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What power art thou…?

Posted by truththroughlies11 on January 11, 2014
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The Cold Song, Klaus Nomi‘s last performance before his death in 1983 (more on Open Culture) – from Henry Purcell’s King Arthur or, The British Worthy.

What power art thou
Who from below
Hast made me rise
Unwillingly and slow
From beds of everlasting snow

See’st thou not how stiff
And wondrous old
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold

I can scarcely move
Or draw my breath
I can scarcely move
Or draw my breath

Let me, let me,
Let me freeze again
Let me, let me
Freeze again to death
Let me, let me, let me
Freeze again to death…