This Time -2001- -eac-flac-: Sting - ...all

The only clue was the missing car keys and the shoebox left on Leo’s childhood desk.

The album played on. Between songs, Sting spoke. “ We decided to play… because music is the opposite of that event. ” The band stumbled, regrouped. They played Every Breath You Take as a requiem. They played Message in a Bottle like a prayer sent out to no one. Sting - ...All This Time -2001- -EAC-FLAC-

He drove the coastal road as the sky turned violet. The FLAC files played on, lossless, perfect, every breath and fret noise preserved. When he reached the church, the car was there. His father sat on the bench, a thermos of cold coffee beside him, staring at the sea. The only clue was the missing car keys

And the music, lossless and exact, played on in the silence between them. “ We decided to play… because music is

“Did you listen?”