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from ...Compared to Giants by Ma Jolie

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Standing by the ocean one night in September, the water and the sky seemed to fit right together. The only way to tell apart the sides is the difference in how they shine. When I go to turn my back, I can't escape the need to try to place myself in all of that. Just how far does it go? We'll never know.

22 years of this and I still have nothing to show for it. Am I looking for an answer? I'm an answer myself.

"I don't know, you'll be fine" just doesn't work every time.

I'm not afraid of what I know, I'm afraid of what I don't. It seems to me the ignorant are happier, but what do they know? Answers just bring questions most questions have no answers, I'm losing my mind and nothing makes it better. Tell me, what do you feel inside when you open your eyes?

I'd rather be struggling with sleep than asleep and content with a dream.

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from ...Compared to Giants, released April 1, 2012

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