Thermodynamics of love (a demo)

As I was composing a few lyrics to a song about thermodynamics (mp3 is further down the page), it quickly occurred to me how the first three laws could easily describe various elements of love.

You've got the first law, a testament to bookkeeping, where explicit in equations like dU=dQ-dW is the idea that what you'll get out (a relationship) is directly determined by what you put in (to a relationship).

Then, of course, there is the second law - a statement on the notion of entropy, often laymanized (is that a word?) as a reflection of "disorder." (I don't think anyone would argue about the disorderly nature of love).

Finally, you have the third law, which addresses the thermodynamic principle of absolute zero - a place where everything stops, and presumably a bad place to be in a relationship.

Anyway, a bit of a stretch I'll admit, but song lyrics are great outlets for metaphorically attuned stretches, right?

So here below, I present lyrics and a demo recording of the song I wrote with regard to this previous post. Maybe a little later I'll try to fill the recording out a bit with a layer of fuzz, a tinkly piano bit, and some subtle drumming if the feedback is positive. Better yet, if you are a member of They Might Be Giants and you want to cover this, then that would be awesome (hey, a geneticist can dream can't he?):

>THERMODYNAMICS OF LOVE (

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First you have one
It says a ton
Basically saying that something can't come from nothing

Gives you the sum, of things to and from, making it all - total up - all working out

CHORUS
I should have you all figured
With a law like this in mind
Listen to my reasoning
You should know by now

The thermodynamics of love.

Then you have two
Messing with you
Telling you life is a journey full of disorder
Giving off heat, ordinary feat, and telling you work a bit harder - figure it out.

CHORUS

ITS very simple
very rational
really excerptional
just universal

absolute zero
not moving on
stuck in a standstill
we're not responsible