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Thank Freud

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1.
CLIPPED WINGS Song by Rebecca Brinkley and Jim Skeel Poem by Rebecca Brinkley Clipped wings eventually grow back Bloody stumps hide tiny buds So small no one can see them All we feel is pain, at the loss The wounds are tender to the touch We cry a lot and have to walk While we heal in earthbound regions Fretting about how high we could have flown With those wings Who cares about those wings? We kid ourselves compulsively, Watching for signs of new growth Of those wings -- our lovely wings The wounds are tender to the touch We cry a lot and have to walk While we heal in earthbound regions Fretting about how high we could have flown With those wings -- our lovely wings Somehow we learn to live with the pain By stepping forward into the next day, Then into another, until we forget to look At what was and what could have been It is then we notice we are flying -- With those wings -- our lovely wings
2.
Set Yourself Up Song by Hafiza Sue Capehart and Jim Skeel Words by Hafiza Sue Capehart You set yourself up by giving power to the positive. You set yourself up by giving power to the negative. You set yourself up, how do you know what the difference is? Repeat Intuition; intrinsic rationale. Mind and No Mind are incorporeal. The breakthrough comes as you follow 'round the curve of the yin-yang. The breakthrough comes as you follow 'round the curve of the yin-yang. You set yourself up by giving power to the positive. You set yourself up by giving power to the negative. You set yourself up, how do you know what the difference is? Repeat Know no limits of the two extremes. Balance wisdom between the two extremes. The fine line is the space around the dot of the yin-yang. The fine line is the space around the dot of the yin-yang.
3.
Pulsing 05:19
PULSING Song by Jim Skeel and Hafiza Sue Capehart Words by Jim Skeel Sometimes you find life Sometimes it finds you Once in a while you can do without If you open your heart you can feel Yes I can feel The pulsing of life But what good is it If not given a chance? What matters is the warmth Warmth only love can bring Without it there is no chance For a life that starts pulsing Yes that is life But without the love It's better not to start? The pulsing of life A new life is not an accident It takes a willful act Think before you start it About a new life pulsing Yes I can feel The pulsing of life But what good is it If not given a chance? to Survive. Sometimes you find life Sometimes it finds you Once in a while you can do without If you open your heart you can feel
4.
Clenched Fist For Marsha Song by Hafiza Sue Capehart and Jim Skeel Words by Hafiza Sue Capehart Clenched fists and gnashing teeth. Pounding my feet. One foot in front of the other, on and on. The long dark tunnel leads me on and on. The pounding in my head’s the only heartbeat I know. No way to get lost here. There’s nowhere to turn. I suppose what’s before me is what’s behind me. No reason to see, no reason to feel. For the walls of this place are as cold and hard as I feel. Open your eyes. Come into the light. Put one foot in front of the other, on and on. Now, I don’t care that I don’t care that I’m going nowhere. One foot in front of the other, on and on. The skin on my body has turned to stone now. My heart started pounding and I’m scared ‘cause I’m all alone. I turn to get free But the stone pierces through me. The pain is burning as it trickles down my arm. Oh heart, now I feel you and I see how you bleed. And I’m thinking all I want is to try and get out of here. Open your eyes. Come into the light. Put one foot in front of the other, on and on. Come take my hand. Reach out where you stand. Put one foot in front of the other, on and on. I've been here all along, now come walk in the sun. Put one foot in front of the other, on and on.
5.
Ritual of Forgetting Song by Jim Skeel and Hafiza Sue Capehart Words by Jim Skeel The sins of the fathers Come to haunt other men With Ritual of Forgetting We can always cleanse their minds But do we want to forget? Or, do we want to forgive? Do we need retribution? Or a new world to live in? It really doesn't matter From Sarajevo to LA Ritual of Forgetting discriminates that way
6.
Hell’s Casino Song by Hafiza Sue Capehart and Jim Skeel Words by Hafiza Sue Capehart This is not mutual agreement. This is like a bargain with the devil. This is not a win-win situation. Chances are you have no soul to save yourself. You gambled with my life. You stacked your bet against me. But the odds are in my favor. And the roulette wheel is turning… This is not mutual agreement. This is like a bargain with the devil. This is not a win-win situation. Chances are you have no soul to save yourself. You dare to play at Hell’s Casino. Play to win eternal life or death. You didn’t think I’d call your bluff, But there’s one more card to deal… This is not mutual agreement. This is like a bargain with the devil. This is not a win-win situation. Chances are you have no soul to save yourself. Thou shalt not take the Dealer’s name in vain. This is not mutual agreement. This is like a bargain with the devil. This is not a win-win situation. Chances are you have no soul to save yourself. You gambled with my life. You stacked your bet against me. But the odds are in my favor. And the roulette wheel is turning… This is not mutual agreement. This is like a bargain with the devil. This is not a win-win situation. Chances are you have no soul to save yourself. You dare to play at Hell’s Casino. Play to win eternal life or death. You didn't think I’d call your bluff, But there’s one more card.
7.
Fascism 04:23
Fascism Song by Jim Skeel and Hafiza Sue Capehart Words by Jim Skeel In this half light, life is indiscreet But that's OK, you're OK, I'm OK In this half light, decisions can be made Still the wrong things seem to happen But that's OK, you're OK In this half light, you can make the laws Still you cannot change their minds You can only put them in jail
8.
Breakdown 04:35
Breakdown Inspired by the book: The Origin Of Consciousness In The Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes Song by Jim Skeel and Hafiza Sue Capehart Words by Jim Skeel Is it true, long ago, gods spoke to everyone? People walk around and heard the sounds And even saw them in the mists Can it be that their gods were carried inside their heads? Shouting out to help them out And even speaking voices of the dead No more voices speak to us They fade into the dimming past And those who hear the voices now Are locked up or are turned away When the muses sing to us no more and the oracles refuse to speak In truth we lose touch with the divine In the breakdown of bicameral minds With the breakdown came Prophets and Popes religious cruel and kind Even now there may be places to seek Places where the voices still speak Place of awesome surround sight and sound Where only wind surf and space confound The mind thirsts for gods, living gods Has consciousness drown them out? No more voices speak to us They fade into the dimming past And those who hear the voices now Are locked up or are turned away When the muses sing to us no more and the oracles refuse to speak In truth we lose touch with the divine In the breakdown of bicameral minds
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Before and After Inspired by the poem Before and After by Yunus Emre, 1238 – 1320 Song by Hafiza Sue Capehart and Jim Skeel Words by Hafiza Sue Capehart Poem from the book, The Drop That Became The Sea, translated by Kabir Helminski and Refik Algan, Threshold Books. I am before and I am after. I am before and I am after. I am the life of many lives. I am the life of many lives. I am the Guide when she appears. I am the Guide when she appears. To all of those who have lost their way I am the faith of lovers. I made the fields and built the mountains. I put the skies above you. The blind do not need eyes to see me. The blind do not need eyes to see me. I am the One who causes being. I am the One who causes being. When I hide within a heart, I am Islam, I am blasphemy. The One who gives life and gives order The One who wrote the four books Putting black marks on sheets of paper The fabric of the Koran Friend and Creator, I am the Gardener. Friend and Creator, I am the Gardener. This is not Yunus singing, But his very Self. Not to believe would be blasphemy. The First, the Last, the Present.
10.
Trust 03:20
Trust For Rebecca Song by Jim Skeel and Hafiza Sue Capehart Words by Jim Skeel Happiness or anger Anger in love Life sweet and simple is not enough Even as we think to work the words around We use them for the other not enough A stones throw A ripple in a pond Anger recedes with your trust Even as I think I love you so much Forever I think I'll love you
11.
Comfort 04:59
Comfort Song by Hafiza Sue Capehart and Jim Skeel Words by Hafiza Sue Capehart Can you find comfort in the darkness of the unknown? Do you find conflict with the likeness of your image? Repeat Sometimes the beasts in the mirror come to show me who I am. Sometimes medieval faces come to tell me where I’ve been. Where have I been? Can you find comfort in the darkness of the unknown? Do you find conflict with the likeness of your image? Repeat I recognize you from seven thousand years ago. Would you still let me know you seven thousand years from now? Would you let me know you now? Can you find comfort in the darkness of the unknown? Do you find conflict with the likeness of your image? Repeat I wear a clouded mirror for protection from myself. Would you still take the time to try to see through my reflection? Would you try, try to find out throughout time?
12.
Wise Guys 04:32
Wise Guys Inspired by the book: Genius in the Shadows By William Lanouette with Bela Silard Song By Jim Skeel and Hafiza Sue Capehart Words By Jim Skeel Hello World, yes you're still here another day to ponder the meaning of it all You know you have to wonder How we made it through all these years Still scratching and biting Since Leo dreamed the bomb Sticks and stones can break our bones But to kill was harder still, we invented bows and arrows The Chinese then made gunpowder Soon came the rifle and cannon Yeah, we were civilized! Alfred Nobel thought he had ended all war With the substance called dynamite Instead we got the great Patriotic War Crushing the losers into submission Einstein, Teller, Leo Szilard Talked themselves into playing the nuclear card Later Einstein said ancient Chinese were right A wise man takes no action at all So out of the ashes comes Commies and Fascists Hitler scaring poor Leo out of his wits He talked Albert into writing the letter they'd soon regret then FDR he carried the torch I'm sure I don't have to tell you about the outcome of this decision About Japan, Oppenheimer or General Groves And Alfred Nobel created a peace prize in his own honor From the profits he made from it all Einstein, Teller, Leo Szilard Talked themselves into playing the nuclear card Later Einstein said ancient Chinese were right A wise man takes no action at all As Albert said; it's impossible to foresee the results of what you do Now Pandora's box is open and the Genie won't go back in We build up all the arsenals until it was overload Poisoning our only planet Einstein, Teller, Leo Szilard Talked themselves into playing the nuclear card Later Einstein said ancient Chinese were right A wise man takes no action at all
13.
Amnesiacs 05:22
Amnesiacs Inspired by the book: The Critical Path By R. Buckminster Fuller, Song by Hafiza Sue Capehart and Jim Skeel Words by Hafiza Sue Capehart Amnesiac cartographers lost their way off the edge of the world. Tying the knot, day by day Guessing, to keep the beat at 22 degrees Working to windward Working to windward Amnesiac astronomers clock the sun as it circles the planet. Setting the stones, day by day Guessing, to keep the beat at 22 degrees Working to windward Working to windward Charting the way with traces of meridians That were once engraved in their minds. Repeat 3x. Amnesiac executives keep their love beads in a cedar hope chest. Knotting their ties, day by day Guessing, to keep the beat at 22 degrees Working to windward Working to windward You loop around and pull through, Loop around and pull through. Pull it tight, pull it tight.

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1993 / 94

When the world beat band Damawa broke up Hafiza and Jim decided to continue in a completely different vein. They traded in their flute and melodica and picked up electric guitars. The result? Thank Freud.
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released April 1, 2014

THANK FREUD IS:

HAFIZA SUE CAPEHART – ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS, VOCALS, PERCUSSION AND FLUTE
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JIM SKEEL – ELECTRIC GUITARS, VOCALS, SAMPLES, LOOPS, MACHINES AND ODDSORTS
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WITH

ROBERT DUCKWORTH – BASS GUITAR AND DOBRO
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PAT CONWAY – PERCUSSION
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ADDITIONAL PERCUSSION & PHOTOS BY TIM HIGGINS
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REBECCA BRINKLEY BACKING VOCAL ON CLENCHED FIST

CLIPPED WINGS SET TO A POEM BY REBECCA BRINKLEY

BEFORE AND AFTER BASED ON A POEM BY YUNUS EMRE

RECORDED & MASTERED BY JIM / WRITTEN, MIXED AND PRODUCED BY THANK FREUD
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1993 / 94

When the world beat band Damawa broke up Hafiza and Jim decided to continue in a completely different vein. They traded in their flute and melodica and picked up electric guitars. The result? Thank Freud. ... more

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