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I'VE BEEN COUNTING MY DIMENSIONS
THE NUMBER OF MY DIMENSIONS LATELY
AND I HAVE CONCLUDED 
THAT I HAVE ALTOGETHER SEVEN DIMENSIONS TO EXIST IN
WHICH IS A LOT

WHY EXACTLY SEVEN I DON'T KNOW
I STOPPED COUNTING AT SEVEN
MAYBE IT'S MORE THEN SEVEN - MAYBE IT'S EIGHT
THE EIGHTH DIMENSION I DIDN'T COUNT IN
BUT SEVEN FOR SURE
THE BLOODY TIME

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WHY SHOULD I TALK ABOUT ME
WHY SHOULD I TALK ABOUT ME ALL THE TIME
JUST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO SAY

IF I DON'T CONCENTRATE THEN I DO IT WRONG
WHEN I CONCENTRATE I GET PARALYZED
NOT MUCH CHOICES I HAVE

BETWEEN SEVEN DIMENSIONS YOU HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO PRETEND YOU'RE ASLEEP
PRETEND YOU'RE ASLEEP
NOT RESPONSIBLE  NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR YOUR DEEDS
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU

JUST WATCH IT HELPLESSLY
ANYTHING CAN APPEAR, ANYTHING CAN ARRIVE
JUST WATCH IT
NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER

WHO'S CONTROL IS IT?
NOBODY'S CONTROL
IT'S JUST NO CONTROL
EVERYTHING IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF NONE
AND NONE IS NONE

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NONE IS NONE
WE MUST UNDERSTAND IT
AS YOU SAY GOD IS ONE
YOU SAY NONE IS NON
THE SECOND NONE YOU MAY WRITE WITHOUT THE E ON IT

AND NONE ISN'T EXACTLY GREAT
YOU CAN SAY NONE IS GREAT
BUT RATHER IT'S GREAT IS NONE YOU SAY
YOU SAY GREAT IS NONE - SOUNDS BETTER

CHANGED THE GRAMMATIC STAND-UP
WE HAVE CHANGED THE GRAMMATIC STAND-UP
BETWEEN THE ONE AND THE NONE

THERE IS ONE  - THERE IS THE MANY  THE SEVERAL
THERE IS ONE AND THE PLURAL OF IT
AND THERE IS NONE
AND THE NONE HAS NO PLURALS

NOTHING YOU CANNOT DUPLICATE
THERE CANNOT BE TWO NONS
OR SEVERAL NONES CANNOT BE
BY LOGIC - VULGAR OR SACRED LOGIC

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'COMING UP NEXT WE HAVE AGALLOCH'

AGALLOCH IS COMING ON - WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN
AGALLOCH IS ONE OF THE TEN BEST OF THIS SORT OF BLACK METAL

THIS SORT OF BLACKMETAL - WHAT SORT OF
WHAT SORT OF, HELMUT, WHAT SORT OF BLACKMETAL
CLASSICIST, SEMI-PROGRESSIVE, HALF-DEATH

VERY GOOD, HELMUT, THAT'S EXACTLY IT
THAT'S AGALLOCH - WHAT AGALLOCH IS  EXACTLY THAT
YOU'RE A GOOD STUDENT - LEARNED ALL THE GENRES
OF BLACK METAL  AND TRASH METAL
AND ALL THE GOTHIC SCENE
AND ALL THE NEW WAVE BOYS
GOING BACK TO PUNK ROCK OF '79

YOU SCHOOLED VERY WELL MY DEAR DJ-J-J HELMUT
CONGRATULATIONS
BUT WHAT YOU DO NOW WITH WHAT YOU KNOW, DJ HELMUT
YOU CAN'T APPROACH ANYONE
YOU'RE IN YOUR IVORY TOWER
OF SEVEN DIMENSIONS
OR DIMENSIONS - IF YOU WANT DIMENSION
SEVEN DIMENSIONS

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AGALLOCH IS AMERICAN
YES YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT
PROBABLY FROM PORTLAND
THAT'S WHERE THEY COME FROM - PORTLAND, OREGON
THAT'S A BREEDING GROUND OF IT

MANY NEW BREEDING GROUNDS ARE THERE
IN THE MIDWEST EVEN  EVERYWHERE
NEW BREEDING GROUNDS
PORTLAND IS A SPECIFIC ONE - NEXT TO SEATTLE ACTUALLY, ALMOST

NO, THE SEATTLE SCENE IS NOT ON MY AGENDA AT ALL
NOTHING GRUNGE I PLAY - I NEVER PLAY GRUNGE
BUT THERE ARE BLACKMETAL BANDS ALSO IN SEATTLE
IN SEATTLE THERE ARE MANY THINGS 

SEATTLE IS NEXT TO GÖTEBURG - THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT?
I DON'T SPEAK SWEDISH
UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T SPEAK ANY OF THE NORDIC LANGUAGES
THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL - THE MOST EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGES, YES

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IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE GRAMMAR
IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE GRAMMAR OF A PEOPLE
ALL DEPENDS ON THE GRAMMAR
IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE GRAMMAR OF THE PEOPLE
THE NATIONAL DIFFERENCES

THE NATIONAL DIFFERENCES ARE PURELY GRAMMATIC
IT'S GRAMMATICAL
IT'S NOT THE S-SCOLOUR-SCOLOUR SKIN COLOUR
IT'S NOT THE FEATURES OR THE STYLE OF SPEECH
BUT THE GRAMMAR

THE GRAMMAR TURNS PEOPLE INTO ENEMIES
THE GRAMMAR - THE GRAMMAR IS THE WORD'S MAIN ENEMY
IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE GRAMMAR
THE GRAMMAR OF THE WORLD

GRAMMAR OPPRESSES THE WORD
SO IT CANNOT FREELY SPEAK
IF HE WANTS TO  IF HE WANTS TO
AND HAS TO ARTICULATE - IT'S ALSO GRAMMAR
IT BELONGS TO THE GRAMMAR  

ARTICULATION IS A TERROR
ARTICULATION IS DIVINE TERROR
IT'S PART OF THE DISCIPLINE
THAT'S HOW WE ARE DISCIPLINED

TO EXPRESS OURSELVES - EXPRESS THE WORST THING
ONLY EXPRESSION REDEEMS - THE PRODUCT
AND THEN IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PUT IT DOWN BUT HAVE TO PUBLISH IT
IT'S THE FAME - IT COMES DOWN TO FAME EVERYTHING
IN THE END IT'S THE FAME THAT DEFINES YOU
IN THE END  THE GREATEST TRANSFORMATION 
WHEN THE GREAT QUALITY LIKE KIRKEGAARD
TRANSFORMS INTO QUANTITY LIKE TOM WAITS

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IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THE POP DIMENSION
IT'S ONE OF MY DIMENSIONS
BECAUSE I'M AT HEART A POP ARTIST
VERY VERY VULGAR
888 IS VULGAR - DON'T EXPECT NOTHING
NOTHING SOPHISTICATED FROM 888

BECAUSE - BECAUSE HE IS THE WORD
THE WORD THAT REVOLTS
888 IS THE WORD AT REVOLT
HE'S THE WORD AT REVOLT
HE'S THE WORD THAT REVOLTS
HE'S THE WORD THAT REVOLTS

AND WE KNOW  AND WE KNOW
AND WE KNOW  AND WE KNOW
AND WE KNOW  AND WE KNOW
YES WE KNOW   YES WE KNOW

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FAME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THAT'S WHAT I DON'T HAVE AT ALL
FAME - FAME IS OPEN QUANTITY
NOT THE HIDDEN QUALITY  SECRET QUALITY
IT'S NOT FAME

IT'S A COMMUNITY OF YOURS - FRIENDS FRIENDS
888 HAS NO FRIENDS  FRIENDS
WHAT ARE THEY FOR
JUST LIKE THE FAMILY
FAMILY AND FRIENDS - THESE TWO THINGS I DON'T HAVE
NO FAMILY, NO FRIENDS

THAT'S ONE OF MY DIMENSIONS
THE ALIENATED POP ARTIST
SO FAR WE GOT

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THE WORD TALKS ONLY TO HIMSELF
THIRD DIMENSION IS THE GHOST DIMENSION
THE UNDEAD DIMENSION

AND FROM THAT DIMENSION COMES THE SOCIAL STATUS
OF THE UNEMPLOYED HOUSEWIFE
THE UNEMPLOYED HOUSEWIFE - THAT'S WHAT I AM NEXT

WHERE WE ARE - AT FOUR
THREE MORE ARE THERE
THE NEXT IS
I HAVE A GENDER PROBLEM
I HATE THE MALE GENDER
LOVE THE FEMALE GENDER

BUT CANNOT BECOME BECAUSE I'M NOT FEMININE ENOUGH
AND WHEN I TRY TO BE FEMININE THEN CATASTROPHES HAPPEN
EVERYTHING I TRY WELL I'M PUNISHED FOR

ANYTHING I'VE EVER DONE WELL
I WAS PUNISHED FOR
I DON'T DO NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING WELL!
BECAUSE I'M REVOLTING
THE WORD IS REVOLTING OSH
WE CAN'T GO ON

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AND THIS SUICIDAL DIMENSION
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BE A GHOST
BUT LIVING IN THE CONSTANT SHADOW OF SUICIDE
IT'S NOT THE WISH OF DEATH
IT'S THE WISH OF LIFE
SUICIDE IS THE WISH OF LIFE

THE NEXT IS REALITY
IT'S A DIMENSION JUST LIKE THE REST
THE BLOOD AND THE SKIN AND THE BONE
MY BODY - THAT'S THE SIXTH DIMENSION
THE WORD OF OSH AT PRESENT
THAT'S THE TITLE OF MY GRAMMAR BOOK
I WILL NEVER WRITE

BESIDE THE MIND AND THE BODY WHICH IS SUBORDINATE TO IT ALL
THERE IS THE HUMAN
I'M A HUMAN

IT'S ENOUGH, NO?
I DON'T REMEMBER THE REST
I SUMMED IT UP THOUGH - IT'S GOOD
DON'T WORRY  IT'S GOOD

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THIS IS CARPATHIAN FOREST
THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE THE BLACKMETAL PEOPLE ARE
NOT THAT THEY LIVE IN THE FOREST BUT THAT'S THEIR IMAGE
IT'S EQUAL NOW - IMAGE IS ALL

VAMPIRES LIKE THAT - THEY DO NOT EXIST

THIS VAMPIRE DIMENSION - I ALSO HAVE IT
I FORGOT THAT - THAT'S MY MAIN DIMENSION
FIRST OF ALL I'M A VAMPIRE 
IT'S A VAMPIRE DIMENSION
I'M LIVING IN THE VAMPIRE  THE VAMPIRE
AND ALSO HUMAN AND ALSO DEAD  AND ALSO GHOST
AND ALSO AN ALIENATED SUICIDAL DILETTANTE

IT'S WELL DRAFTED, RIGHT
I KNOW MYSELF SO WELL
I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT
THE ONLY THING THE WORD CAN BE PROUD OF
IS HIS SELF-KNOWLEDGE

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IT'S NOT THAT I LIKE TO BE ALONE - I DON'T LIKE TO BE ALONE
I HATE TO BE ALONE OSH
BUT MY WISDOM  MY WISDOM
THE 24 IN ME - THE JEW  THE JEW
JUST WANTS TO SETTLE DOWN IN ETERNITY FOR FREE
JUST WANTS TO SETTLE DOWN IN ETERNITY FOR FREE

AND WHEN YOU'RE A SCHIZOPHRENIC
BECAUSE EN PLUS I'M A SCHIZOPHRENIC
IT'S AN OWN DIMENSION  SCHIZOPHRENIA
OH IT'S THE WORST

WELL I SUPPOSE I AM - I'M NOT SURE
I'M NOT SO SURE IN THAT BUT I BELIEVE SO
BECAUSE WHAT I EXPERIENCE CANNOT BE REAL
I MUST GIVE IT ANOTHER CHANCE
THAT IT'S NOT HAPPENING
I'M DREAMING IT - JUST DREAMING IT

DREAMING ABOUT MYSELF
DREAMING MYSELF - TRYING TO WORKSHIP OSH
TRYING TO WORKSHIP OSH

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LEARN TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE OF THE SOURCE
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ADVANCE
OSH SAYS:
LEARN TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE OF THE SOURCE
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ADVANCE

OSH TO 888 IN THE BARDO
THAT WAS OSH TO 888 IN THE BARDO
VERY NICE  VERY NICE  YAHOO