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¨,=^%$## Other Day, Springs And Streams And ###&$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$## Sun Is About To Rise. Its A Long Day, ###&$%^=,¨
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¨¨¨¨,^%$## Then It Stays So Until I Fall Asleep. ##$%^,¨¨¨¨
¨,=^%$## It Doesn'T Rise Unless I'Ve Had My ###&$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$## Equipment, Sound Stuff, Synths, Tape ###&$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$## Mirrors, Prisms, And Various Things To ###&$%^=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,^%$# Do Art With. The Fridge Is Filled With #$%^,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=^%$## Differet Foods, All Of Them Intriguing, ###&$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$## Wants To Be The Big Spoon). I Listen To ###&$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$## Sounds From The Forest. The Others Tell ###&$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$## And Tell Tales Of The Old World. I ###&$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$## Patches Removed, Food Uneaten, Wounds ###&$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$## Fall Asleep I'D Always Wake Up Fully ###&$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$## Rested In My Bed. Sometimes There'S ###&$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$## Accidents Where I Lose Stuff By ###&$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$## At Night, I Have Demi-Lucid Dreams ###&$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$## Where The Spirits Of The Forest Around ###&$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$$& The Cottage Tries To Communicate. Here, #&&$$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$## It'S Not Endless But Connected To A ###&$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$## Large Sprawling City, Where My Radio ###&$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$## Friends Live. We Go Exploring Together ###&$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$## - Things Are Deep And Dark - But Unlike ###&$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$## Me, They Never Remember During The Day. ###&$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$## This Is A Mystery We Often Discuss. ###&$%^=,¨
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