Lars Karlsson: CapacityNow

I hurt myself today

To see if I still feel

I focus on the pain

The only thing that’s real

The needle tears a hole

The old familiar sting

Try to kill it all away

But I remember everything

What have I become

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know goes away

In the end

And you could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns

Upon my liar’s chair

Full of broken thoughts

I cannot repair

Beneath the stains of time

The feelings disappear

You are someone else

I am still right here

What have I become

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know goes away

In the end

And you could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

If I could start again

A million miles away

I would keep myself

I would find a way

It was the last song Johnny Cash ever sang. He died just days after the recording of ‘Hurt’. Have there ever been a more naked, scarred and true voice than when Johnny did this song. I am not sure. You can hear the pain. You can hear his life, in this song. Magic.

Watch one of the best videos ever here; Johnny Cash: Hurt

Another evening flying above the clouds on new missions. There is no place I think better than in the air.

I guess it is the habit of having travel all around the world the lst twenty years or so. I really do feel comfortable in a plane. It has been my office in the air for many years now.

Today I participated in the second of three Swedish Customs & Trade Symposiums (Customs Day 2018), this time in Stockholm.

The event is an annual event organized in the three major cities of Sweden, namely; Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö.

In the Stockholm event today approximately 500 people participated.

I was invited to a panel (two speakers) to talk about ‘Global Customs Trends’, where I primarily talked about Brexit.

The event is co-organized by Swedish Customs, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and the Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises.

Great event. The new CEO of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Andreas Hatzigeorgieu opened the event with a great speech about the Chambers view on future trade.

Next stop Malmö – next week.