Miranda. Simon. MISERIES sounds wind down. q = 50. Mir. Simple, serious (flexible tempo) Simon. Sound 8-1 ("piano" only) Simon.

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1 Miranda 175 In the wake o the parade o MISERIES, the igure o SIMON - in his human body - emerges rom the shadows. MIRANDA and SIMON have inal conrontation MISERIES sounds wind down q = 50 Simple, serious (lexible tempo) I ap - pear to you one more mp time, Dear Mir - an- da, to ex plain - that I tried to help theworld Sound 8-1 ("piano" only) mp I saw the mis-er-ies and I've tried to heal the world too. But the

2 an i-mal is de - ec- tive, de - ec- tive, de - ec- tive. back. It's your - sel... I know: I tried to heal the us, it's in It's notthe poor or the world A little brisker q = 60 We e-volved as meat, to love m too, but it's in starv- ing that hold you us, the prob-lem's in us. m at and sug- ar; accel. Once that was good, but

3 1775 now it is a- tal. We 1779 e-volved as lesh, to want sexall the time; Once that was good, now it's on - ly trou- ble. We e-volved as mus- cle, to want to make war; but 1782 Once that was good, but now that is le - thal Our at and sug-ar are kil-ling us, our sweet nessand a-bun-dance kill us,

4 andleadusto a mine. Thick ersweet Shake, Sex i Big germc Muck, - -ershak ing the 1792 Sweet- ness, Smart - er Wea-pons or Meat. Meat wants Meat, 1796 Meat wants Sweet, Sweats or the Sweets and the Meets... Now there's no help but e -

5 volv-ing out o the meat and in-to the sys - tem. It is n't - theman-y and the ew... rit. It's your- sel, it's you! 1805 Come 1808 Tempo Come! in - to the world o light, in Come! - to the world o light! Come! Come in - to the world o light!

6 p continue wild clusters in high register Sound 8-2 ("piano" plus FS1R) 181 Slower q = 56 Mm... p oh...ah. Gradually growing more and more passionate The mp mis - er-y's part o our p be - ing. We don't 1819 need to am-pu- tate it. And me, my own, my mis-er-y is part o me. I don't m want to am-pu-

7 tate 184 it, pain-ul as it is, Yes, whata-bout me, a-bout me, a-bout me? oth-er per-son's bod-y to touch, no 189 lack. accel. oth No bod-y to have or be bod -y to eel, I stillcan eel the With noth-ing like an- 5 had by, no way to make love. No - er, no oth - er. mis-er-y o what I lov - er, Brisker q = 72 y. Noth-ing o the bod- Withnoth-ing like a moth-er m no

8 o lesh and blood. bod- ied? er? Noth-ing like a ath- er, eith-er a- liveor dead. Neith - er a live or dead? Can weall Are we ew m ris-ing in-to the light, while the Can all all and rise or - ev - er? oth- ers, sink theearthbe dis-em help them up when we're ree o meat? Can we help down in-to pain. them up when To- geth Can we mp we're

9 ree o meat? accel. Can we help Who will we touch? Who will we touch? them up when we're Who will we touch? Who ree o meat? will we touch? Who will we touch? Who willwe touch? I want my sweet milk, Whowill we touch? q = 86 I want mysug- ar, my touch, m meat and my mis - er - y, my My touch, my milk...

10 184 molto rit I want my moth - er! 1881 q = m What you eel m is phan-tom pain in the am-pu tat - ed limb. rit. Leave it, a - way rom the bon-dage o meat! and the sweat! A- way rom the wars

11 Forceul q = 66 I don't want to, I wantto stay inmy bod - y, in this bod-y o sug-ar and at, 1896 thisbon-dage o sex and vio- lence... But my bod-y osug-arand at, my bod-y o sex 1900 and vio- lence, my bod-y o death and sweat, Is inmy mind, need to be

12 186 with my pack, my tribe. There in the world o light Yes, come to the light! 1909 Yes to the light rom come the meat! o light. There in the world No! s No, I won't am - pu-tate

13 my bod y - a-way rom the light. The bod m y othis death is who I am, it is my mind. accel I am this bod - y o death. It is my mind, is whoi am. q = 80 I amthis bod-y o death, amthis bod-y o mp mp 1922 death, yes this bod y - o death. This bod - y o

14 More deliberate q = 72 death. Sound not meat, you are light! Come No, with us, you are 191 leave the meat. Leave the death and the sweat.

15 189 Full, growing passion 194 Yes m m I crave to go with my pack be - cause I am this bod - y, Bod-y o death and sweat, 199 iswhere I want to stay. Bod-y o death andsweatthat I leavebe - hind be causei am this bod- y Be-cause I'm this bod - y o death and sweat, I'm a - raid to be a -

16 lone. Who will I be? And what will I see when this bod - y is gone? 1952 Who will I be? And what will I see when this bod y is gone? Who will I be? And what will I see when this 1957 bod-y is gone? - With outmy or-get-ting how will I re - mem- ber? With - out my death

17 who will I be? What will I re-mem-ber - A way rom the bod - y o death ting? with no or get - A - way rom the bod y - o meat!

18 192 Repeat 10 times! (slightly vary rhythm or variety plus breathing) 1969 molto accel. How will I eel? Who will I be? How will I eel? Who poco a poco crescendo over 10 repeats (to ca. q = 120) will I be? A - way rom the bod - y o death! poco a poco diminuendo over 10 repeats A way rom the wars and the sweat! Electronic Track builds through end o Scene 8 SIMON enters back into The System. MIRANDA hesitates. She turns towards the audience. Light grows to a blinding level. Sound grows quieter, but is everywhere. Swirling q = Who? Come! subito What? Come! When? How? Come... mp

19 Light. Death. A lone

20 194 A - live Settling down... q = 60 Light washes rom back o the auditorium towards the stage and sparks MIRANDA's glowing costume. Live. p

21 pp 1990 Fade gradually to nothing, taking breaths as needed. Hold until "clunk" in electronic part. Electronic Interlude: The System dematerializes into a Matrix o Light. The robots have reormed into the regular grid around Miranda and begin to light. Music and sound build and encompass the audience....keyboard continue bass pedals, making slow ade to silence, blending with electronics...