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,-~;$%£¶## SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ##¶£%$;~-,
,-~;$%£### BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ###£%$;~-,
,~;$%£¶### THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ###¶£%$;~,
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,-~;$%££¶¶ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¶¶££%$;~-,
,-~;$%£¶## PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ##¶£%$;~-,
,-~;$%£¶## MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ##¶£%$;~-,
,-~;$%¶### DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ###¶%$;~-,
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,-~;$%%££¶ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¶££%%$;~-,
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,-~;$%£### MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ###£%$;~-,
,,,,-~;$£¶ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¶£$;~-,,,,
,-~;$%£¶## OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ##¶£%$;~-,
,-~;$%£¶## AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ##¶£%$;~-,
,,,---;$%¶ CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ¶%$;---,,,
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,-~;$%£¶## METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ##¶£%$;~-,
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,-~;$%£¶## WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ##¶£%$;~-,
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,-~;$%£¶## HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ##¶£%$;~-,
,-~;$%£££¶ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¶£££%$;~-,
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,-~;$%£### ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ###£%$;~-,
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,,,,-;$££# IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A #££$;-,,,,
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,-~;$%£¶## FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ##¶£%$;~-,
,,,,,-~$£¶ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¶£$~-,,,,,
,-~;$%£¶## ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ##¶£%$;~-,
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