Don't you think sometimes it's just as bad for me?

Dan Treacy, de Television Personalities, est un de ces songwriters dont on s'inquiète à tout instant de la santé morale et physique. Qu'il soit en tournée (qu'il finit de toute façon par annuler) ou qu'il disparaisse longuement entre deux albums.
Ses textes (souvent à la 1ère ou 2ème personne) et sa musique laissent transparaître une certaine vulnérabilité.
On y reviendra, d'autant que ce groupe reste méconnu.

I'm a danger to myself
And I won't deny it's true
And in the stillness of the night
I feel so troubled through and through
And I know I have to change
But it's easier said than done
And after all nobody said that life had to be fun

But if I close my mind
To the world outside
But I can't close my mind
To the pain inside
But if I close my mind
I can close my eyes
To all the pain I feel

But I'm a stranger to myself
And to the ones that I hold dear
And I feel so helpless every time I fall
And I know you find it hard
Trying to get inside my head
Don't you think sometimes
It's just as bad for me
'Cause I'm a stranger to myself and I always will be
I'm a danger to myself
I'm a stranger to myself

the Television Personalities - Stranger to myself
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