turn around

a metaphor, usually used in song, for suicide.

"You tell me that you're sorry / Didn't think I'd turn around and say / That it's too late to apologize" ('Apologize, OneRepublic)

"I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news / She just smiled and turned away"
('American Pie', Don McLean, referencing Janis Joplin)

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