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I have found that searching for insight is more often than not a path to total darkness

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Andrew McMahon
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: September 3
Composer
Musician
Pianist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Massachusetts
Darkness
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...You know what I mean?
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