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[00:00.02]Vienna Teng (史逸欣)
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[00:00.07]"It's so beautiful here," she says,
[00:05.55]"This moment now and this moment, now."
[00:13.45]And I never thought I would find her here:
[00:19.57]Flannel and satin, my four walls transformed.
[00:27.42]But she's looking at me, straight to center,
[00:32.67]No room at all for any other thought.
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[00:39.35]And I know I don't want this, oh, I swear I don't want this.
[00:47.43]There's a reason not to want this but I forgot.
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[01:01.11]In the terminal she sleeps on my shoulder,
[01:06.53]Hair falling forward, mouth all askew.
[01:13.06]Fluorescent announcements beat their wings overhead:
[01:18.49]"Passengers missing, we're looking for you."
[01:24.32]And she dreams through the noise, her weight against me,
[01:29.82]Face pressed into the corduroy grooves.
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[01:35.99]Maybe it means nothing, maybe it means nothing,
[01:43.89]Maybe it means nothing, but I'm afraid to move.
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[02:14.10]And the words: they're everything and nothing.
[02:18.78]I want to search for her in the offhand remarks.
[02:25.68]Who are you, taking coffee, no sugar?
[02:30.69]Who are you, echoing street signs?
[02:36.06]Who are you, the stranger in the shell of a lover,
[02:41.91]Dark curtains drawn by the passage of time?
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[02:48.27]Oh, words, like rain, how sweet the sound.
[02:58.52]"Well anyway," she says, "I'll see you around..."
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