“The force that moves you is a circular breath
of life and death going round and round and round.”

"The Wheel"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
Context: All your thoughts are in another head.
Your dreams are sleepin' in a different bed.
The force that moves you is a circular breath
of life and death going round and round and round.

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singer from the United States 1966

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