“The world hums on at its breakneck pace;
People fly in their lifelong race.
For them there's a future to find,
But I think they're leaving me behind.”

—  Nick Drake

Leaving Me Behind, appeared on Family Tree (2007)
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British singer-songwriter 1948–1974

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