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Anthem: a theatre of the absurd interlude*

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The birds they sang

At the break of day

Start again

I heard them say

Don't dwell on what has passed away

Or what is yet to be

Ah, the wars they will be fought again

The holy dove, she will be caught again

Bought and sold, and bought again

The dove is never free

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in

We asked for signs

The signs were sent

The birth betrayed

The marriage spent

Yeah, and the widowhood

Of every government

Signs for all to see

I can't run no more

With that lawless crowd

While the killers in high places

Say their prayers out loud

But they've summoned, they've summoned up

A thundercloud

They're going to hear from me

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in

You can add up the parts

But you won't have the sum

You can strike up the march

There is no drum


Every heart, every heart

To love will come


But like a refugee

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in


Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in


That's how the light gets in

That's how the light gets in

*Words for this theatre of the absurd piece copyright Leonard Cohen, from the 1992 album The Future. It’s better if you hear them sung in his voice.

“Logical construction and argument give way to irrational and illogical speech and to the ultimate conclusion—silence.” From the Wikipedia article on Theatre of the Absurd.



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