Instant Madness, by Highlord

Instant Madness

by Highlord

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1.	highlord - Jester's Mask 05:22	lyrics	buy track
There is an Alter in my Ego Always telling me the wrong path I can choose There is an alarm clock in my brain Tick-tock-telling me the hours, the faces, the time, the lies And there are lies all around me, In my friends’ words, my lover’s looks, in each and all of my books Seems I’ve been betrayed all this time By the lies in my words, in my world, all the lies in the truth And I’m tired of feeling sorry I’ve been sorry all this time I’m so sick of feeling guilty Feeling guilty for living my life The jester in a dark corner crying, sorry for All the pain he’s caused, he hops and dances He wears his better mask and his most flamboyant costume While inside he doesn’t know if he’s alive or dead Nor me or my friends are able to live Always looking for cheap girls and thrills, happy tricks and treats Furry animals can trick you, your own mother could slit Your throat at night, you might lose your sanity, boy! And I’m tired of feeling sorry I’ve been sorry all this time I’m so sick of feeling guilty Feeling guilty for living my life The jester in a dark corner crying, sorry for All the pain he’s caused, he hops and dances He wears his better mask and his most flamboyant costume While inside he doesn’t know if he’s alive or dead I’m not a Bit of a Torrent kind The Dead don’t bother me But the Living are such a pain in the ass The jester in a dark corner crying, sorry for All the pain he’s caused, he hops and dances He wears his better mask and his most flamboyant costume While inside he doesn’t know if he’s alive or dead
2.	highlord - Orion and Ocean 06:01	lyrics	buy track
Orion and Ocean A Perpetual Love Dreaming on a blue Diamond path… eternally A radiant lady dressed in white Coral lips and dewy eyes The one who holds out Her waves to the Pleiades Frozen tears warm my heart A dying gem in a golden shell Ethereal spirits lead Our lonely hands The moon reflected on the sea … our sweetest kiss… The rain falling on your lips … my tearless weeping… Death has woven our wedding dress For you I’d refuse the throne in hell Life has part our bodies… Not our hearts A marriage of water and stars Dearest children of Poseidon and Ra The stargazer and the Maiden Hell and Heaven Orion and Ocean A Perpetual Love Dreaming on a blue Diamond path… eternally Endless flight of Two broken hearts Passing over blue Diamond paths… eternally Floating upon Hydrogen lakes Towards clear and distant waves Every night I come into your depth In an ambrosial erotic embrace Bed of sand So far away From human pain Lie with me And kiss my heart as If this were our goodbye at last Lies… Pain… That’s all we have spent in our life Buried in the Palace of Gods Enthroned upon a sea of skulls Dominator of mankind in life… Lonely lover lost in the stars… Hold my hands… Forever… it is what we’re searching for… Orion and Ocean A Perpetual Love Dreaming on a blue Diamond path… eternally Endless flight of Two broken hearts Passing over blue Diamond paths… eternally
3.	highlord - The sweetest drug 05:10	lyrics	buy track
Waiting for the Moment Of Blood to come Pray God protect me From the kind-hearted ones Me and the Devil I can’t say we’re good friends We just don’t bother each other Until we meet again So easy to let the dark thoughts inside your mind So easy to turn on others the pain inside When you know everything You ought to know you’re dead I’ll let my visions flow Inside of your head Never been young Sure I’ll never grow old I’ll suck the breath from your mouth Until your lungs are cold So easy to turn myself into your life’s dark lord Choking the screams inside me with your moans I am a noble thought paying my visit to you at night My smell the sweetest drug, you already want more You can call me Incubus if you please Because I am facing you from above
4.	highlord - Got a price? 05:36	lyrics	buy track
Crying in the dark won’t solve any problem Looking behind, won’t bring her back Listen to my story, my hopes, my lost love, my mistakes… She must know ‘bout the things I’m talkin’ We all face it someday But now it’s time to show what we’ve just learnt She’s a Queen I elope and worship A stinging bee in my head A rusted razorback that wrings my heart tonight (‘Cause we) don’t need a reason to get on fire Don’t need a thousand words to show my desire It’s true… Baby I said it’s true! When the night came over you realized That story was changing your life The pain you felt was the price to pay To stay by one man’s side When the night came over you realized That loving means giving, not taking The pain you felt was the price to pay To stay by my side You said my love was a cage for you You said you couldn’t fly But I’m the angel whose heaven was denied (‘Cause we) don’t need a reason to get on fire Don’t need a thousand words to show my desire It’s true… Baby I said it’s true! When the night came over you realized That story was changing your life The pain you felt was the price to pay To stay by one man’s side When the night came over you realized That loving means giving, not taking The pain you felt was the price to pay To stay by my side
5.	highlord - Life's Lymph 04:50	lyrics	buy track
You love yourself when you come, nobody else The return to the womb is incomplete Your enemies will always live around you When the worst is still in your head Needing a place for your brain, to rearrange itself I yearn to be the centre and the gravity point I carved Babel tower with golden runes Ascending from my blood the spirits’ life My harp will have silver strings, will you ever care? It’s not the meaning what I’m looking for Just the point of no return Maybe only those who leave know it all Life’s lymph is still green like blood Feels like a tree being chopped Feels like the trip has stopped Please scar my brain with your tongue again Please use my life as you best prefer Get ready, we’ll walk on the edge This time we’ve got nothing to share Stop it, live it, enjoy it once again But remember once I was so pure So pure…
6.	highlord - The Trickster 08:16	lyrics	buy track
I’ve got one foot in Heaven and my head lost in Hell Too many stories in my head, the kind you can’t easily tell I’ve got too many bad habits, I have got too many faults Born under the sign of the Capricorn, bastard son of a fish and a goat Always heading for more than I can take And I can never have enough of these feelings And even if I changed my name My eyes would remain the same All hail [The Trickster] He comes [He comes] He messes [Your life up] And then he’s gone All hail the Trickster For he’s the one who comes He messes everybody’s lives up And then he’s gone I am the son of a gun, I am the son of a son Who could never look it in the eye and face the damage he has done I strive with the world to stay pure at heart, as I should have always been So I say another prayer and I take another sip, to keep on with this dream within a dream Always heading for more than I can take And I can never have enough of these feelings And even if I changed my name My eyes would remain the same All hail [The Trickster] He comes [He comes] He messes [Your life up] And then he’s gone All hail the Trickster For he’s the one who comes He messes everybody’s lives up And then he’s gone I dance under the moonlight at the end of the longest days My stomping on the ground becomes the music and the dance itself My mouth can swallow everything, never been sober in my life The dance brings people new life, while the rhythm dampens their thighs Always heading for more than I can take And I can never have enough of these feelings And even if I changed my name My eyes would remain the same All hail [The Trickster] He comes [He comes] He messes [Your life up] And then he’s gone All hail the Trickster For he’s the one who comes He messes everybody’s lives up And then he’s gone
7.	highlord - Instant Madness 07:05	lyrics	buy track
This world’s hungry for violence, and I’m here to feed it Somebody said we’re fuckin’ the wrong hole It’s shit but I’d enjoy it G-sus Krist with a hard-on and a lust for young flesh He was drinking his glass like a man who was searching for something I’m like fresh water flowing from a mountain spring Being born so pure just to die suffocated in the sea I’m a golden god or a glazed devil A wicked angel A lusting mirror for your desires to reflect I am a jeanious or a stupid fool A pointing finger Some discomfort you’d better try Is holiness to be attained through dark thoughts and impure deeds? I fear Heaven gates’ selection… Close your eyes, let your visions flow If women are a weapon of mass destruction Give’em roses then make them bleed There’s something worse than dying for love I’m a golden god or a glazed devil A wicked angel A lusting mirror for your desires to reflect I am a jeanious or a stupid fool A pointing finger Some discomfort you’d better try
8.	highlord - Which side are you on? 05:03	lyrics	buy track
When you were born nobody told you You had the find out the truth by yourself We’ve got evidence of all that happens Our families destroyed by madness How many different gods are bending the world? How many powerful ones are draining it? Brother killing brother, they say We can’t help choosing one side In the depth of our nightmare Hands held for help and hope What is your part in this? Chose your knight… Which side are you on? The sun burns as black as pitch We shed bitter tears for the pain of mankind The false martyrdom cuts down More victims than a pestilence Everywhere someone disappears A day with no future generation’s coming The signs of the end are storming your mind Your soul worn out by rust and despair We infected our own mother To see if we could buy her a cure Chose your knight… Which side are you on? The sun burns as black as pitch We shed bitter tears for the pain of mankind Chose your knight… Which side are you on? The moon bleeds crimson red As you find out what your true name is Are we watching the same Moon Peeping from different, distant skies? Are our feet walking on the same moist, warm earth Guiding our steps through different paths? Are we inhaling the same poisonous Rotting air burning through our lungs? Which road are we destined to follow In perfect, pure, symmetric synchronism Just to walk together again? Is it right to follow those roads? What is the point in deciding?

about

This is the only album the band self-released and produced. The album has been released in Japan in 2006 with the bonus track "cha-la head cha-la" cover of the opening theme for DragonBall Z anime series.
Downloading full album you will be able to get also the full booklet in psd format. Only on BandCamp.

credits

released November 10, 2006

Music & Words: Alex Muscio, Sted, Highlord.

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Highlord joined together in 1996 from a former project called Avatar. Founded by Sted and ex keyboard player Alex, the band recorded seven full lenghts so far, starting in 1998 with "Heir of Power" passing through 2006 " with Instant Madness" and arriving in 2012 with the upcoming new album: "the warning after". ... more