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thenewgreen  ·  3955 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Heartbreaking Songs?

As for the link, I've thought about the lyrics of this song a lot. A close friend of mines daughter got bone cancer when she was about 18 years old. She was a big Sufjan fan then and relished this song, it really connected with her. I think she was determined to not end up like the girl in the song. Thankfully, she didn't. To the best of my knowledge, she is doing very well. -She's a lovely human being, I'm glad she beat it.

When I hear this song, I see her in my minds eye and while the lyrics are sad, I get a bit happy knowing that she kicked cancer and that this song helped her do so.