“Every moment marked
With apparitions of your soul.
I'm ever swiftly moving
Trying to escape this desire.”

— Sarah McLachlan

Do What You Have to Do
Song lyrics, Surfacing (1997)

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Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter 1968

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