Matter & Energy

V1
Matter and energy forever living on
At birth it's channeled into thee and we all leave here alone.
We could make synergy with hearts aligned
or nullify as enemies, whatever we decide.

Chorus
Whatever happens here, we die alone yet we live as one.
Matter to matter, we must die but our energy continues on.

V2
A cosmic institution of lessons hard and long,
our free will illusion determining the song.
Living through insanity, awareness underground,
illusion of morality and reality, all energy goes round.

Chorus
Whatever happens here, we die alone yet we live as one.
Energy to energy, when we die all our energy continues on.

Chorus
Whatever happens here, we're born and then exist as one,
then return our matter, then continue as our energy continues on.

Chorus
Whatever happens here, we're born to exist as one.
Matter and energy don't die, they just change form....
...when we die, we just change form.


-------------------------------------------
Notes:
(Love - Death)
This song is about death, but on the spectrum of love vs fear polarity, it's at the love end because it appproaches the topic from a stance of curiosity rather than fear.

A quick physics lesson:
"The law of Conservation of Energy" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy) is a fundamental cornerstone in our modern-day understanding of Physics. It says that the total amount of energy in a closed system (such as our universe) always stays the same. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, rather, it can only be transferred or transformed from one form to another. 
E=MC2 is Einstiens famous Theory of General Relativity. It observes that matter IS (a form of) energy (it can be measured as such). 

The protagonist has realised through very material means, (physics), that everyone is simply 'energy'. That if we work together as one, we channel energy in the same direction and make efficient use of that energy in the form of momentum in understanding, and if the world instead works against each other in competition, most of that energy is cancelled out in the same way that an equal negative number and positive number will result at the end of the day in 0 (nothing - no momentum in any direction). To be in competition is, by definition, not synergy, but a waste (nullification) of energy. In this light, we are collectively a single pool of energy, and it's the currents within our collective pool which dictate the flow, just like we often experience conflicting flows of energy within us until we can mentally reconcile things within. We are all just little pieces of the bigger lifeform.  We praise competition within our culture because of the little pieces of vital co-operation it comes with (because being in competition with every single thing is seriously depressing and basically unsustainable for us, we're not psychologically and biologically equipped to deal with complete lack of trust in anything at all).

The protagonist has also found one way to overcome their fear of death in this track. Understanding that energy cannot be destroyed, whether or not their current understanding of awareness is stripped from us at death, whatever energy we've put into the universe is still out there until it's converted into something else (including the energy we've given to others). Whether or not this suggests an experience of afterlife, this DOES mean the protagnoist can now live in a way which rises above all the little fears which keep their passion for curiosity and compassion shackled, focused on the energy they want to have exist in the universe after they're gone (goals for the universe which transcend their own lifetime and local bubble of social feedback - their own "ego").

Musically, this track marks the moment when I've started using Ableton to help write the album. With the sound engineering guidance of an experienced friend in the US, the mix quality and 'commercialness' of the sound should be improving. This particular track is very mainstream in comparison to some of the others... If I'm honest, Pendulum have been one of my stand-out dance genre influences and the style of this track may as well be viewed as another salute to them. Also there are a lot of experimental genre mash-ups on the album, so having one or two which are just much more normal and very easy to casually listen to is a calculated attempt at injecting some kind of balance into the album (even if it's a bit drum&bass heavy).... ..which fittingly starts to set the stage for "Everything in moderation" which will be either track 11 or 12 at this stage.