Within This Empty Space

Lyrics

ALL: Within this empty space There is nothing we cannot do We can seek to create Something great From the past Or search for something new Within this empty space There are secrets to be revealed There are things that we know In our bones to be so And emotions we long to feel Flesh, flesh If we wish it there are pleasures of the flesh Just as much as we desire Clowns, clowns Being human, well of course there will be clowns And if laughter makes us tire Tears, tears In the end there will be bitterness and tears And the purifying fire MEN: The purifying fire WOMEN: The purifying fire ALL: Within this empty space There are worlds to be opened wide Come along, come with me Unafraid, you will see We will find ourselves inside! WOMEN: From the horrors of hell MEN: From the horrors of hell WOMEN: To a state of grace MEN: To a state of grace WOMEN: All are here, waiting here MEN: All are here, waiting here ALL: Within this empty space! ALL except COCKIAN (variously, spoken): This man is Cockian A clown He lived in Antioch A distant capital of Rome His stage, a wooden platform in the middle of the street His song, a simple one (in unison) Example: COCKIAN (sung): Oh gimme a good digestion and something to digest If you provide some bread and wine, it needn't be the best Just keep the people eating, there'll never be unrest Gimme a clown to laugh at, a lady who's undressed Oh gimme a good digestion and something to digest ALL except COCKIAN (variously, spoken): Observe him closely He is dead He has been dead for almost seventeen hundred years His bones lie buried beneath the sands of what is now called western Turkey His painted clown-white flesh has slid away and vanished Rejoined the elements that gave it birth His jester bells are silent His comic phalluses forgotten His jokes are blown like pollen through the empty skulls of those who one time watched him (each in turn) All dead All dead All dead All dead All dead Whatever truth there is Whatever quick perception Whatever ability there is to feel To leap across the precipice of time All this exists Within ourselves (Sung) Within this empty space There are worlds to be opened wide Come along, come with me Unafraid, you will see We will find ourselves inside! WOMEN: From the horrors of hell MEN: From the horrors of hell WOMEN: To a state of grace MEN: To a state of grace WOMEN: All are here, waiting here MEN: All are here, waiting here Within this empty space Within this empty space Within this empty space Within this empty space Within this empty space...