“There's no way to make the pain play fair
It doesn't disappear just because you say it isn't there”

—  Sara Bareilles

"Eden"
Written by Bareilles and Matt Hales
Lyrics, The Blessed Unrest (2013)

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American pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist 1979

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