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Take a deep breath now, you hear me? A long, deep breath. And now back you go, underwater. You'll breathe when I say. You'll live when I say. Your life is mine. Your breath is mine. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale again. And back you go. It's funny, isn't it? How what was once a safe haven has now come to be the dragon's lair.

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Music! There is so much beautiful music! Fuck love. Fuck caffeine. Music's what will save this world. Sometimes I think it is the only thing that keeps me alive. But sometimes it is so unbearably beautiful that it makes me want to die, faced powerless with the venom of its all-disarming sweetness.

Off. On.

It's all an illusion. You. Me. This city. The lady selling fresh buns and pretzels in front of Subway. The person playing "Memory" on his accordion in the subway. The people and faces briskly passing by. It feels as if I stop in the midst of the chaos and just listen, there will never be anything else. Ever. And if you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is.

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And I am done with my graceless heart

So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart

'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn

It's always darkest before the dawn

F&TM

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Sometimes it's enough to just know that you exist. That people like you do. We don't have to know each other. We don't need to talk. We don't need to have anything in common. It's just enough that someone, somewhere, not too far away in this world, knows, thinks, feels, appreciates and fascinates pretty much the same way. And it's amazing. This, by itself.