Liquid Cool/Deep Forest Ice Cold
Sasha & John Digweed Lyrics


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Certainly someone who is frozen is not alive, but neither are they dead
They are in a third state û a biostasis what I would use to describe ... liquid cool

Make me immortal yeah yeah
I am immortal yeah
I am nothing yeah yeah
Becoming liquid cool
Waves of oblivion yeah yeah
Lap at my feet yeah
Laugh in my face yeah yeah
Devil take me... liquid cool

I is another yeah
We blackout together yeah
Our little death, yeah yeah
Twilight elixir... liquid cool

Make me immortal yeah yeah
Once more around the sun
³ber religion yeah yeah
Ultra-evolution... liquid cool

He who lives these words
Shall not taste death
Becoming nothing yeah yeah
Forever liquid cool

The number seventy-two living in another lifetime, the number seventy-two ? future ones




To get into some place in the future where nobodyÆs ever beautiful
But some day we'll look back and wonder how we ever tolerated it, life and death.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Sasha & John Digweed's song "Liquid Cool/Deep Forest Ice Cold" delve into themes of immortality, biostasis, and the duality of life and death. The opening lines "Certainly someone who is frozen is not alive, but neither are they dead / They are in a third state - a biostasis what I would use to describe... liquid cool" speak to the desire for eternal life, as if being frozen in a state of suspended animation is somehow a way to achieve it. The chorus continues with the repetition of "Make me immortal yeah yeah / I am immortal yeah / I am nothing yeah yeah / Becoming liquid cool," as if the only way to achieve immortality is to let go of one's physical form and become something unrecognizable.


The verses then venture into more surreal imagery, with lines such as "Waves of oblivion yeah yeah / Lap at my feet yeah / Laugh in my face yeah yeah / Devil take me... liquid cool," and "I is another yeah / We blackout together yeah / Our little death, yeah yeah / Twilight elixir... liquid cool." These words seem to evoke a sense of losing oneself, perhaps even in a state of drug-induced transcendence, and the allure of the unknown beyond the veil of death.


The song ends with an intriguing reference to the number seventy-two and the idea of a future where nobody's ever beautiful, as well as a contemplation of the mystery of life and death: "But some day we'll look back and wonder how we ever tolerated it, life and death." Overall, "Liquid Cool/Deep Forest Ice Cold" is an introspective journey into the human psyche's desire for immortality and sense of awe at the great unknown.


Line by Line Meaning

Certainly someone who is frozen is not alive, but neither are they dead
Being frozen is a state of biostasis, not quite alive or dead, which is what is referred to as 'liquid cool.'


Make me immortal yeah yeah
The desire for immortality and to become 'liquid cool.'


I am immortal yeah
Claiming to have achieved immortality, presumably by becoming 'liquid cool.'


I am nothing yeah yeah
In becoming 'liquid cool,' the self becomes nothingness or non-being.


Becoming liquid cool
Repeated focus on the goal of achieving the state of 'liquid cool.'


Waves of oblivion yeah yeah
Surrendering to the inevitable oblivion of death and letting go of the ego/self, a necessary step towards becoming 'liquid cool.'


Lap at my feet yeah
Oblivion (death) is creeping up and ready to claim the self.


Laugh in my face yeah yeah
The inevitability of death is mocking the efforts of the self to become 'liquid cool.'


Devil take me... liquid cool
A plea to be taken by the devil to achieve the desired state of 'liquid cool.'


I is another yeah
The self, after becoming 'liquid cool,' no longer identifies with the ego/self, as it is transformed into non-being.


We blackout together yeah
Joining others in the state of 'liquid cool,' losing individual identity and merging with a larger collective consciousness.


Our little death, yeah yeah
Surrendering the self and experiencing death (in a metaphorical sense) is necessary to achieve 'liquid cool.'


Twilight elixir... liquid cool
The state of 'liquid cool' is likened to an elixir or transformative potion, which is reached at the point of death/death-like surrender.


Once more around the sun
A reference to passing time and the cyclical nature of life and death, a reminder that immortality (in the sense of 'liquid cool') is attained in the present moment, beyond the limits of time.


Über religion yeah yeah
A reference to a transcendent, transformative religious experience that leads to achieving the state of 'liquid cool.'


Ultra-evolution... liquid cool
Achieving a higher state of evolution and transformation through becoming 'liquid cool.'


He who lives these words
The listener is admonished to follow the teachings and ideas expressed in the song.


Shall not taste death
The ultimate goal of becoming 'liquid cool' is presented as a way of escaping death.


Becoming nothing yeah yeah
The ultimate goal of becoming 'liquid cool' is presented as a way of achieving non-being, or enlightenment/transcendent consciousness beyond the ego/self.


Forever liquid cool
The ultimate goal of achieving 'liquid cool' is presented as a state that endures beyond mortal life, achieving immortality in a non-traditional sense.


The number seventy-two living in another lifetime, the number seventy-two ? future ones
Unclear statements that seem to allude to the content of the song in a cryptic, enigmatic way.


To get into some place in the future where nobodyÆs ever beautiful
A vision of the future as an undesirable place where beauty is absent or unattainable.


But some day we'll look back and wonder how we ever tolerated it, life and death.
A hopeful vision of the future in which humans will have transcended the limitations of mortality and become 'liquid cool,' able to look back on the human experience with wonder and understanding.




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@robertfleet4139

Artist quite correct sir. Have not heard this since one of my great pals taxed my chuff chuff cd from my car in '98. Thanks

@vincilian8384

This tune still a masterpiece remember first time I hear it I was in a total trance feeling Sasha did definitively best things !!!

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