Your opening sentence reminds me of the Flaming Lips song, Do You Realize. It is ultimately a very uplifting song: "Do you realize... that everyone... you know... someday... will die. But instead of saying all of your goodbyes, let them know you realize that life goes fast... its hard to make the good things last... You realize the sun doesn't go down... It's just an illusion caused by the world... spinning `round"

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