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Surface-Unplugged-Underground-XIX.mp3
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Surface-intro.mp3
[Verse 1]
Are you sure you can measure
Her surface temperature
If she’s hot but dry, maybe won’t die
If there’s moisture, your wet-bulb might fry
[Refrain]
She runs hot (She runs cold)
Better not (call her old)
Once you understand…
The land on which you stand —
[Bridge]
Her face is your surface
(Be careful when you dig deep)
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
Collective souls weep
(Be careful when you dig deep)
[Verse 2]
Are you sure you can measure
Her surface temperature
No longer bold (out in the cold)
She’s taken in, all you’ve given
[Bridge]
Is karma…
Gettin’ even
Mama,
Starin’ the believin’
[Refrain]
She runs hot (She runs cold)
Better not (call her old)
Once you understand…
The land on which you stand —
[Outro]
Her face is your surface
Suffice to say, under the surface
Collective souls weep
(Be careful where you dig deep)
A SCIENCE NOTE
The song “Surface” uses the metaphor of a “hot woman” to personify Mother Earth in a complex, intimate, and deteriorating relationship with humanity during the climate crisis. It’s both sensual and sorrowful—mixing desire with destruction, beauty with backlash, and science with soul.
Metaphor Breakdown: Earth as a “Hot Woman”
“Are you sure you can measure / Her surface temperature”: This mirrors the way men often attempt to “define” or control women—and how humans try to quantify and dominate nature through science, while failing to respect her power or complexity.
“If she’s hot but dry, maybe won’t die / If there’s moisture, your wet-bulb might fry”: On the surface it plays with flirtation, but it’s a clear reference to deadly heatwaves and the wet-bulb temperature threshold, where humidity and heat combine to make life unsustainable. The metaphor becomes lethal: she’s not just hot—she can kill.
Environmental Themes:
“Her face is your surface”: A direct link between Earth’s surface and human survival. She is not separate from man—she is his foundation, his literal ground to stand on.
“Be careful where you dig deep”: This works on several levels—psychologically, emotionally, and ecologically. It warns against both exploiting her natural resources and underestimating the consequences of extraction and interference.
“Collective souls weep”: A cry of planetary grief—the suffering is shared across humanity and ecosystems, a lament for what’s being lost beneath the surface.
Karma and Consequences:
“Is karma / Gettin’ even / Mama / Starin’ the believin’”: Earth is not passive. She remembers, and now she responds. There’s a spiritual and almost mythic reckoning—“Mother Earth” isn’t just a nurturing figure; she’s a force of justice.
“Once you understand the land on which you stand”: This line is key. Until humans truly recognize their dependence, their inseparability from the planet, they remain ignorant lovers—taking without giving.
Summary:
“Surface” is a relationship song between man and a sentient, scorched Earth—a “hot woman” who’s had enough. She’s alluring, deadly, and misunderstood. The metaphor flips: man isn’t seducing her—he’s destroying her, even as he depends on her.
The message is clear:
You may call her hot, but you can’t handle her heat.
And if you don’t start listening—you’ll lose her.
From the album “To Too Hot“
The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
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Surface-I.mp4
Surface-Unplugged-Underground-XIX.mp3
SSurface-Unplugged-Underground-XIX.mp4
Surface-intro.mp3
[Verse 1]
Are you sure you can measure
Her surface temperature
If she’s hot but dry, maybe won’t die
If there’s moisture, your wet-bulb might fry
[Refrain]
She runs hot (She runs cold)
Better not (call her old)
Once you understand…
The land on which you stand —
[Bridge]
Her face is your surface
(Be careful when you dig deep)
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
Collective souls weep
(Be careful when you dig deep)
[Verse 2]
Are you sure you can measure
Her surface temperature
No longer bold (out in the cold)
She’s taken in, all you’ve given
[Bridge]
Is karma…
Gettin’ even
Mama,
Starin’ the believin’
[Refrain]
She runs hot (She runs cold)
Better not (call her old)
Once you understand…
The land on which you stand —
[Outro]
Her face is your surface
Suffice to say, under the surface
Collective souls weep
(Be careful where you dig deep)
A SCIENCE NOTE
The song “Surface” uses the metaphor of a “hot woman” to personify Mother Earth in a complex, intimate, and deteriorating relationship with humanity during the climate crisis. It’s both sensual and sorrowful—mixing desire with destruction, beauty with backlash, and science with soul.
Metaphor Breakdown: Earth as a “Hot Woman”
“Are you sure you can measure / Her surface temperature”: This mirrors the way men often attempt to “define” or control women—and how humans try to quantify and dominate nature through science, while failing to respect her power or complexity.
“If she’s hot but dry, maybe won’t die / If there’s moisture, your wet-bulb might fry”: On the surface it plays with flirtation, but it’s a clear reference to deadly heatwaves and the wet-bulb temperature threshold, where humidity and heat combine to make life unsustainable. The metaphor becomes lethal: she’s not just hot—she can kill.
Environmental Themes:
“Her face is your surface”: A direct link between Earth’s surface and human survival. She is not separate from man—she is his foundation, his literal ground to stand on.
“Be careful where you dig deep”: This works on several levels—psychologically, emotionally, and ecologically. It warns against both exploiting her natural resources and underestimating the consequences of extraction and interference.
“Collective souls weep”: A cry of planetary grief—the suffering is shared across humanity and ecosystems, a lament for what’s being lost beneath the surface.
Karma and Consequences:
“Is karma / Gettin’ even / Mama / Starin’ the believin’”: Earth is not passive. She remembers, and now she responds. There’s a spiritual and almost mythic reckoning—“Mother Earth” isn’t just a nurturing figure; she’s a force of justice.
“Once you understand the land on which you stand”: This line is key. Until humans truly recognize their dependence, their inseparability from the planet, they remain ignorant lovers—taking without giving.
Summary:
“Surface” is a relationship song between man and a sentient, scorched Earth—a “hot woman” who’s had enough. She’s alluring, deadly, and misunderstood. The metaphor flips: man isn’t seducing her—he’s destroying her, even as he depends on her.
The message is clear:
You may call her hot, but you can’t handle her heat.
And if you don’t start listening—you’ll lose her.
From the album “To Too Hot“
The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment