“Well, Plato's cave is full of freaks
Demanding refunds for the things they've seen
I wish they could believe
In all the things that never made the screen”

—  Jack Johnson (musician)

Inaudible Melodies.
Song lyrics, Brushfire Fairytales (2001)

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