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The lyric deals with love and sorrow, the aphorism with contradiction and deceit.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Sorrow
Deals
Love
Aphorism
Lyric
Deceit
Contradiction

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