The Gnosis Scepter

by Noel Divad

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1.
sitting here alone in my bedroom staring through the walls picking out the faces in the clouds i wanna stay, but i have to go soon cause i hear the call i have begun to become one with the sound touching you alone in my bedroom i lose my self in your eyes i can't control this hole within my soul so i'm dancing in the light of a full moon singing to the skies someone told me i am growing old just picking out the faces in the clouds a never ending search for the right sound i can't control this hole within my soul someone told me i am growing old sitting here alone in chicago waiting for my train thinkin bout the faces in the clouds not much longer now until i go assimilating myself into the crowds sitting by an airplane window flying through the sky i've become a face up in the clouds heaven's very nice, but i must go so i'll say goodbye you know that what goes up will come back down just picking out the faces in the clouds assimilating myself into the crowds i promise you that i'll return again i'm honest to my calling in the end
2.
thoughts drifting away just like waves upon the water's surface what is the meaning of it all? i only feel lonely til i realize there is no purpose at least none that i can recall dreams will fade away and the clouds become precipitation it only rains when angels cry night turns into day revolutions, but no revelations a waste of time to wonder why living for today as if i know tomorrow's never coming but the sun came up again i'll give it all away and i will learn to be content with nothing but there's no point to pretend i stir myself awake but i can not tell if i'm still dreaming what does it matter anyway? i'll bend until i break thought i would by now, but i'm still breathing everything's gonna be ok
3.
you knew i was a snake before you picked me up and made me yours don't worry babe, its quite alright its just a tiny little bite you knew i was a vampire but you just had to play with fire now you say you can't stand the pain its such a shame, its always the same cause my tail rattled and i hissed but you still came in for a kiss i didn't want it to end like this but a snake like me just can't resist the same one i loved before became the one i now ignore this game we play, its so unfair i'm well aware but i don't care cause my tail rattled and i hissed but you still came in for a kiss i didn't want it to end like this but a snake like me just can't resist i'm coiled up and ready to strike at whatever the fuck i feel like i'm cold blooded and unconcerned if this god forsaken world should burn
4.
The Teacher 04:21
the champion of truth harbinger of wisdom enlightener of youth working within the system a compass for the mind feeding curiosity the teacher is enshrined above the damn academy inspire me to learn show me how to question teach me to discern the truth within your lesson cure my ignorance with the light of reason you make a difference if only for a season your altruism freed me from my prison thanks for the wisdom and for putting up with me i will remember that you never surrendered a graduate you rendered you set me free
5.
Lockdown 05:05
lockdown lockdown lock the door shut the lights off say no more go behind your desk and hide wait until its safe outside lockdown lockdown its all done now its time to have some fun

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Recorded at Alpha Sound Studios in Geneva Illinois by Doug Agee during the Spring and Summer of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic (and released 40 days before the election).

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released September 25, 2020

All Instruments performed by Noel Divad, except drums by Doug Agee, and some lead guitar at the end of Lockdown by Ricky Liontones.

Cover artwork by Theo Thirdaye and remixed by Colin Clark.

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Noel Divad Chicago, Illinois

I'm a 4th generation guitarist and I've been at it for 20 years now. I've played in Empire Waste, Radio Creeps, Grainshifter, Atomic Love, Polite Machines, and Bad Motorfingers. I'm a punk rock hippie stuck in the 90s. This is my sound, and its hard to call it anything besides rock. Apply whatever labels you like. Because if rock'n'roll is dead, then I guess that makes me a zombie ;) ... more

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