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Daniel Caesar

ENTROPY

Release date: 28th June 2019

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Daniel Caesar opens 'Entropy' with a recitation from the Bhagavad-Gita, the Hindu scripture's account of Vishnu assuming a destructive multi-armed form. The invocation sets the track's philosophical spine: an exploration of inevitable decay and the futility of resistance. Time moves only forwards, never backwards. Everything freezes eventually. The song traces Caesar's internal struggle between finding peace and the certainty of loss. He questions whether contentment is sustainable, whether ego can be controlled, whether joy can be preserved once discovered. The pre-chorus cycles through surveillance and suffering, grounding the abstract physics of entropy in the texture of lived experience. A sample from 'At the River' threads through the arrangement, adding a spiritual weight to the meditation on thermodynamic inevitability. The refrain settles into resignation: "Ain't no stoppin' that entropy." There is no escape from the second law.

"ENTROPY" is a track by Daniel Caesar, from the album CASE STUDY 01, released 28th June 2019. Full lyrics are available below.

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ENTROPY

[Intro]

I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita

Vishnu was trying to persuade the prince that, he should do his duty

And, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form, and says, "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

[Chorus]

Oh, how can this be? I've finally found peace

Just how long 'til she's stripped from me?

So come on, baby, in time we'll all freeze

Ain't no stoppin' that entropy

[Verse 1]

Am I just a dog who's found me a bone

Or perhaps if I've found a home?

Been sniffin' around all over the town

I just can't stop settlin' down

[Pre-Chorus]

His eye's on the sparrow, eyes is on me

More eyes than the KGB

Sometimes I'll suffer, sometimes I'll bleed

Not all at once, time flows linearly

Only forwards, never backwards

Seek the darkness, seek the laughter

Raise my jersey to the rafters

Let moths consume me in the light

[Chorus]

Oh, how can this be? I've finally found peace

Just how long 'til she's stripped from me?

So come on, baby, in time we'll all freeze

Ain't no stoppin' that entropy

[Verse 2]

So maybe my ego's out of control

Can that be avoided? I don't know

I hated myself when I was a boy

Now that I don't, they're tryna take my joy

[Pre-Chorus]

His eye's on the sparrow, eyes is on me (Eye's on the sparrow)

More eyes than the KGB (KGB)

Sometimes I'll suffer, sometimes I'll bleed (Sometimes)

Not all at once, time flows linearly (Flows)

Only forwards, never backwards (Backwards)

Seek the darkness, seek the laughter (Laughter)

Raise my jersey to the rafters

Let moths consume me in the light

[Chorus]

Oh, how can this be? I've finally found peace

Just how long 'til she's stripped from me?

So come on, baby, in time we'll all freeze

Ain't no stoppin' that entropy

Drifting towards the deep freeze

[Outro]

Thermodynamics, there's no escape

The good Lord he gives, the Lord he takes

No life without energy

Drifting towards the deep freeze

Thermodynamics, there's no escape

The good Lord he gives, the Lord he takes

No life without energy

Drifting towards the deep freeze

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From CASE STUDY 01

2019
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CASE STUDY 01
CASE STUDY 01
Daniel Caesar
Release year
2019
  1. —FRONTAL LOBE MUZIK
  2. —OPEN UP
  3. —ARE YOU OK?
  4. —CYANIDE
  5. —SUPERPOSITION
  6. —LOVE AGAIN
  7. —ENTROPY
  8. —TOO DEEP TO TURN BACK
  9. —RESTORE THE FEELING
  10. —COMPLEXITIES

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CASE STUDY 01
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