[Silence]
\n[Arrangement: Funk-rock groove, clavinet, synth bass, Hammond organ, layered vocal harmonies, playful call-and-response]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nWhat’s your color?
\n(What’s your view?)
\nWhat’s your signal?
\n(Coming through?)<\/p>\n
Sure your system
\n(Leaves a clue)
\nSo tell me now…
\n(What’s your noise hue?)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nSome folks like it
\n(Random and bright)
\nNo memory
\n(From day to night)<\/p>\n
Every moment
\n(Stands alone)
\nA scattered pattern
\n(All its own)<\/p>\n
Equal power
\n(At every scale)
\nNo favorite frequency
\n(In the tale)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne step forward
\n(No looking back)
\nNo memory stored
\n(Along the track)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nI’m asking you
\n(What’s your noise hue)
\nDo you think
\n(Pink)<\/p>\n
Or you said
\n(Red)
\nOr not quite…
\n(White)<\/p>\n
I’m asking you
\n(What’s your noise hue)
\nWhat do you see
\n(In variability?)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nThen comes red
\n(Moving slow)
\nCarrying yesterday
\n(Wherever it goes)<\/p>\n
Tiny changes
\n(Accumulated)
\nFuture states
\n(Related)<\/p>\n
Ocean currents
\n(Hold the heat)
\nDeep-time memory
\n(Beneath our feet)<\/p>\n
The past keeps whispering
\n(Into today)
\nGuiding tomorrow
\n(Along the way)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne step forward
\n(Remembers two)
\nThe future depends
\n(On what you’ve been through)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nNoise hue
\n(Choose your view)
\nWhite like static
\n(Coming through)<\/p>\n
Noise hue
\n(Choose your view)
\nRed like memory
\n(Holding true)<\/p>\n
[Verse 3]
\nPink stands somewhere
\n(In between)
\nNot too random
\n(Not too clean)<\/p>\n
Partly chaos
\n(Partly design)
\nA balance stretching
\n(Across time)<\/p>\n
River systems
\n(Rainfall too)
\nNature often
\n(Prefers this hue)<\/p>\n
Long-term patterns
\n(Short-term surprise)
\nA compromise
\n(Before your eyes)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nWhite says:
\n(Start anew)<\/p>\n
Red says:
\n(Remember what you do)<\/p>\n
Pink says:
\n(Maybe both are true)<\/p>\n
Depending on
\n(Your point of view)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Organ Solo]
\n[Clavinet Groove]
\n[Bass Breakdown]<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nI’m asking you
\n(What’s your noise hue)<\/p>\n
Do you think
\n(Pink)<\/p>\n
Or you said
\n(Red)<\/p>\n
Or not quite…
\n(White)<\/p>\n
I’m asking you
\n(What’s your noise hue)<\/p>\n
A spectrum of chance
\n(Flowing through)<\/p>\n
I’m asking you
\n(What’s your noise hue)<\/p>\n
Nature’s orchestra
\n(Playing for you)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nThis signal
\n(Leaves a trace)
\nThis process
\n(Finds its place)<\/p>\n
From random sparks
\n(To oceans blue)
\nThe world is colored
\n(By its noise hue)<\/p>\n
About the Song: Types of Stochastic Noise
\nStochastic processes are often classified by their spectral properties, or \u201ccolor,\u201d which describes how variance is distributed across time scales.<\/p>\n
White Noise
\nWhite noise consists of completely uncorrelated random values. Each time step is independent of the previous one, and the system has equal power across all frequencies. It represents pure randomness without memory.<\/p>\n
Red (Brown) Noise
\nRed or Brown noise exhibits strong temporal correlation. Changes are incremental and the system retains memory of its previous state. This type of noise is often used to represent slow, integrated processes such as ocean heat uptake or deep climate memory.<\/p>\n
Pink Noise
\nPink noise lies between white and red noise. It balances short-term variability with long-term structure and is frequently observed in complex natural systems, including hydrological variability and certain atmospheric processes.<\/p>\n