| Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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| Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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| Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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| Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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| There is no refuge
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| I have found the word does not save
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| There is no refuge
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| In the rock or stone
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| There is no refuge
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| In the wind or other forces of nature
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| The fire especially especially does not save
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| The fire only destroys
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| And though it may purify it takes takes takes
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| And gives nihil back nihil, nihi, l nihil, nihil, nihil
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| And the holybooks alas have not
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| Will not alas can not save nihil nihil nihil
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| This is the chorus of the wind
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| The sun the moon the waters all blue all green or stagnant
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| Nihil they sing nihil
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| The inmost light nihil, nihil
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| The inmost light nihil, nihil
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| The inmost light nihil
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| Finally the child aged dies and sings
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| Nihil this swansong towards nothing
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil
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| We need not not not blow out the candle
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| Nihil, nihil
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| It dies anyhow
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil
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| Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil
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| Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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| Nihil call me nihil, nihil
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| The stars are so far
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| I had thought not but nihil, but nihil
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| The great king is dead
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| The great queen is dead
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| Their child stillborn
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| And so nihil nihil nihil nihil
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| They call the inmost light
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| But hear nihil, nihil, nihil
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| Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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| Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil
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| I felt I saw you coming over the water
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| Without you I am nothing
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| And still I see you
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil
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| In the room where
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil
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| The wineglass shattered in the box I gave it to you
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil
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| Shattered
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| Nihil
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| I thought I saw you waving to me over the bay
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil
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| You waved
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| Nihil
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| Why we have no words any longer
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| To say to one another
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| Your mouth opens and
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil
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| Bend your face to kiss you said nihil
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| Bend your arms to hold you said nihil
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| And nihil, nihil, nihil
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| There is nothing there
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil
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| Bend your face to kiss you said
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| The waters arise and take me finally
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| And my remembrance is
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| Nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil, nihil,
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| nihil |