Cantrell, Jerry - Psychotic Break Lyrics






I feel the fear take hold
Reside in darkness, thrive where most won't go
Adrift, I curse this gift
And hope you'll never know

Feel like a psychotic break comin' on
Snapping two by fours
Punching holes in dry wall

Feel like a psychotic break comin' on
Chalking up my dead friends
And loved ones long gone

I feel the fear take hold
Reside in darkness, thrive where most won't go
Adrift, I curse my gift
And hope you never know

Feel like a psychotic break comin' on
Snapping two by fours
Punching holes in dry wall

Feel like a psychotic break comin' on
Thinking 'bout my dead friends
Whose voices ring on





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  1. o.... d....

    Dark heavy sad angry all at once in his guitar sound..

  2. k.... ....

    Beautiful song! Should have been in AIC amazing catalog!

  3. T.... A....

    Thinking 'bout my dead friends
    Whose voices ring on

  4. M.... ....

    Very doomy

  5. 1.... ....

    Jerry is a music God!

  6. �.... �....

    I wan't to turn this song on my funeral.

  7. J.... K....

    Is there any footage of him playing this live? Not audio but actual camera footage?

  8. B.... S....

    I feel this song so deeply. I cycle and cycle through this song alot.

  9. M.... F....

    This is some deep stonner shit. Love Jerry.

  10. a.... a....

    is william duvall singing with jerry on this song

    a.... a....

    Naa this was a solo project Jerry did years back. Wicked stuff!

  11. S.... ....

    Cant get enough of this gold

  12. K.... L....

    This song is literally a soundtrack of my life. Every day, waiting for the break.....

  13. B.... G....

    I always feel like Layne is singing with him maybe beyond the grave I believe /w\` I curse my gift and hope you'll never know /w\ thinking bout my dead friends who's voices still ring on.

  14. B.... V....

    The first 5 songs on this album are all AWFUL

  15. R.... ....

    Sick sick vocal harmonies, earth shattering heavyness and riffs; one of his finest songs.

    R.... ....

    Good descriptors there and I agree this is a movement

  16. S.... C....

    This is absolutely gorgeous!! Master!

  17. N.... S....

    Amazing song! Great pump-up song before a sporting event! Jerry has a lot of good tunes for WWE intro songs as well.

  18. M.... K....

    Saat sabahın 3 ü ve yine buralardayız ....

  19. 5.... c....

    jerry needs to tour his solo stuff waaaay more.

    5.... c....

    Both Mike Bordin and Robert Trujillo have urged Jerry to tour again. Sadly, Jerry has said that Deg Trip was a record that he doesn't listen to anymore because it was a very dark time in his life.

    5.... c....

    I can feel that 😶🎶🎶

  20. v.... ....

    \o/ yea!

  21. m.... a....

    This song is intense... like camping!

    m.... a....

    No, just no 😂

  22. C.... C....

    Wow..dark but a masterpiece. Sounds as if he had Layne on his mind when he wrote this song.

    C.... C....

    Layne was very much alive when Jerry wrote this around 98 or 99. The album was released a week before Layne's death.

  23. B.... G....

    Thinkin' bout my dead friends who's voice's ring ooonnn!!! /₩\~

    B.... G....

    its eerie how this is so prophetic

    B.... G....

    Rotten Apple it was true for him at the time and even more true for him now. So sad.

  24. B.... G....

    I feel it comin ooonnn!!! punchin holes in dry waaalll!!!

  25. S.... ....

    This song hit me like a truck today.. Last week, I lost a very close childhood friend to cancer. Earlier this year, a new friend took his own life. It's dark music such as this masterpiece that gives me the strength to move forward.

  26. A.... B....

    Even better than Alice in Chains yet this had to be cleared off the shelf just so Godsmack and Papa Roach could keep selling clichéd and generic records for another fifteen years

    A.... B....

    holy fuck thank you whoever you are

  27. J.... A....

    Sounds like Megadeth(Risk era).

    J.... A....

    I dont hear that at all.

  28. N.... 7....

    Jerry is so underrated as a musician and song writer

    N.... 7....

    deepcreep98 that’s the same thing I have gotten from the 2 times I met him. Super cool ,unnecessarily kind and patient.

    N.... 7....

    This is one of the coolest songs ever written

    N.... 7....

    underrated by whom?

    N.... 7....

    I thought that Jerry Cantrell was an underrated guitarists but I saw interview where he said he did not want to be an Eddie Van Halen in the band

    N.... 7....

    @Quineon Extras what a dick

  29. M.... P....

    I have always thought that this song may possibly be a song about his father (US ARMY; Vietnam) and survivors guilt.

    M.... P....

    Jerry might have felt guilty that he was still alive and Layne and his own cousin weren't.

  30. A.... ....

    Wow, Layne coming across on that last line..

    A.... ....

    My thoughts exactly...

    A.... ....

    Cantrell dedicated this album to Layne, actually

  31. J.... D....

    beautiful haunting voices

  32. M.... D....

    all I hear are disembodied voices, disenchanted spirits, and dismembered band members bangin on the back doors.

  33. A.... S....

    new music. awesome! can't believe i've never heard this one!

  34. P.... S....

    I just didn't like the snare very much in this album, kinda sounds like St. Anger

    P.... S....

    you mean the bass

    P.... S....

    AZED Bob Rock did the bass on St. Anger.

    P.... S....

    Dumbass

  35. M.... M....

    This song explains me.......Period. Thanks Jerry for an explanation of the sickness...........

  36. B.... B....

    fear take hold
    Reside in darkness, thrive where most won't go
    Adrift, I curse this gift
    And hope you'll never know

    Feel like a psychotic break comin' on
    Snapping two by fours
    Punching holes in dry wall

    Feel like a psychotic break comin' on
    Chalking up my dead friends
    And loved ones long gone

    I feel the fear take hold
    Reside in darkness, thrive where most won't go
    Adrift, I curse my gift
    And hope you never know

    Feel like a psychotic break comin' on
    Snapping two by fours
    Punching holes in dry wall

    Feel like a psychotic break comin' on
    Thinking 'bout my dead friends
    Whose voices ring on

  37. N.... B....

    Master piece!

  38. P.... ....

    1000th sub! Awesome song man

  39. M.... C....

    Jerry opened with this song, and then Bargain Basement Howard Hughes in 2002. A birthday I'll never forget.

  40. 8.... ....

    Summer 2002...right after layne died. Jerry walked up on stage, put a foot up on the monitor...and broke into this song. As good as it gets!

    8.... ....

    83killerv did the same thing in Philly that fall.

  41. D.... K....

    Great song

  42. a.... ....

    The guitars and vocals in this song are great. Just found it last night and being a huge Alice In Chains fan this is a treasure to find.

    a.... ....

    Same thing with me man! I just found this song as well. Been an AIC fan for 8 years now. Very happy I found this.

    a.... ....

    Check out Bargain Basement Howard Hughes by Jerry Cantrell :) you wont be disappointed.

    a.... ....

    "Gone" and "Hurt A Long Time" are another couple greats from his solo efforts...

  43. J.... M....

    Badass song.. this fits my description cus my friend died a year back

    J.... M....

    i remember when by best friend died,,, only advise i got ,,, live everyday as if they were by your side.      sorry for the newsflash, but the longer the live,, the more people are gonna die around you.   chin up,,, live on and enjoy your gift of existence.

    J.... M....

    True that...

  44. P.... G....

    German song

  45. I.... L....

    is there a live video for this song please? I can't find one

  46. P.... ....

    nostalgia of some grunge 

  47. d.... ....

    Dark masterpiece.

    d.... ....

    deepcreep98 I have to agree with you, dark masterpiece for sure

    d.... ....

    solitude is better
    but yeah nice

    d.... ....

    I love Solitude too... another one of my favorites. Peace my friend. Have a good day every day, please.

    d.... ....

    *Accelerator

  48. c.... C....

    THOUGHTS OF A DREAM NEVER DREAMED

    c.... C....

    Yahchagnnan Chelekiyah Basave Dreams of nightmares that stare at me as I awake to fall down once more.

  49. R.... M....

    "Eu sinto o medo tomar conta. 
    Residir na escuridão, prosperar onde a maioria não vai.
    À deriva, eu amaldiçoo este presente e espero que você nunca saiba..."

  50. a.... i....

    essa musica tem a cara do LAYNE STALEY,parece ate que ele tambem estar cantando na voz de fundo,gostei,gostei mesmo.alguem sabe quem o outro vocal que estar cantando com o JERRY CANTRELL esta musica?

    a.... i....

    alice in chains acho que ele gravou por cima com uma voz mais eco, entao acho que é só ele que canta essa.

  51. S.... S....

    beautiful

  52. s.... ....

    that's what I tought too, it's really deep. masterpiece