Fade away
Fade away verb - Become weaker.
Stops
Both terms in one sentence
- Gustav Holst's Planets ends with the composition "Neptune", where an Ethereal Choir whose voices slowly fade away after the orchestra stops playing.
Source: Ethereal Choir - Self/Less: Damien eventually stops taking his medicine and lets himself fade away so Mark can come back and be with his family.
Source: Heroic Suicide - If he stops taking the medicine, he'll fade away but Mark can return to his family.
Source: Sadistic Choice / Film
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