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Tourism
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Awake on a mountaintop, you take beauty in while below in the city the 80-hour week begins. Blending in with the natives, teaching English for rent, paving a short road with good intent. The agent, the guide and the driver must be paid. Grease the palms of the culture through the tourist trade. Just 'cause you've been to dar es Salaam doesn't make you smart. So you've crossed the Mekong; can you cross your heart? Where you once got your fix through the magazines, now you're mainlining it on a tiny screen. Think you can build a community just 'cause you like the same stuff as if sharing a Subreddit was enough. At the bar on the weekend, armed with your lines. Peck away like a jackdaw at a prize that shines. Set your sights on a target and don your game face, get her stamp on your visa, preferably at her place. If the age of empire has been locked away tight you can still slip 'cross the border for the night. Build your book of adventures to pass the days. The whole world is your playground; you can throw it away. I've seen enough in my little life.
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Trust
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Oh, I'm tired. Take the wheel. Close your eyes and drive by feel 'cause you know. With my hands in your hair and your heart in my mouth we'll drive through the fire and into the clouds 'cause you know.
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The Rising Tide
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Alight with pride; the road they travelled seemed so bright and wide but when they made it to the other side they broke themselves upon the rising tide. The frightened bride: she prayed to God that he would blind her eyes to spare her from the sight that light had died. She broke herself upon the rising tide. Not right inside, he smoked himself until his mind was fried. No-one could look into his bright red eyes. He broke himself upon the rising tide.
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Tourism
04:23
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Awake on a mountaintop, you take beauty in while below in the city the 80-hour week begins. Blending in with the natives, teaching English for rent, paving a short road with good intent. The agent, the guide and the driver must be paid. Grease the palms of the culture through the tourist trade. Just 'cause you've been to dar es Salaam doesn't make you smart. So you've crossed the Mekong; can you cross your heart? Where you once got your fix through the magazines, now you're mainlining it on a tiny screen. If you're half a robot, you're less than half a man, so go prop up your ego any way you can. All these sites that you visit, the avatars you meet, are they more or less real than the folks on your street. Think you can build a community just 'cause you like the same stuff as if sharing a Subreddit was enough. At the bar on the weekend, armed with your lines. Peck away like a jackdaw at a prize that shines. Set your sights on a target and don your game face, get her stamp on your visa, preferably at her place. If the age of empire has been locked away tight you can still slip 'cross the border for the night. Build your book of adventures to pass the days. The whole world is your playground; you can throw it away. I've seen enough in my little life.
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