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You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need.... And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free, you are bound to your silent legacy.

Melissa Etheridge

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Melissa Etheridge
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 29
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Leavenworth
Kansas
Melissa Lou Etheridge
Motivational
Gay
Bleed
Answers
Pray
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Hunger
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Fingers
Homosexuality
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Wings
Satisfy
Needs
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Bound
Satiate
Darkness
Bounds
Bisexual

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