He recognized in those eyes the symptoms of the Insomnia Plague.
The most fearsome part of the sickness of insomnia was not the impossibility of sleeping, for the body did not feel any fatigue at all, but its inexorable evolution toward a more critical manifestation: a loss of memory.
The recollection of his childhood began to be erased from his memory, then the name and notion of things, and finally the identity of people and even the awareness of his own being, until he sank into a kind of idiocy that had no past.
They spent the whole day dreaming on their feet. In that state of hallucinated lucidity, not only did they see images of their own dreams, but some saw the images dreamed by others.
All people that passed through the town were not allowed to eat or drink anything, for there was no doubt that everything was contaminated by insomnia.
Thus they went on living in a reality that was slipping away, momentarily captured by words, but which would escape irremediably when they forgot the values of the written letters. A town that was sinking irrevocably into the quicksand of forgetfulness.
(I) God Is An Astronaut- the most unappreciated, talented and escape-friendly band in the Universe.
♫ God Is An Astronaut- Fall From The Stars ♥♥♥♥♥♥
♫ God Is An Astronaut- Forever Lost ♥♥♥
♫ God Is An Astronaut- Snowfall ♥♥
(II) Stars Of The Lid- Every song is genetically engineered to sleep to.
♫ Stars of the Lid- A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process
♫ Stars of the Lid- Another Ballad for Heavy Lids
(III) Michael Andrews- Composer of the supernatural Donnie Darko Soundtrack
♫ Michael Andrews- The Artifact & Living
♫ Michael Andrews- Waltz In The 4th Dimension
(IV) College- Fantasy Park
♫ College- The Scarlett Empress (Stephen Falken Remix)
♫ College- The Light Of Your Dress
(V) Have a Nice Life- the most exquisitely beautiful and memorable composition, very reminiscent of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
♫ Have a Nice Life- A Quick One Before The Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut ♥♥♥♥
(VI) Grouper- Washed out, imminent drowsiness
♫ Grouper- Heavy Water/ I’d Rather Be Sleeping
♫ Grouper- Traveling Through a Sea
(VII) Joe Hisaishi- The musical mastermind behind all if Miyazaki’s delicate films
♫ Joe Hisaishi- 人生のメリゴランド (From Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle) ♥
(VIII) Tim Hecker- Sea of Pulses
