"The past which is not recoverable in any other way is embedded, as if in amber, in the music, and people can regain a sense of identity."

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There's a man who's been out sailing In a decade full of dreams And he takes her to a schooner And he treats her like a queen Bearing beads from California With their amber stones and green He has called her from the harbor He has kissed her with his freedom He has heard her off to starboard In the breaking and the breathing Of the water weeds While she was busy being free

— Joni Mitchell