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####@%§=:¨ THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S ¨:=§%@####
####@§=«:¨ LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT ¨:«=§@####
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###@%§=«:¨ THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL ¨:«=§%@###
###@%§=«:¨ STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND. ¨:«=§%@###
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###@%§=«:¨ IT'S MASSAGING YOUR TEMPLES, PIERCING ¨:«=§%@###
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@%%%%§=«:¨ SKULL OPEN. A PAW GRIPS YOUR BRAIN, ¨:«=§%%%%@
###@%§=«:¨ PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE ¨:«=§%@###
###@%§=«:¨ COSMOS. ¨:«=§%@###
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###@%§=«:¨ THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES. ¨:«=§%@###
####@%=«:¨ SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. ¨:«=%@####
@§==::¨¨¨¨ BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ¨¨¨¨::==§@
###@%§=«:¨ ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, ¨:«=§%@###
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###@%§=«:¨ GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ¨:«=§%@###
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###@%§=«:¨ THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ¨:«=§%@###
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###@%§=«:¨ LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF¨#=««« - ¨:«=§%@###
###@%§=«:¨ SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ¨:«=§%@###
###@%§=«:¨ DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / ¨:«=§%@###
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@@@§§=:::¨ MEMORY NEGATIVES, ¨:::=§§@@@
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###@%§=«:¨ THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ¨:«=§%@###
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###@%§=«:¨ SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE ¨:«=§%@###
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