I guess lyrically theyre similar because theyre talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. The Last One Alive, for me, is very simple. Its just about alienation, really, that causes anger. – Jon Crosby
There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served. – Jane Jacobs
The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry. – Lafcadio Hearn