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£%†;=,¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨,=;†%£
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£%†;=,¨¨¨¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨¨¨¨,=;†%£
#£%†;=,¨¨¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨,=;†%£#
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%†;=,¨¨¨¨¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨¨¨¨¨,=;†%
£%†;=,¨¨¨¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨¨¨¨,=;†%£
#£%†;=,¨¨¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨¨¨,=;†%£#
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##£%†;=,¨¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨¨,=;†%£##
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##£%†;=,¨¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨¨,=;†%£##
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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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%†;=,¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨,=;†%£
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