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The inner voice of a multitude Your words and aching lamentation Comforted generations still to soothe Melting hearts liquefying emotions You once bid farewell to love Claimed no-one ever cared If you should live or die Would we now hear one more cry? A fixed smile barred your pain What if you only once shared the strain? You sang of sweetest dreams come true Glaring into eyes that adored you Asking let me be the one Yearning for a loving touch How you longed to see the sun The emptiness and lonely void too much! Oh how your universe sparkled You felt on top of the world He made your feelings fly And shone his starlight down on you As each last note was played You realized every promise he made Broke before long, at the end of each song How you searched for a place to hide away Your loneliness oh what a sad affair If only he promised a lifetime to share A heart punctured, your essence fading Finding the right one an eternal craving There was nothing so hard As convincing your brittle heart That time would ease the pain Your dwindling health such a shame Your loved ones dear misunderstood your fear They pleaded you leave your sadness behind How you sometimes longed to quit Yet your blessed voice would not admit You were love’s greatest non-believer Yet you saw the wonder in most everything You left a beautiful lasting legacy The radio still preaching your fantasy…

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