...ah, yeah. [ scratches at his cheek. ] I did more than sing... but... I guess that's kind of irrelevant at the moment. [ clears his throat and sighs, because there's no real point to lying. more than one person saw this memory, surely! ]

...those 'ribbons' or threads are a person's life force, and the reason you could see them is because I could see them. Generally they're invisible to the naked eye.