Ångest [Aangest] [English translation]

Anxiety - humans are made of glass

The air is as mustard gas,

The stomach is a metastasis.

Anxiety - the streets are of sand.

The buildings protect each other.

The existence sways forward.

And I sink, - like a stone.

Falling down, - more and more.

Towards the large, black deep - far, far down.

I can't do more.

Anxiety - the body is non functioning.

Everything is in vibration.

The pulse is a million.

Anxiety - the cerebral cortex is made of butter.

The chest is a large tumor.

I am standing in the middle of the city and dying.

And I scream. - Horrible howl.

But no one hears - Like an animal

No one notices that I turn pale - Who wants out.

No one sees that I die - From its cage.

Screaming - No one sees

But everyone goes, - Although you pray.

No one sees the panic in me. - Everyone smiles.

No one sees how I feel. - No one knows.

Anxiety - the blood is like a sludge,

the heart so cold and stiff,

I die in an eternity

Anxiety - I stand in my own dream

the dreams of eternal sleep.

I want to sleep until everything is forgotten.

• Artist:Björn Afzelius
• Album:Johnny Boy (1978)