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Never (Lyrics by Daniil Kharms)

This is This.
That is That.
Everything is either that or not that.
If something is neither that nor this then it is neither this nor that.
If something is that and this then for itself it is Self.
If for itself it is Self, then it could be that but not this,
Or this but not that.

This has gone into that and that has gone into this.
We say: God’s blown.
This has gone into this and that has gone into that.
We have nowhere to exit and nowhere to go.
This has gone into this. We asked: Where?
We were told: Here.
This came out from here. What is this? This is that.
This is that.
That is this.
That is this and that.
Here’s gone into this, this has gone into that,
And that’s gone into here.
We were looking but couldn’t see them
But there were standing this and that.

There is not here.
There is that.
Here is this.
But now there is this and that.
But now here is this and that.
We are sad and long, and suffer.

Were is now?
Now is here, and now is there, and now is here,
And now is here and there
This is to be that.
Here is to be there.
This is that, here, there, to be. I am. We are.
God.

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from HA NUMA / ГА Н​У​М​А, track released October 10, 2009
Lyrics by Daniil Kharms
Music by Sasha Ilyukevich

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Sasha Ilyukevich & The Highly Skilled Migrants London, UK

London-based Belarusian troubadour Sasha Ilyukevich and his British band ‘The Highly Skilled Migrants’ create an incomparable brew of post punk electric energy and topical lyricism. Ilyukevich sings in Russian, his vocals swoop from soft whispered melodies to raucous screams, defying language barriers to deliver songs that are uplifting, intelligent, macabre, romantic and melancholic. ... more

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