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come

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one

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him

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live

each

day

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the

last

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was

sure

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knew

that

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for

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much

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what

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could

see

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swore

that

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ver

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some-

one

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pro-

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in-

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pen-

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mis-

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aim

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my

vis-

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se-

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to

live

each

day

like

it's

my

last

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won-

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to

know

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I

could

be

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thing

more

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what

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dreamed

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be-

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what

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could

see

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swear

that

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sing

out

this

time

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far

as

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could

tell

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no-

thing

more

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need

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still

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ask

my-

self

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this

be

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very-

thing

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all

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swore

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would

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was

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ly

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on-

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thing

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be-

come

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be

some-

one

just

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him

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me

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asks

me

how

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feel

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der-

stand

his

ques-

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way

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while

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thinks

he

has

cured

me

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state

of

ca-

ta-

to-

nic

sleep

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thir-

ty

years

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have

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been

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pen

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get-

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to

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me

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fil-

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you

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no

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feel

it

star-

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to

take

over

me

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tell

him

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to

be

a-

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no

one

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to

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brief

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