When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years

Then they expect you to pick a career

When you can't really function, you're so full of fear

John Lennon 1979

I and I

In creation where one’s nature neither honors nor forgives

I and I

One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives.

Bob Dylan Infidels 1983

My tape recorder,

It must be lyin'

'Cause this I just can't believe.

I hear a voice that's cryin',

That's not me.

Alice Cooper 1977

But remember the princess who lived on the hill

Who loved you even though she knew you was wrong

Lou Reed Cony Island Baby 1976

I’m deeper than the shit I’m in.

Iggy Pop: I Wanna Live" 1996

Woke up this morning and I got myself a beer

The future’s uncertain and the end is always near.

Jim Morrison 1970

To the depths of the ocean where all

hopes sank, searching for you…

Joy Divsion 1979 “Shadowplay”,

They tied his arms behind his back

To teach him how to swim

There was war in his body

And it caused his brain to holler

Let me luxuriate in pain

Please don't set me free

Death means a lot to me

The pain was lean and it made him scream

He knew he was alive.

Lou Reed The blue mask 1982

De fandt hendes smil

I en skraldespand

Mellem håbløse drømme

Og tabte illusioner

De genkendte smerten

Som man ikke taler om

Som ingen af os

Ved hvad er.

TV2 1990

It was the greatest show on earth

But then it was over

We oohed and aahed

And when they found our shadows

Groups 'round the TV sets

They ran down every lead

They repeated every test

They checked out all the data in their lists

And then the alien anthropologists

Admitted they were still perplexed

But on eliminating every other reason

For our sad demise

They logged the only explanation left

This species has amused itself to death

Roger Waters 1992

I know it's the last day on Earth

We'll be together while the planet dies

Marlyn Manson 1998

De tusindvis af kors i Normandiet

De skal minde os om mænd, der strid og led

Præcis sådan forfalsker man historien

For Første Verdenskrig fandt aldrig sted

Der har aldrig været en skyttegrav i Flandern

Det er noget man bilder verden ind

Og brevene fra sønnerne ved fronten

Det er bare et propaganda-fænomen

chorus

Så, op med armen

Op med armen

Op med armen

Og sieg fejl

Og sammen vil vi råbe "kyklikyy"

Nils Hausgaard 2006

And it's a battered old suitcase

to a hotel someplace

and a wound that will never heal

no prima donna, the perfume is on

an old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey

and goodnight to the street sweepers

Tom Waits`s 1976

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold

Yeats 1919

We are the hollow men

We are the stuffed men

Leaning together

Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!

Our dried voices, when

We whisper together

Are quiet and meaningless.

TS Elliot 1925

I was thinking of a series of dreams

Where nothing comes up to the top

Everything stays down where it’s wounded

And comes to a permanent stop

Wasn’t thinking of anything specific

Like in a dream, when someone wakes up and screams.

Bob Dylan 1991

I fornuftens land er himlen grå,
træerne små og fuglene si`r ingenting.''

Nils Hausgaard 1991

Henover himlen sejler mit øje
Henover øjet sejler mit lys
Henover lyset sejler min blæst
Henover blodet sejler min dag og min nat
Henover dagen og natten sejler mine år
Henover årene sejler min død

Søren Ulrik Thomsen  1981

Jeg mener hvor dum kan man bliver

hvor mange kan I længde være tilfreds med så lidt

Steffen Brandt 1990

I fornuftens land er himlen grå,
træerne små og fuglene si`r ingenting.''

                      Nils Hausgaard 1991

“I wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I’m happy to state I finally won out over it.”
                            Film Harvey 1950

Historien, er et mareridt, som jeg prøver at vågne af
                James Joyce 1922.

Men min Angst maa forløses i Længsel/ og i Syner af Rædsel og Nød./ Jeg har længtes mod Skibskatastrofer/ og mod Hærværk og pludselig Død. Jeg har længtes mod brændende Byer/ og mod Menneskeracer paa Flugt,/ mod Opbrud som ramte Alverden/ og et Jordskælv, som kaldtes Guds Tugt.”

            Tom Kristensen 1932

We shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

                                        Winston Churchil    4/6-1940