Mikaels tanker - uden for kategori

Favoritkunstneren Ryan Adams, som forøvrigt gæster kbh til november - bliver fedt, formår virkelig at skrive gribende tekster. En af mine favoritter er fra hans tid i altcountry-bandet Whiskeytown. Det er svært at høre sangen og ikke blive grebet af desperationen og intensiteten i teksten og især i Ryans stemme. Jeg er lidt fascineret af udtrykket “If I break my own heart”. Udtrykket findes vist ikke på dansk og hvordan kan man egentlig udføre det?

Well excuse me if I break my own heart
it’s mine from the finish I guess
it was mine from the start
this situation just don’t seem so goddamn smart
this situation is tearing me apart

so you’ll have to excuse me
I break my own heart

well excuse me if I break my own heart tonight
some things aren’t born too strong
have to learn how to fight
this situation keeps me drinking every goddamn day and night
this situation don’t seem so right

so excuse me if I break my own heart tonight
well excuse me if I break my own heart tonight

after all it was mine
after all it was mine
after all it was mine
can I have it back sometime?

so if the rain falls down on your mississippi town
let your eyes drift easy into mine
if the rain falls down on your mississippi town
let your eyes drift into mine
you’re on the road but your diary entry reads blank(it reads blank)
is this some sort of joke to you?
is this some sort of joke to you?

well excuse me if I break my own heart tonight
well excuse me if I break my own heart tonight
after all it was mine
after all it was mine
after all it was mine
can I have it back sometime?

Whiskeytown, Strangers Almanac, 1997