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This reads as an honest admission about ageing, with the speaker refusing to romanticise it. The line points to a mixed feeling, discomfort about the body changing, alongside a quieter ease that can come from accepting what cannot be held in place. It lands when someone notices that getting older brings loss, but also a softer self-understanding.
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