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John Carpenter’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Thing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e inspires a song that explores the disease of social paranoia, while Wim Wenders’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWings of Desire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the building blocks of a song about human suffering and isolation. The music is folksy, sweet, sincere and harmonically effervescent—Simon \u0026amp; Garfunkel with New Age flourishes. 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