During that year, both members of the band moved to Copenhagen, where drummer Martin Bjerregaard joined. With the new lineup, the band travelled to Sweden to record the self-financed ep, "I Died In My Teens", and the single of the same title made "Single of the Week" in Kerrang magazine. After this, PUJ record the album "Swell", with the help of Craig Leon of London. The band signs with English label This Way Up/Universal in 1995, and moves to Britain the year after that, to make a name for themselves abroad - though without much luck.
Also in 1996, Psyched Up Janis opened the Orange Stage at Roskilde Festival - quite an honor for Danish bands. During the same year, "Beats Me" is recorded in Britain and it is mixed in the famous studios of Abbey Road. Jesper Reginal (Thau) moves into a more permanent role of drummer, being with the band in studios as well as on stage.
Psyched Up Janis tours Denmark with the new album "Enter The Super Peppermint Lounge" during 1998. As a curiosity, Sune plays the drums himself, in an old stable. With them on the tour is Danish rapper MC Clemens, also from the town of Sønderborg. The band moves to USA later that year, and in 1999 they publish "The Quiet Album", which is a recording of their last concert together. Later, some old demos are released on "Hi-Fi Low Life", but with moderate success.
Sune Wagner now plays in The Raveonettes, which he presented together with Sharin Foo in 2002. From time to time, he plays in Sort Sol and Tremelo Beer Gut.
In March 2009 Sune Wagner announced that Psyched Up Janis would reunite and perform a few concerts during spring 2009.
I Died in My Teens
Psyched Up Janis Lyrics
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We can't find you
I died in my teens
I died in my teens
And if you bring
Your closest friend
And if you die
How about it guess
Slip away
We can't find you
I died in my teens
And if you bring
Your closest friend
And if you die
And if you die...
How about it guess
Slip away
We can't find you
I died in my teens
I died
I died
I died
I died
I will help you
I will help you
I will help you
I will kill you
The lyrics of Psyched Up Janis's song "I Died In My Teens" express a sense of detachment and alienation from the world. The repeated phrase "I died in my teens" suggests a sense of premature loss or the feeling of having missed out on something important in life. The lines "So we say you/We can't find you" could be interpreted as referring to a search for meaning or connection in life that ultimately proves elusive. The mention of a "closest friend" who may also die suggests the possibility of finding or losing a deep connection, but ultimately the sense of emptiness remains. The final lines "I will help you/I will kill you" suggest a conflicted state, perhaps a desire to either alleviate or exacerbate the sense of isolation and loss.
Overall, the song expresses a mood of darkness and despair, but also a certain poetic beauty in the way in which the lyrics are delivered. The repetition of certain phrases and the use of ambiguous images creates a dreamlike quality in the song, as though the singer is struggling to give voice to a deeply felt but hard-to-define emotion.
Line by Line Meaning
So we say you
We are looking for you and calling out to you.
We can't find you
We are unable to locate you.
I died in my teens
I experienced a spiritual or emotional death during my teenage years.
And if you bring
Your closest friend
And if you die
And if you die...
If you bring your closest friend with you and also experience a similar spiritual or emotional death, then... (the sentence is incomplete and continued in the next line)
How about it guess
Slip away
We can't find you
I died in my teens
It would be a challenge to find you if you choose to slip away from your pain, just like how I did when I died spiritually in my teenage years.
I died
I died
I died
I died
This repetition emphasizes the depth of the singer's spiritual or emotional death.
I will help you
I will help you
I will help you
I will kill you
The singer is offering to help alleviate the listener's pain, but at the same time expressing a desire to end their life, suggesting that the experience of dying spiritually or emotionally can also bring about violent or destructive impulses.
Contributed by Layla R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Jeezus Crust
Just looking at obscure 90s bands. This is my first time listening to this song and it instantly gave me the goosebumps and nostalgia.
iain101010
Man I love this band!!Ive been a fan since "swell" came out. I havent checked out the raveonettes yet tho, next on my list
Drinkclintons
I heard this in Equinox, and I’m so glad it was a real song.
Troels Sørensen
Psyced Up Janis reunited... FUCK YEAH!!!! ROCK ON!!!
ElDoombot
This band is the shit, loved them for the past decade. I wish they had toured to America before they broke up!
Tiffi112
Gad godt at få fingrene i deres cd igen, men det bliver vist ikke det letteste i verden. Hørte dem meget dengang i 90'erne. Fedt fedt fedt band...
Peter
Underrated
skinnypuppyulike
This is exactly how it sounded in my walkman
lavivareal
Det her er en af de bedste numre de har lavet, rigtig god sang.
blaaberkat
Total nostalgi, men det rykker vildt godt endnu!!