of Montreal – Psychotic Feeling

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How can it be done?
How can we escape from this indigent state?
We try for so long, and now I'm afraid it might happen too late
I get the sense you look at me like at some distant star
I never really could accept how taciturn you are
But why does it feel?
Like the choir is weeping?
And the conductor is reeling
It's such a psychotic feeling
I wish I could talk
I wish I could live like there was nothing to hide

I wish that you knew how completely I'm struggling inside
Will you stay or will you turn away from me like them?
When you start to understand how cynical I am
But can you say it doesn't feel
Like a skeleton has melted
And the wallpaper's peeling
It's such a psychotic feeling
Faster, faster, faster
I wanna come back to you
Oh but my head is so full of this horrible light
It just attacks
I can't fight back

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Track duration: 03:05

"Psychotic Feeling" as written by Kevin Barnes

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    General Comment:this song doesn't fit the tone of Hissing Fauna at all, but it is good enough to be on HF.
    great song.
    Flag abgcunited11on January 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This wouldn't have been out of place on Icons, Abstract Thee...
    It feels me with sadness... and makes me taciturn, in turn.
    Flag IndieKid1977on September 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:"I wish I could talk.
    I wish I could live like there was nothing to hide.
    I wish that you knew how completely I'm struggling inside."

    I heard this song on a polyvinyl records demo cd, I played it a billion times. Amazing words
    Flag supermariaaaaaon June 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I'm not going to comment on whatever this song was supposed to be about. I don't really care about Kevin's divorce or whatever, even though this was "previously unreleased" and wasn't on Hissing Fauna (which, incidentally, I am sooo dissapointed in). Anyway, the question asks "What does this song mean to YOU", not "what does this song mean to the writer?"

    I get so weirded out by timing. This song was on the Polyvinyl Sampler that they sent with Hissing Fauna. I can't even describe how perfect this is with a certain situation of mine. "How can we escape from this indigent state?" How can I even BEGIN to open myself up to you? Will you ever do the same for me?


    Not to mention, this song sounds AMAZING. And, ugh-- taciturn! What a word! This is the Of Montreal I know and love.
    Flag spanwayhitson January 22, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:wow, a reference to The Yellow Wallpaper would make so much sense since that story is about struggling and holding back and going crazy. i love this song.
    Flag g0wthefl0won January 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"And the wallpaper's peeling" - is that a reference to the Yellow Wallpaper?

    I thought that line was kind of lacking, until I realized what it might refer to. Thoughts?
    Flag lepidoptera3on October 16, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I had to transcribe this just by listening to it, so a few of the words might be off, but it's an amazing song. :)
    Flag mynameisntanaon January 14, 2006   Link

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