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a.
The old dissembler lurks behind the stage curtain.
Someone else is singing. Someone else keeps the score.
Alone in the desert, a man rotates and counts.
This entire century’s one long lamentation.
Fame’s a cunning bondage, only the old are free.
Go into the mountains. Make ideas complete.b.
The old dissembler lurks; make ideas complete.
Someone else is singing behind the stage curtain.
Alone in the desert, only the old are free.
This entire century, someone else keeps the score.
Fame’s a cunning bondage--one long lamentation.
Go into the mountains; a man rotates and counts.c.
The old dissembler lurks. A man rotates and counts.
Someone else is singing, “Make ideas complete.”
Alone in the desert, one long lamentation
this entire century behind the stage curtain.
Fame’s a cunning bondage, someone else keeps the score.
Go into the mountains, only the old are free.d.
The old dissembler lurks. Only the old are free.
Someone else is singing. A man rotates and counts.
Alone in the desert someone else keeps the score.
This entire century makes ideas complete.
Fame’s a cunning bondage, behind the stage curtain;
go into the mountains--one long lamentation.e.
The old dissembler lurks--one long lamentation.
Someone else is singing, “Only the old are free
alone in the desert.” Behind the stage curtain,
this entire century, a man rotates and counts.
Fame’s a cunning bondage, makes ideas complete.
Go into the mountains. Someone else keeps the score.f.
The old dissembler lurks; someone else keeps the score;
someone else is singing one long lamentation
alone in the desert. Make ideas complete.
This entire century, only the old are free.
Fame’s a cunning bondage. A man rotates and counts.
Go into the mountains behind the stage curtain.g.
Behind the stage curtain, someone else keeps the score.
A man rotates and counts one long lamentation:
“Only the old are free.” Make ideas complete.
