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Animated sequence showing a figure in motion with red text overlays reading 'Open up your eyes', 'to the things around you', 'Cause you know that your heart is so close to', and 'Beating...' against dark background.

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Animated sequence showing a figure in motion with red text overlays reading 'Open up your eyes', 'to the things around you', 'Cause you know that your heart is so close to', and 'Beating...' against dark background.

Animated sequence showing a figure in motion with red text overlays reading 'Open up your eyes', 'to the things around you', 'Cause you know that your heart is so close to', and '…

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  • Open up your eyes
  • to the things around you
  • Cause you know that your heart is so close to
  • Beating...

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080927153650507844737
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
9.1 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b4/b41cc8508dfeacfcd98b1168cd263a1751e668f0a3f7a627a6b5073113e1c4e2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b41cc8508dfeacfc
SHA-256
b41cc8508dfeacfcd98b1168cd263a1751e668f0a3f7a627a6b5073113e1c4e2
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20080927153650507844737
Archive entry
20080927153650507844737.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080927153650507844737.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080927153650507844737.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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