I'm electric with vertigo, even though I'm on the ground, vertigo like I felt once when I stood on the edge of a high cliff in Arizona and looked straight down.
You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you can make up a new one.
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You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you can make up a new one.
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