I've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world. - Leonard Cohen

And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

When you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned.