Just because

"... what is real but compassion as we move from birth to death ..."

(Greg Brown, lyrics from "Rexroth's Daughter")

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"... So many things that we never will undo
I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too ...

... But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free
I've got nothin' but affection for all those who've sailed with me ..."

(Bob Dylan, lyrics from "Mississippi")

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"... Alive I awoke ..."

(Patti Smith, lyrics from "Dead to the World")