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        "plaintext": "This is a song aimed at the heavens, under the joyfully lamenting hope that that's where its intended audience is. "
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        "plaintext": "There's something hard to process about songs for people who aren't necessarily in a position to hear them.  Words that you want to elevate beyond the material, but which will fall mostly on the ears of others."
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        "plaintext": "I've been thinking a lot lately about goodbyes, both the spiritual kind and the material.  They're almost always for the person saying goodbye, not the person leaving.  I was saying this week that at whatever point I leave my current job (which won't be for years, I shouldn't think) I don't want any kind of party or leaving do or present or anything.  I want to be there and to my job and then I want to go and be somewhere else.  And I know that's selfish, because a leaving do isn't for the people leaving but for the people staying.  But I'm selfish."
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        "plaintext": "So when I slip free, even if it's without you, let me."
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  "description": "This is a song aimed at the heavens, under the joyfully lamenting hope that that's where its intended audience is. There's something hard to process about songs for people who aren't necessarily in a position to hear them. Words that you want to elevate beyond the material, but which will fall mostly on the ears of others. I've been thinking a lot lately about goodbyes, both the spiritual kind and the material. They're almost always for the person saying goodbye, not the person leaving. I was sa...",
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  "textContent": "This is a song aimed at the heavens, under the joyfully lamenting hope that that's where its intended audience is. \nThere's something hard to process about songs for people who aren't necessarily in a position to hear them.  Words that you want to elevate beyond the material, but which will fall mostly on the ears of others.\nI've been thinking a lot lately about goodbyes, both the spiritual kind and the material.  They're almost always for the person saying goodbye, not the person leaving.  I was saying this week that at whatever point I leave my current job (which won't be for years, I shouldn't think) I don't want any kind of party or leaving do or present or anything.  I want to be there and to my job and then I want to go and be somewhere else.  And I know that's selfish, because a leaving do isn't for the people leaving but for the people staying.  But I'm selfish.\nSo when I slip free, even if it's without you, let me."
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