Jonas
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So I lay down on the couch, headphones in, press play.
It started with static.
Then this low, dragging organ came in deep, dissonant notes that didn't follow any rhythm I could pin down.
After about 30 seconds, a voice joined in.
Male.
Scratchy.
Kind of low and sleepy, almost like someone singing through a bad dream.
The words were wrong, some of them in English, some not.
They sounded like children's songs almost, but twisted.
The kind you forget halfway through and stop making up lines to finish.
One track started with silence, then a pop, and then I heard a child's voice clear and close.
Don't tell him no.
Don't tell him no.
Don't tell him no.
Over and over, same tone.
Palm.
Repetitive.
I ripped the headphones off.
Didn't listen to the rest.
That night's sleep didn't come easy.