metaphor of a \u201chot woman\u201d to personify Mother Earth<\/strong> in a complex, intimate, and deteriorating relationship with humanity during the climate crisis<\/strong>. It\u2019s both sensual and sorrowful\u2014mixing desire with destruction, beauty with backlash, and science with soul.<\/p>\n

Metaphor Breakdown: Earth as a \u201cHot Woman\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n