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I rehearse my death everyday

I rehearse my death everyday
I get up like a stumbling ghost
I crawl into the bathroom, my back numb from bad sleep,
Eyelids swollen and half closed.
I wash with mechanical precision,
First the head and then the limbs.
I dry myself with repetitive gestures-
I dress in clothes I once liked.
I eat an old piece of bread.
I would share it but there's no one to share it with…
I collect my things and glance at the news and the weather.
None of that are important to me.
I call the elevator.
It's the only thing I call…
I get out of the house having talked to noone. Not even to myself-
I drive to work in my small car, like tuna in a tin can.
I can detect a whole swarm of me, but they're locked up like myself.
Sometimes I honk my horn to see if they react.
But they don't…
I work all day, at a job I don't like, amongst people I don't care about,
Listening to bad background music.
They'll play that at my funeral, I guess…
I eat alone, and the silence stares into my brain.
Then I watch TV, films where beautiful women fall in love
With all kinds of idiots
It could happen to me I guess; but it hasn't, though…
When I turn out the light, there's nothing to recollect or to remember.

Darkness comes and confirms the day's events.

I rehearse my death everyday.
I rehearse my death everyday.

My death
Everyday

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from Hemlock Smith & les Poissons Autistes: "Three Times Dead", released December 5, 2008

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Hemlock Smith Lausanne, Switzerland

Hemlock Smith come from Lausanne (Switzerland). Since 2002, they’ve released 7 regular albums with intelligent pop, as well as 2 soundtracks for silent film and 2 collaborations with Noise duo Les Poissons Autistes. Fronted by singer-songwriter Michael Frei, Hemlock Smith's distinctive voice is complemented by a talented band seamlessly blending Pop, Folk, Rock and Trip-Hop Sensibilities ... more

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