TEXTURE

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We’re just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground.

What have we found?

The same old fears.

Wish you were here. Š P.F.

To warm my charming soulmate.

V.P.

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So I Wither, and render myself helpless I give in, and everything is clear I break down, and let the story guide me I Wither and give myself away

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You won’t find it here Look another way You won’t find it here So try another day

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Tell me what you’re thinking Tell me what you’re feeling inside So easy, easier If you spoke to me So easy, easier Speak to me

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TEXTURE Late Middle English (denoting a woven fabric or something resembling this): from Latin textura ‘weaving’, from text- ‘woven’, from the verb texere .

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In the visual arts, texture is the perceived surface quality of a work of art. It is an element of two-dimensional and three-dimensional designs and is distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties. Use of texture, along with other elements of design, can convey a variety of messages and emotions.

In music, texture is the way the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic materials are combined in a composition, thus determining the overall quality of the sound in a piece. Texture is often described in regard to the density, or thickness, and range, or width between lowest and highest pitches, in relative terms as well as more specifically distinguished according to the number of voices, or parts, and the relationship between these voice.

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All of the words were borrowed from the Dream Theaters’ songs: 1. Wither (Black Clouds & Silver Linings, 2009) 2. Another day (Images and Words, 1992) 3. Speak to me (Acoustic at the Electric Factory, 1998)

Are you here now?

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