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The Departure: "But I hear nothing! Not a voice, not a word"
Dominic Wheeler, Independent Opera
The Sofa / The Departure · 2009
The Departure: "Then do not leave me"
The Departure: "But our child lives still"
The Departure: "Don't leave me!"
The Departure: "Oh, why did we leave the house that day?"
The Departure: "Where is that Death they paint..."
The Departure: "Julia, are you trying to speak to me?"
The Departure: "But what has happened?"
The Departure: "Weightless beyond the burning margin of our air"
The Departure: "I shall never be ready in time"