(start with a bow and a swish) we are a thousand beating symphonies variations of a familiar theme treble clefs and four/four rhythms chord progressions up to E (sorrow and anger and love and hate) arpeggios and interludes minuets quadrilles and waltzes the refrains, the fermatas, the reprises we are a thousand sweeping overtures (the last note rings through an empty auditorium)