“What's left is only bittersweet
For the rest of my life,
admitting the best is behind me Now I'm drunk and afraid
Wishing the world would go away
What's the point of singing songs
If they'll never even hear you?”

— Sufjan Stevens

"Eugene"
Lyrics, Carrie and Lowell (2015)

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American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 1975

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