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Tranquillusionist: Nmgiiea transcript

March 23, 2020 The Allusionist

Hear this episode at theallusionist.org/nmiigea

This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, for the purposes of quelling anxiety and stress and sleeplessness, read the lyrics to ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon, with the words arranged in reverse alphabetical order.

you'll 
you'll
you 
you you you
you
you
world world
world wonder will
will
us us
us us
try too today to
to there's 
there's the the the the the the the the
some
some sky
sharing
say
say
religion
possessions
people people
people
peace
or
or only
only only one
one
one
one of nothing
not not no 
no no no 
no
no need  
may may man
living living life
kill
join join
it's
it isn't
in
imagine imagine imagine
imagine imagine
imagine
I'm
I'm I'm
I'm 
if 
if I
I
I hunger

hope

hope

hell 
heaven
hard greed
for for for easy 
dreamer
dreamer
do
die day day
countries can but but
brotherhood
below
be be
as as
and and and
all all all all
above
a a
a
.

That was the lyrics to ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon arranged in reverse alphabetical order, produced by me, Helen Zaltzman; the music is by Martin Austwick of palebirdmusic.com. It’s the chords of ‘Imagine’ arranged in alphabetical order.

If you’re looking for more podcasts to distract you from current events, trawl your podcatchers for my other podcasts Answer Me This and Veronica Mars Investigations. You can find me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @allusionistshow, and the special Tranquillusionists and the usual Allusionist episodes are all available at theallusionist.org.

In Tranquillusionist, transcript Tags Helen Zaltzman, words, language, serene, serenity, ASMR, calm, calmness, meditation, sleep, mood, emergency, Tranquillusionist, John Lennon, Imagine, lyrics, songs, music
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