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#@##$%†~.¨ LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I CAN'T HIDE FROM, ¨.~†%$##@#
##$††~¨¨¨¨ FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED IN MY MIND, AND ¨¨¨¨~††$##
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#%†~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†%#
#@##$%†~.¨ RAPID MELODY, ALMOST CAUSTIC IN IT'S ¨.~†%$##@#
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#@##$%†~.¨ LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING ¨.~†%$##@#
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#$†††~~..¨ THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN, ¨..~~†††$#
#@##$%†~.¨ DOUBTING ANYTHING OF THIS HAPPENED IN ¨.~†%$##@#
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##%%%~..¨¨ I GUESS? I SHOULDN'T BE SO RECKLESS ¨¨..~%%%##
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