Aus dem Leben der Marionetten
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Certain powers drive me
that l can't control.

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Doctors, lovers...
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pills, drugs...
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alcohol, work.
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Nothing helps.
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They're secret powers.
Do they have a name? l don't know.

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Maybe it's the aging process itself.
The putrefaction.

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l don't know.
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l have no control over those powers.
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l get closer to the mirror
and look into my face...

:50:52
that has become so familiar.
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And l come to the conclusion
that this blend of flesh and blood...

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and nerves and pieces of bone
contains two totally incompatible...

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l don't know what to call it.
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Two incompatible people.
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The dream of intimacy,
of tenderness, common interests...

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of the ability to forget yourself
and of all that is alive.

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And on the other hand, the violence,
the obscenity, the horror and death.

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Sometimes l think they all stem
from one and the same origin.

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l don't know.
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And how could l know anyway?
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Perhaps my dreams were
just a bit too beautiful.

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And as a punishment...
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Life punishes you
when you least expect it.


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