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Psychic Breaks

by Hudson Bell

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s3glazier “It’s a nightmare to see you wild and free
While I’m sinking in the deep end” hits me right between the eyes. I can relate on a current situation.

This song, and this album blows me away, even though it’s so different from your others. Your music always resonates with me
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1.
I had a dream about you last night Remember the day we said we wouldn’t fight You’d cut your wrist cause I ran away Living the nightmare, we used to say I think of the time we made love in the mud For the last time before I went away I’m thinking about what you used to say That I would regret moving away Big city, small world Big city, small world Big city, small world Big city, small world I saw some kids in the park today Holding each other so the world can’t get away Skyscrapers into a cloudless blue Down in the subway looking for food We were both born in a one-gator town Out on the edge of some shaky ground Always forget the truth of our selves And going around trying to be someone else Big city, small world Big city, small world Big city, small world Big city, small world
2.
Seven Lives 07:22
You know I wasn’t gonna come, But I decided to come Cause it’s been a while since I’ve seen you Back when you helped save my life When you helped saved my life Seven lives That’s what you said to me Seven lives When everyone is fast asleep I’m walking out the door Past the place you used to live To the place we used to go Before you lost your life That’s what she told you, Seven lives He was the flower, she was the bee In Dalton, Georgia from the train I could see the family tree In Dalton, Georgia That’s what she told you, Seven lives I was a fish inside of a fish Ended up in Tarshish A stranger took me in at night And saved my life That’s what she told you, Seven lives On a visit to Saint Brendan’s Isle, Nothing around for a thousand miles Deep within, I found a place I’ve never seen on the Earth’s face That’s what she told you, Seven lives Circling up and around the Sun A bunch of stuff that once was one Moving in and through your brain Just enough to keep you sane That’s what she told you, Seven lives So, so, Sophia So, so, Sophia So, so, Sophia So, So, Sophia
3.
They call me Demolition Man Because they know I can be difficult Sometimes They call me Demolition Man Because they know I can be difficult Wasn’t always But I would do anything Not to blow this world Into smithereens And I would do anything Not to blow this world Into smithereens They call me Demolition Man Because they know I can be difficult Sometimes They call me Demolition Man Because they know I can be difficult Wasn’t always But I would do anything Not to blow this world Into smithereens And I would do anything Not to blow this world Into smithereens I would do anything Anything Anything
4.
Teilhard de Chardin Phenomenon of man Teilhard de Chardin The future of man Teilhard de Chardin The verticil of man Teilhard de Chardin The consciousness of man The Omega Point The Omega Point We’re moving to The Omega Point The Omega Point The Omega Point We’re moving to The Omega Point Teilhard de Chardin The neogenesis of man Teilhard de Chardin The ramification of man Teilhard de Chardin The hominization of man Teilhard de Chardin Collective consciousness of man The Omega Point The Omega Point We’re moving to The Omega Point The Omega Point The Omega Point We’re moving to The Omega Point Psychic zones The proliferation of man Extrapolation The involution of man Cosmic vortex The inner phylum of man Teilhard de Chardin The phenomenon of man Psychic zones The cosmic nature of man The Omega Point The Omega Point The Omega Point The Omega Point
5.
Mackenzie and me up in a tree At Noah’s farm A quarter to three I ran into Lee Out in a pasture When are you coming back to this side of the river? I’m on a riverboat to Clarksdale They found me in a ditch They asked me where I was headed I said to see the witch When are you coming back to this side of the river? I’ve got a friend in Memphis Who’s doing good I knew someone in St. Paul Made of wood When are you coming back to this side of the river? Charley Patton and Skip James Tommy Johnson and the gang These were no friends of mine But I listen to them some of the time When are you coming back to this side of the river? The Kingfish in Baton Rouge From St. Louis to Natchez snakes move When Andrew Jackson came on down Highlanders all around When are you coming back to this side of the river? In Ward’s Creek past Lady of the Lake Dinosaur bones under the Interstate Where Patti-cakes baked your heart into Angel cake with devil’s food When are you coming back to this side of the river?
6.
Dr. Solitude 02:48
Dusting my broom Climbing a wall Shaving my head It’s not that I wanted to be alone, Dr. Solitude A fly on the wall Staring at me A broken mirror above a sink What do they see? Dr. Solitude A bed of clothes on the floor Nothing’s clean anymore The telephone rings Could it finally be, Dr. Solitude? Rats are playing in the trash A neighbor’s listening to the Clash Last night a tarantula moved in While I was dreaming of a long, lost friend Named Dr. Solitude The clock stopped at one I was woken by a gun Then a siren far off calling to me Coming closer, will it finally be Dr. Solitude
7.
The Deep End 04:05
You and I were down by the sea The turtles were laughing Our daughter and son were playing in the shallows While I was reading a book about French gallows It’s a mystery to me how we didn’t see you swimming Toward the deep end Up in this tree There lived a bird A sweeter song no one has heard The neighbors' kid got a gun for his birthday And he shot that bird on the 13th of May My dad planted that tree When he looked a lot like me Now the bird’s floating in the deep end It’s that time in life When you’re living on a knife It got ugly and we let it slice Us in two, we weren’t ready for the stew It got to boiling and what was I to do? It’s a nightmare to see you all Wild and free While I’m sinking in the deep end
8.
Magic Times 02:48
Today is magic Oh God, I love you too Just when I thought I was done in The road it starts to bend Magic, Those were magic times Magic, Those were magic times Today was magic Oh girl, I love you too I think about the day we met I never will forget Magic, Those were magic times Magic, Those were magic times Magic, Those were magic times Magic, Those were magic times
9.
It’s these pieces of me Floating through time When we’re on the line It sometimes confuses me In the Hills of Ali The trip we didn’t see You lost your mind I’m still taping it together Camelback on the Wood Camelback on the Wood Camelback on the Wood Camelback on the Wood There are pieces of me All over this town But underground No one remembers me The closet you found Was safe and round It hovered nicely Over the cemetery Camelback on the Wood Camelback on the Wood Camelback on the Wood Camelback on the Wood
10.
The Dead Sea 05:07
Your heart is a dove Back from the sea On wings you fly down With the branch of a tree In the temples of Jerusalem You were so sweet But on the train to Berlin It’s like you wouldn’t talk to me Your heart is a dove Back from the sea On wings you fly down With the branch of a tree Way out in the wilderness I met the Adversary in me Lights came from a distant place Across the Dead Sea Your heart is a dove Back from the sea On wings you fly down With the branch of a tree

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Ten songs made up of the classic storytelling and charming voice of HB that we've come to expect. From the dreamy, psychedelic vibe of "Seven Lives" to the haunting, mystical mood of "The Dead Sea"--throughout are dazzling and chilling moments intermixed with drop-dead lyrical lines and electronic weirdness adding into some seamless slant on folk electronic pop music, perhaps piped in from a distant star. Emotionally intense, with a deep reverential empathy for the human condition, it's possible that Psychic Breaks might pull you in again-and-again . . . maybe by the tug of a heart string, or maybe it's the pendulum of a mood swing, but most likely it's because you too now have the Psychic Breaks.

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released November 26, 2021

Performed, recorded, and mixed by HB in SF, CA, July 2016-May 2021.
Additional mixing by Myles Boisen, April-May 2021, in Oakland, CA.
Mastered by Myles Boisen in Oakland, April-May 2021.
Cover layout by Geoff Peveto of Austin, TX.

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