Nocturnal Laboratory

In the nocturnal laboratory The animals of the wood Work Work as cogs in a System of wheels Radio gaga They work They work They work Each his part Each his bit Each the toil: Yet they do it Voluntarily In the night laboratory The night laboratory In the thick of the woods Hides Forms of mists at dusk Strengthens and Massifies Then lo! By the arising Of the Dawn With spells and magic Rare and mighty It dissolves as it rose The night laboratory And With it Into the heavens Rise the animals and Their works The machines and the products The discoveries one After the other Medicine on medicine New and revolutionary Disease ageing and Death Turn pale Before the night laboratory Yet Powerless They clench their teeth Despairing. For In the nocturnal laboratory The animals of the wood Work Work as cogs in a System of wheels Radio gaga They work They work They work Each his part Each his bit Each the toil: Yet they do it Voluntarily In the night laboratory