“Crouching down inside a deep ravine,
Those angry cries pass quickly by, he can't be seen.
So many ways spent hiding in so many undone plans;
Forgetting what it's like to fight when no one understands.”

—  Sarah McLachlan

Out of the Shadows
Song lyrics, Touch (1988)

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