Deutsch/English - The Barry S. Brook Center For Music Research ...

ELECTRONIC MUSIC
S: As I travel away,
S: forces come together,
S: unite!
S: Logarithmic running.
S: Forces change strength,
S: until there is a single one!
B: The end of space!!
S: Space changes and varies!
S: The world of forces becomes simple,
B: Point of convergence?!
S: harmonious!
S: Unity!
A single force!
B: Unity?
S: A single force?!
S: But this is so far away...
S: My heart breaks!
S: We break!
S: I break!
S: Return here,
S: to where gravity is feeble
S: but our attraction is not!
S: Unification!!
S: I finally understand
S: what I can see from here.
S: Disquieting harmony
S: at last-
S: How do I share this
S: with you?
PLANE VI: DISCOVERY
B: How to open up your world?
S: Describe,
S: reveal,
S: Share your truth!
S: Leave fingerprints there
S: of what is here.
B: Extreme conditions.
S: Enormous energy.
S: Energy that converts to mass
S: and probes what’s inside!
S: Acceleration,
S: energy,
S: the unknown!!
S: Mystery...
S: We can explore
S: what you have already witnessed.
S: What made me complete.
S: What you can now see!
B: Such an encounter,
S: Yet so fleeting!
S: How to interpret?
S: What is there?
S: Again you will discover,
S: piece together
S: the hints,
S: the obscure!
B: Not enough clues;
S: more is there...!
S: Compose these notes,
S: Make it whole and quiet;
S: Reach deeper!
S: Beyond comfort!
S: It will slip
S: and then fit.
S and B:
S: A strange conduit
S: between us and our worlds.
S: Disquieting harmony...
PLANE VII: THE FUTURE
S: Discordant phenomena.
S: Harmonious underpinnings.
S: Hints of wealth...
S: and music
S: that lie underneath.
S: Puzzling phenomena
B: Dual interpretations!
S: Harmonious underpinnings...
B: One single world!
S….and captivating music...
B: Simultaneous truths
S: that mystify,
S: That embrace!
S…our foundation underneath.
S: I am more whole.
B: Our home more complete;
S: Knowledge...
B: ...and strength:
S and B: a stronger bond between us!
B: And beauty!
S: Information translates
S: Into our different tongues
S and B: Familiar and foreign...
S: Both are true,
S: challenge us to search!
B: I thought
S: all was complete.
S: I now understand more
S: as your world
S: sheds light on mine.
S: Geometry shapes reality,
S: explains what was missing...
S: Why your music
S: didn’t end.
S: ...Why my music didn’t end.
B: Your music now enchants.
S: The sounds penetrate reality,
S: reveal the inner core;
S: rest.
S: Calmness reigns.
S: For now-
S: fragile equilibrium;
S: Your world is present,
S: But the sources lie deeper!
B: We have only begun to comprehend...
S: ...Where to go next.
B: Another view,
S: hidden yet true?
S: More connections
We don’t understand!
S: Perhaps space,
S: even time,
S: has constituents.
B: Space and time emergent?!
S and B: Is it true?
S: We can reach deeper?
S: Find more?
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