Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound. Henry Rollins More Quotes by Henry Rollins More Quotes From Henry Rollins I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good. Henry Rollins bandkingsfirsts I used to love you I still do So Selfish I love the old you The you that didnt shoot drugs ...The you that didnt get beat on by men You laugh in my face and call me a fool But its true I still love you Sometimes,I can see the old you When your eyes flash When you almost look alive Henry Rollins selfisheyelove-you I am too far gone to be rehabilitated. Henry Rollins gone Sometimes I would get invited to a party or to go out to dinner by one of them and I would decline. Part of me wanted to go, but those kind of outings always made me feel even more alienated than usual. Hearing them talk made me feel lonely and hateful at the same time. Lonely because I didn't fit in, never did. When I was reminded, it hurt. And hateful because it reaffirmed what I already knew, that I was alone and on the outside. Henry Rollins partylonelyhurt I've got a knife and I want to talk to you I've got a prayer and I want to carve it to you I've got no chance, that's why I'm looking to you O Lord, ride with me Henry Rollins knivesprayerwant Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead. Henry Rollins paintgoldpast Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me. Henry Rollins mileagemeanbook I am the flying saucer man from another world trapped on yours until they come to rescue me. One day the saucer will land. Jimi Hendrix and John Coltrane will open the hatch and tell me to get in before someone tries to blow up the ship. I'll just ask what took them so long. Within seconds we'll be out of here. Henry Rollins landblowmen I am talking about ultimate deceit. I am talking about unparalleled treachery. Bottomless lies. Depths that are seen that are previously unimaginable. Darkness and shattering despair that could break bones. Paranoia and horror that could stop the heart cold. All inflicted on one's self by one's self. The soul turns schizophrenic and goes hopelessly insane. Henry Rollins selfheartlying Too sick and freaked out not to want a bullet for every passer by, too sick and freaked out to breathe, too sick and freaked out to care, too sick and freaked out to think of anything but the annihilation of my mind and denial of my life. So sick and freaked out that I think everyone is my friend. Henry Rollins sickmindthinking Keep me preoccupied Keep me busy, busy, busy So I won't have to think I don't want to think Because it only brings me pain I just keep running away from My problems Keep me busy Give me a million things to do So I can keep running away from myself. Henry Rollins painrunningthinking He looked at her Something Turned cancerous He was in love. Henry Rollins I will do my best to dodge tonight's depression Hide in sleep Damage myself in dreams Wake up older, slightly more used. Henry Rollins wake-updreamsleep I have to keep moving I don't want to think I'm going to work all day today I don't want to stop Don't want to let my brain catch up my thoughts How will I be able to tell them that I'm a shadow A grey patch of cold rotting life Henry Rollins brainmovingthinking Always knowing you're going to die And until then knowing you've got to live. Henry Rollins always-knowingdiesknowing Maybe some things are better left broken and scattered Veiled in darkness, secret bitterness and self-doubt I should have known better Than to start something that I couldn't finish That I couldn't care about That I couldn't remember starting in the first place I don't want to know you You went years without me You might as well keep going. Henry Rollins selfshould-haveyears When you title yourself, you immediately lend yourself to all kinds of pretension Henry Rollins all-kindstitleskind I don't want to go with the smooth skin and the calm brow. I hope I end up a blithering idiot cursing the sun - hallucinating, screaming, giving obscene and inane lectures on street corners and public parks. Henry Rollins smooth-skinskinsgiving I have heard people say that they felt closer to their parents after they have died. Maybe if I treat people as if they were dead, I could get along with them better Henry Rollins treatsparentpeople What I felt for you was a combination of respect and affection. There was a closeness I felt through intimate interaction. The affection part is all over with. All that remains is the respect. If I put my arms around you and told you that I missed you, I would be lying. You're alright with me and I wish you well. But you're not me and that makes you one of them and you can only get so close. Henry Rollins would-bewishlying
