“I forgive you mother; I can hear you
And I long to be near you
But every road leads to an end”

—  Sufjan Stevens

"Death With Dignity"
Lyrics, Carrie and Lowell (2015)

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American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 1975

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