You've got such a psychic life to live.

I picked up Roky Erickson's album "Never Say Goodbye" back in 1999 from Ozone Records in Portland, Oregon.
Though I was just starting to familiarize myself with him as an artist back then, this album in it's stark, vulnerable tone caught my attention immediately and never let go.
I've always envisioned this particular track to be playing during the end credits of a film:

Many of these tracks were actually recorded during a stint in a mental hospital, and it's rawness is both heartbreaking and beautiful.
Read a little bit about the story of the album here:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0jfpxqtjldde

Also, I think it's a pretty hard album to come by these days, so if you'd like, you can download the whole thing here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=40di1zpk

http://www.emperorjones.com/roky.html

You've got such a psychic life to live.

Written and recorded when he was still in a mental institution, this song from Roky Erickson will always break my heart.
Hadn't listened to it in years, but for some reason it came into mind today,
in the midst of such a hectic work week where I've barely had a second to breathe,
where talk of Carl Jung and the charting of dream-life keeps interjecting itself into my thoughts.
Figured I'd better pay attention.

http://www.rokyerickson.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roky_Erickson
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Say-Goodbye-Roky-Erickson/dp/B00000GBR8
http://www.emperorjones.com/roky.html