Black and White

An art-rock and post-punk manifesto that confronts the human obsession with absolute certainty. While the modern world demands binary, straight, and definitive answers, the track exposes the fragility of our perceptions, revealing that human existence happens on the "cliffside"—in the grey and unstable zone between raw fact and the projection of our own desires.

Behind the Scenes: "Preto no Branco" (Black and White) is a deep dive into everyday epistemology and behavioral psychology. The inspiration was born from a universal human contradiction: our almost desperate need to reduce the world's complexity into easily digestible extremes (yes or no, right or wrong). However, when we are the ones called to present our own ideas and feelings, intermediate shades inevitably emerge.

Inks spill the "maybe."
(Tintas derramam o talvez.)

The mind paints what it sees.
(A mente pinta o que vê.)

Its own lucidity screams.
(Grita a própria lucidez.)

Excess in every single turn.
(Excesso em cada vez.)

The fact is stone and bone.
(O fato é pedra e osso.)

The ground of reality.
(Chão da realidade.)

Opinion is a deep well.
(Opinião é um poço.)

Water filled with its own will.
(Água cheia de vontade.)

The day swears by the brightness.
(O dia jura o claro.)

The doubt whispers the grey.
(A dúvida sopra o cinza.)

What is cheap or expensive?
(O que é barato ou caro?)

What does the truth baptize?
(O que a verdade batiza?)

We want it in black and white!
(Queremos o preto no branco!)

The straight line, the yes or the no!
(A reta, o sim ou o não!)

But we live on the edge of the cliff.
(Mas vivemos no barranco.)

Between fact and invention!
(Entre o fato e a invenção!)

The white that turns yellow
(O branco que amarela)

Victim of a watchful eye.
(Vítima do olhar atento.)

The red burns on the screen.
(O vermelho arde na tela.)

Turns into turquoise inside.
(Vira turquesa por dentro.)

Suggestion is both breath and poison.
(Sugestão é sopro e veneno.)

It molds the solid into vapor.
(Molda o sólido em vapor.)

The great becomes small.
(O grande torna-se pequeno.)

Hatred disguises the pain.
(O ódio disfarça a dor.)

Truth is not just what's left over!
(A verdade não é o resto!)

Nor just the light that fades out!
(Nem só a luz que se apaga!)

It’s the mixture of proof with the crack!
(É a mistura da prova com a fresta!)

It’s the ground and the sky that question!
(É o chão e o céu que indaga!)

We want it in black and white!
(Queremos o preto no branco!)
The straight line, the yes or the no!
(A reta, o sim ou o não!)
But we live on the edge of the cliff.
(Mas vivemos no barranco.)
Between fact and invention!
(Entre o fato e a invenção!)