Below are the lyrics, written by Joseph Goguen, to the cantata Zero, Connected, Empty; the music, which is the best part, is by Ryoko Amadee Goguen. See also the complete score, and the explanation, Zero, Connected Empty: An Essay after the Cantata.
Computing, buttons and numbers
one, connected, true,
zero, connected power,
electric, brain,
connected pow-er.
One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten-eleven,
twel-ve.
This island, lake, zero, inside of zero,
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empty, every person, connected, mountain,
mathematics, connected, zero
empty, zero, connected, empty,
ze-ro.
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