How close have you come to death?

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Recorded Carl Barât said elsewhere, not written here
Probably when I didn’t sleep for a week on drugs in 2009. I’d had a lot of meth and my heart felt like it was giving out. I remember climbing over balconies really high up, and I thought I was going to die, until I eventually fell asleep in someone’s garden.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 March 2022 source ↗

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