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Voices in from phone conversation with deceased brother inside the mind lead into
song from soldier sent back to Iraq. The lyrics, over instrumental bed of Stevie Wonder's "I Wish," evoke the horror and homesickness of a father who fears he may not live to see the birth of his first child. The title, and content suggest he might come home gift wrapped in a body bag. Abrupt experimental sounds punctuate soldier's song. It begins with 3-2-1-countdown to multiple actuality and ends with eerie unnatural sound
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Voices in from phone conversation with deceased brother inside the mind lead into
song from soldier sent back to Iraq. The lyrics, over instrumental bed of Stevie Wonder's "I Wish," evoke the horror and homesickness of a father who fears he may not live to see the birth of his first child. The title, and content suggest he might come home gift wrapped in a body bag. Abrupt experimental sounds punctuate soldier's song. It begins with 3-2-1-countdown to multiple actuality and ends with eerie unnatural sound
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