“Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyesI thought it was there for good so I never triedAnd Jane came by with a lock of your hairShe said that you gave it to herThat night that you planned to go clearDid you ever go clear?”

—  Leonard Cohen

Famous Blue Raincoat
Songs of Love and Hate (1971)

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