Let's Get Lost

Solitude 3



l awake with a loud screaming, l open my eyes and look across at 5 children screaming and running around the ferry deck. l curse under my breathe and want to throw one of those damn kids overboard.
l rub my eyes and sit up and look out the window. we are just pulling into the port. the sun is blazing and the sea is as clear as crystal.l go and find the rest of the band and we pile into the van.
l worked out l had about 3 hours sleep and now we have another 6 hour drive to the middle of sweden.l feel like l should just glue myself to the drivers seat.
We head off through the country, everyones dying of hunger and l promise to stop at the first food place we see.after about an hour. a burger king comes into sight.great...welcome to sweden.
The sun is out and the landscape looks unreal.l can finally relax. the sun can really bring out the best in people sometimes.l watch the trees, houses and people wizz past me as l drive, a vortex of colours and sounds l'm desperatly trying to focus on and store.
After a few hours we pull into the venue and pile out. l have a wonder round the city and soak up the amazing architecture and amazing scenery .l sit down and lay on some steps and stare at the sky.its a dazzling blue and at that moment l wanted to stay there forever.
After the show we all head into town and go to a club.the singer from one of the support bands in serving behind the bar and keeps loading everyone up with shots that taste like the worst cough medicine you can imagine.
After a hour everyone is fucked.a constant stream of liquor and pretty women and everyones going nuts.dan and josh are going round every girl in there trying to get some action.
Not being a big drinker l feel trashed, my head is thumping and everything is starting to look fuzzy but l feel good and its nice to be relaxing with my friends miles away from home.
After a few more drinks everything just starts to get hazy...
The club closes and kicks everyone out.now with night of liqour inside them everyone goes crazy outside and starts screaming and generally acting nuts.josh who was trying to get with this girl all night starts screaming at the guy shes with and going wild at him, the guy who obviosluy doesnt understand a northern english accent looks terrified.so l pull him away just as the swedish guy we are with come over and tells us we need to leave now,l look up the street and see a bunch of skinheads staring down at us.apparantly someone told them there was a bunch of drunk english guys in town and they came down to fight.
no one notices this and l try and round everyone up to leave, the last thing l want is trouble this far away from home.
we somehow manage to get back to the venue we are sleeping at,we cram into a room with some bunk beds and the chaos continues.everyone starts jumping and pulling the beds off the wall, a pillow and a chest of draws go out the window and everyone is just laughing.l dont know whats going on but l start laughing uncontroallbly and soon everyone on is on the floor in stitches,no ones has any idea why we are laughing and l think to myself this must be what insanity feels like..
After a while everyone calms down and we try and sleep, l curl up in my sleeping bag and everything is still very fuzzy, l have a feeling l'll regret this come morning...TBC