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"2112" was written by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Pert of the band, Rush.
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"I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon. City and sky become one,
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Merging into a single plane, a vast sea of unbroken grey. The Twin Moons, just
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Two pale orbs as they trace their way across the steely sky. I used to think I
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Had a pretty good life here, just plugging into my machine for the day, then
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Watching Templevision or reading a Temple Paper in the evening.
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"My friend Jon always said it was nicer here than under the atmospheric domes
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Of the Outer Planets. We have had peace since 2062, when the surviving planets
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Were banded together under the Red Star of the Solar Federation. The less
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Fortunate gave us a few new moons.
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I believed what I was told. I thought it was a good life, I thought I was
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Happy. Then I found something that changed it all..."
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I. Overture
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"And the meek shall inherit the earth."
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II. The Temples of Syrinx
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... "The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every
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Federation city. I have always been awed by them, to think that every single
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Facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our books, our
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Music, our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent wisdom of the
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Priests..."
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We've taken care of everything
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The words you hear the songs you sing
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The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
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It's one for all and all for one
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We work together common sons
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Never need to wonder how or why
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We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
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Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
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We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
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All the gifts of life are held within our walls
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Look around this world we made
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Equality our stock in trade
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Come and join the Brotherhood of Man
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Oh what a nice contented world
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Let the banners be unfurled
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Hold the Red Star proudly high in hand
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We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
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Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.
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We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
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All the gifts of life are held within our walls.
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III. Discovery
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... "Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was hidden beneath
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The cave, I found it. I brushed away the dust of the years, and picked it up,
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Holding it reverently in my hands. I had no idea what it might be, but it was
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Beautiful" ...
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... "I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn the keys to make
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Them sound differently. As I struck the wires with my other hand, I produced my
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First harmonious sounds, and soon my own music! How different it could be from
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The music of the Temples! I can't wait to tell the priests about it! ..."
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What can this strange device be?
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When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
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It's got wires that vibrate and give music
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What can this thing be that I found?
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See how it sings like a sad heart
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And joyously screams out it's pain
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Sounds that build high like a mountain
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Or notes that fall gently like rain
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I can't wait to share this new wonder
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The people will all see it's light
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Let them all make their own music
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The Priests praise my name on this night
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IV. Presentation
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... "In the sudden silence as I finished playing, I looked up to a circle of
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Grim, expressionless faces. Father Brown rose to his feet, and his somnolent
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Voice echoed throughout the silent Temple Hall." ...
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... "Instead of the grateful joy that I expected, they were words of quiet
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Rejection! Instead of praise, sullen dismissal. I watched in shock and horror
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As Father Brown ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his feet..."
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I know it's most unusual
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To come before you so
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But I've found an ancient miracle
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I thought that you should know
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Listen to my music
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And hear what it can do
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There's something here as strong as life
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I know that it will reach you
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Yes, we know it's nothing new
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It's just a waste of time
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We have no need for ancient ways
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The world is doing fine
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Another toy will help destroy
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The elder race of man
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Forget about your silly whim
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It doesn't fit the plan, no!
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I can't believe you're saying
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These things just can't be true
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Our world could use this beauty
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Just think what we might do
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Listen to my music
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And hear what it can do
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There's something here as strong as life
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I know that it will reach you
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Don't annoy us further
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We have our work to do
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Just think about the average
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What use have they for you?
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Another toy will help destroy
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The elder race of man
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Forget about your silly whim
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It doesn't fit the plan
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V. Oracle: The Dream
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... "I guess it was a dream, but even now it all seems so vivid to me. Clearly
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Yet I see the beckoning hand of the oracle as he stood at the summit of the
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Staircase" ...
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... "I see still the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities and the pure
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Spirit of man revealed in the lives and works of this world. I was overwhelmed
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By both wonder and understanding as I saw a completely different way to life, a
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Way that had been crushed by the Federation long ago. I saw now how meaningless
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Life had become with the loss of all these things ..."
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I wandered home though the silent streets
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And fell into a fitful sleep
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Escape to realms beyond the night
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Dream can't you show me the light?
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I stand atop a spiral stair
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An oracle confronts me there
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He leads me on light years away
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Through astral nights, galactic days
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I see the works of gifted hands
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That grace this strange and wondrous land
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I see the hand of man arise
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With hungry mind and open eyes
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They left the planet long ago
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The elder race still learn and grow
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Their power grows with purpose strong
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To claim the home where they belong
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Home, to tear the Temples down...
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Home, to change...
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VI. Soliloquy
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... "I have not left this cave for days now, it has become my last refuge in my
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Total despair. I have only the music of the waterfall to comfort me now. I can
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No longer live under the control of the Federation, but there is no other place
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To go. My last hope is that with my death I may pass into the world of my
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Dream, and know peace at last."
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The sleep is still in my eyes
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The dream is still in my head
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I heave a sigh and sadly smile
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And lie a while in bed
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I wish that it might come to pass
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Not fade like all my dreams
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Just think of what my life might be
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In a world like I have seen
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I don't think I can carry on
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Carry on this cold and empty life
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Oh...noo!
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My spirits are low in the depths of despair
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My lifeblood spills over...
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VII. Grand Finale
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Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation
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Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation
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Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation
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We have assumed control.
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We have assumed control.
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We have assumed control.
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