The Habitable Zone Songtext
von HofB

We′re measuring the Kelvin in the kitchen air
Too much heat and we're gasping, stripped bare
But back off a mile and the oxygen fails
We′re a ship in the dead-ends, no wind in the sails
I'm checking the telemetry, the tilt of your head
Calculating margins in the space of the bed

It's a miracle of physics, a lucky mistake
That we haven′t reached the temperature where we both break

We′re living in the narrow, the sliver, the light
Stuck in the middle of the freeze and the fight
One degree closer and the water will steam
One degree further and we're lost in the dream
It′s a hollow-point balance, a terrifying height
Trying to keep us
Just right


The universe is empty, a billion-year cold
Most things are burning or growing too old
But here in the garden, the pressure is steady
I'm watching for cracks, I′m holding and ready
Because Venus is a furnace and Mars is a stone
And it's a long way to travel to be this alone

We′re clinging to the narrow, the flicker, the line
Riding the fault where your gravity meets mine
One breath closer and the molecules flare
One breath further and there's nobody there
It's a razor‑thin orbit, a perilous flight
Trying to keep us
Just right

Gravity is pulling, the sun′s getting loud
We′re a thin blue line under a heavy black cloud
Don't move an inch, don′t change the design
The habitable zone is a very thin line

Not too hot
Not too cold
Just