Perfect Life

[00:29.87] When I was 13 I had a sister for 6 months
[00:36.61] She arrived one February morning
[00:39.36] Pale and shellshocked
[00:41.48] From past lives I could not imagine
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[00:46.69] She was 3 years older than me
[00:49.77] But in no time we became friends
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[00:55.10] We'd listen to her mix tapes:
[00:58.43] Dead Can Dance, Felt, This Mortal Coil
[01:06.51] She introduced me to her favourite books
[01:10.21] Gave me clothes
[01:12.68] And my first cigarette
[01:16.90] Sometimes
[01:20.85] We would head down to Blackbirds Moor
[01:24.45] To watch the barges on Grand Union in the twilight
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[01:30.75] She said, "The water has no memory"
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[01:40.35] For a few months everything about our lives was perfect
[01:44.68] It was only us
[01:46.52] We were inseparable
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[01:57.52] But, gradually
[02:00.13] She passed into another distant part of my memory
[02:02.68] Until I could no longer remember her face
[02:10.34] Her voice, even her name
[02:16.80] We've got
[02:19.62] We've got a perfect life
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