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The wig looked wrong

from Heads of the family by I'dawn

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The first time my mother came home from a long stay at the hospital, fighting with cancer, she had already lost her hair. She showed up with a wig, given by the medical crew, to help. It was worse to see her with it and she didn't keep it long. She was still beautiful with a bald head, her eyes having not changed a bit.
After she passed away, I had a dream of me chasing her in the garden of our house. A ghost, unreachable in the haze.

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The ambulance stopped at the gate
You came down with this thing on your head

You thought it would ease our pain
But shivers of fright run down my skin

The wig looked wrong, its colors not fitting
Your withered face

We lied as we said it was cool, it wasn't
We hugged and cried at the threshold

The house was cold, this day you came back
Dying with us

The wig looked wrong, its colors too bright
For your terrified blue eyes

You smiled and tried to cheer us up

There was no place to hide
Hearing you moan at night
Covered my head under my pillow
Your agony was
The worse way to go

In a dream I saw you at night
In the garden haze

Kazan was barking like hell broke loose
He knows You wont be back

The wig looked wrong, in the gloomy mirage
You were a heap of bones

You disappeared in the mist, I cried
Running after you

The rabid dog would bite my face
Resentful and mad

We all looked wrong, in the picture we took
With our broken smiles


Morphine held you in her arms
Making you see some stars
Monsters crawled out under the shadows
You agony was
The way you had to go

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from Heads of the family, released February 22, 2022

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I'dawn Bordeaux, France

Renaud Ehrengardt is the main composer of I'dawn. He has lived on four continents, playing music with many different people along the way. I'dawn was his first solo project and the more personal. Now living in Morocco, Renaud eats tajine in Marrakech.

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