[Verse 1] They claimed they caught every real number Listed them all in perfect order First decimal, second, third and more In rows extending past forever's border But Georg had blueprints in his pocket A master thief with mathematician's eye He saw the pattern they'd forgotten Their own creation would teach him how to fly [Chorus] Diagonal escape, read the prison plans Take the first from first, second from second's hands Flip each digit that you steal along the way Build a number that's not on their list today Cantor's diagonal, the great escapee Shows infinity's got more than one degree [Verse 2] Point four, one, five from row number one Zero, three from the second line begun Seven, seven, two pulled from position three Each stolen digit holds the master key Now flip them all, zero becomes nine Five turns to four in this grand design The number you've forged can't possibly be On their list, though they swore it held every real that could be [Chorus] Diagonal escape, read the prison plans Take the first from first, second from second's hands Flip each digit that you steal along the way Build a number that's not on their list today Cantor's diagonal, the great escapee Shows infinity's got more than one degree [Bridge] They check row one, but your first digit's wrong Row two won't match, you've changed the second all along Every single line differs from your creation Their complete list just proved its own limitation [Chorus] Diagonal escape, read the prison plans Take the first from first, second from second's hands Flip each digit that you steal along the way Build a number that's not on their list today Cantor's diagonal, the great escapee Shows infinity's got more than one degree [Outro] The weapon they gave you was the list itself Every enumeration destroys itself
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