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In Cold Blood Lyrics

[Verse 1]
01110011
Crying zeros and I'm hearing 111s
Cut my somersault; sign my backflip
Pool, summer, summer, pool, pool summer
Kiss me

[Verse 2]
Hair the way the sun really wants it to be
Whiskey soda, please, your G&T's empty
Jeff's inflatables have sunk to the bottom
Pool, summer, summer, pool, pool summer
Kiss me

[Bridge]
Cali, let's dive, dive down
To the pool's bottom where we belong
Cali, you're sinking like a bleeding stone
All above crowd around, so fucking loud

[Chorus]
Mr Caspian's killer told me so
(Lalalala-la-la)
Heard it down on the radio
(Lalalala-lalala)
My pool, summer, summer, pool, summer vibes killed
In cold blood

[Verse 3]
01110011
Crying zeros and I'm hearing 111s
Lifeless back slaps the surface of the pool
Pool, killer, killer, pool, pool, killer
Kiss me

[Chorus]
Mr Caspian's killer told me so
(Lalalala-la-la)
Heard it down on the radio
(Lalalala-lalala)
My pool, summer, summer, pool, summer vibes killed
In cold blood

[Outro]
Lalalala-la-la
(In cold blood, in cold blood)
Lalalala-la-la
Lalalala-la-la
(In cold blood)
Lalalala-la-la
(Caspian's killer told me so)
Lalalala-la-la
Lalalala-la-la
(Caspian's killer told me so)
Lalalala-la-la
Lalalala-la-la
Lalalala-la-la
In cold blood
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Cover art for In Cold Blood lyrics by alt-J

01110011 is the binary code for "s". In the video, we can see a mouse that is escaping from a snake, and snakes make the sound "sssss" so I think it may be a reference to that sound. Also, they say "hearing zeros and crying ones" wich can refer to the fear the mouse feels when it hears the snake.

@westernllama actually if you flip it around its "11001110" then if you add "10010100" (crying zeros tonight I'm hearing 111's is a loose description) you get 11001110 10010100 which is the code for ∆ in binary. The song starts with the band's name in binary, not an s for snake (though your explanation is very valid still)

Cover art for In Cold Blood lyrics by alt-J

Anyone else sees the Great Gatsby here?

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Cover art for In Cold Blood lyrics by alt-J

Has anyone figured out what the binary means in the song "On Cold Blood"?

I have searched the interwebs high and low and haven't found anything in regards to interpretation. Thoughts? I love the album, especially this song!

Here is what I've found so far:

01110011 is the letter s or the # 73

11001110 (same binary backwards) is the symbol Î

Also, I'd like to add that the next line he sings after he sings that binary, is something along the lines of "I'm crying zeros and I'm nearing 111". Could that be 00000111? If so, that represents the letters BEL or the # 07.

@Modestexcuse It's binary for delta which is what alt-J produces on a Mac.

@Musicats78 But it isn't...I broke down the binary up above.

Could you show me what you mean? There is no proof anywhere on the web, only people saying that's what it is.

I see no way that it translates to the delta, unless it's coded or using parts of the binary in the lyrics. If so, what parts and how?

@Modestexcuse You're totally right, 01110011 is binary for the character "s". This binary backwards (11001110) is the symbol Î, again, correct. It's also the first half of the raw binary expression of the UTF-8 symbol Δ (1100111010010100), which I can only assume is what alt-J was going for with this binary inclusion.

I'm not really sure what the next lines mean though, "Crying zeros and I'm hearing 111's". I might venture to guess that maybe "crying zeros" could mean people are crying "no", because 0 as a boolean is "False"---but I could interpret this as "No", like a protest, which works in the...