Cold sweat

"Cold sweat" is a song by LorD and Master from the album "Demeanour". The song revolves around the concept of waking up in a state, suffering depression and contemplating suicide, quoting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the famous line, "to be or not to be..." but answering, "I don't know". The chorus also examines the concept of the foregone conclusion.

Lyrics

Three o'clock in the morning
Three o'clock at night
A time of preoccupation
Will I ever get it right?

If I can work out the problem
If I can make it clear
Will there be resolution?
Will I hurt my near and dear?

It wakes me up in a cold sweat
Do what you've always done
You'll always get what you get

Five o'clock in the morning
It's still the dead of night
Hours of preoccupation
Made for a fitful night

A sugar-coated tablet
And I could be asleep
But then, there's this black hole
I want to fall so damn deep

To be or not to be?
That is the question
To be or not to be?
I don't know

Versions

"Cold sweat" artwork.

• Album version appears on Demeanour.
• Single version appears on "Cold sweat" maxi-single (q.v.).
• LorD and Master extended mix appears on "Cold sweat" maxi-single.
• LorD and Master remix appears on "Cold sweat" maxi-single.
• LorD and Master dub appears on "Cold sweat" maxi-single.
• E39 remix appears on "Cold sweat" maxi-single.
• milan Paris to Versailles remix appears on Outcast 2.

Maxi-single release

1. "Cold sweat" - 3.45
2. "Emptiness" - 4.41
3. "Cold sweat" (LorD and Master extended mix) - 6.16
4. "Cold sweat" (E39 remix) - 4.45
5. "Cold sweat" (LorD and Master remix) - 4.27
6. "Cold sweat" (LorD and Master dub) - 5.54

Released 17 April 2017

Personnel

• Written, produced and performed by Daniel Bailey-Graham.
• Additional production and remix by James Tapping for milan.
• Additional production and remix on track 4 by Peter Tanico for E39.
• Photography by Tommy Bailey-Graham.
• Art direction by Peter Nugent.