A wastepaper is a terrible thing to mind....
A newspaper is a terrible thing to mind
A hatepaper is a terrible thing to call news
(or something like that, help me out here...)
Geez, Blur, you're throwing tough ones at us.
An eraser is a terrible thing to hate.
It's terrible the way universities erase your mind.
I hate universities, but don't mind erasers.
As Thomas Paine put it in his first draft, "Soulwise, these are trying times."