Song post - First Sight

I won't go into a lot behind the story of this song, I think it speaks for itself. This is definitely the most sexual song that KHP has ever written.  It comes of course from a crush on a girl, seeing her at a party, wanting to be with her so much that it sends you into a fantasy about being with her.

First Sight

When our eyes met it felt like it should be a sin

Can't fight this want that is brewing within

unspoken desires they float and swim

in my glass with the ice and the tonic and gin

I know you want me

Just say that you want me

I walk up from across this crowded room

I'm just close enough that I can smell your perfume

You look so good in this light

Please say that you'll come home with me tonight

I do more than undress you with my eyes

I can feel my hips pressed against your thighs

I can see your eyes change your pupils grow

we both glisten with sweat as we move and flow

you know I want you

why can't I have you

I walk up from across this crowded room

I'm just close enough that I can smell your perfume

You look so good in this light

Please say that you'll come home with me tonight

Leadlight Iris, A colaboration!

If you haven't already noticed, KHP is a band with no limitations to the type of music that they play. They have written and performed songs touching on lots of different genre. The newest venture touches on the world of hip hop. The band had been working on the music to a new song, and when hearing it, Kristian decided that this song would be perfect to have hip hop verses to it.

Many rock bands have tried to do hip hop and always make it sound cheezy and ungenuine. KHP wanted it to sound as good as possible and so colaborated with a local hip hop MC named "Constable" from the group "Drunken Masters"... Constable wrote the verses to this new song and Kristian wrote the chorus. KHP performed this song at their last show in Ogden and will soon be putting it up on  youtube, so look for the links.. In the meantime, here are the lyrics to the song. The meaning behind the name is fairly simple. Leadlight is another name used for Stained Glass, and Iris of course is part of the human eye, the part said to map the soul.. so in other words "Stained Glass eye"

Leadlight Iris

I'm sick of struggle, sick of stressing sick of life

sick of liquor and its vigor being why I sleep at night

I need some light with this dreary darkness closing in

its hard to play the game when you know you'll never win

now look into my eyes, the window to the soul now tell me is there one inside

tell me what you see, a reflection of yourself or are you seeing through to me

is it sin? or is it just impending defeat?

I miss the days when I was too intensive to be beat

these bitter sweet, sweet and sour contradictive lives

I hear that normal people do not wish for their demise

they say the sky's the limit but its deminished in my eyes

two cups of coffee mixed with whiskey in the morning when I rise

now look into my eyes, the window to the soul now tell me is there one inside

tell me what you see, a reflection of yourself or are you seeing through to me

I despise the fact that I despise myself

would I rather that I'm not alive or be somebody else

or is it wealth? that happiness inside a dollar bill

why should I do my best to supress my desire to kill

and free will's a joke, cause nothings for free

even imaginary gods will try to tell you how to be

so don't you see I search for meaning at the bottom of a cup

and even though I keep on trying I'm not having any luck

only the good die young, which means I'm probably stuck

and I guess I could keep caring but I just don't give a fuck

So look into my eyes, the window to the soul now tell me is there one inside

now tell me what you see, a reflection of yourself or are you seeing through to me now

Song Post: Volar Alto

The main inspiration for this song is the Greek story of Icarus. When I was told this story as a child, It was implied that the lesson learned in the story was to heed your warnings. Being a defiant child with my own obsessions with flight, I didn't agree with this theory. I felt that the meaning to the story was that to some people it just may be worth the price. Some people have never come across this story, or may not remember it, so here is the basic story of Icarus.

Daedalus, a talented and remarkable Athenian craftsman, Was hired by King Minos to built a Labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur (half man, half bull). One day, Theseus, the enemy of the king, went into the Labyrinth to defeat the Minotaur. The Kings Daughter, Ariadne was in love with Theseus and wanted to help him survive, so with help from Daedalus, she gave Theseus a clew of string to help him find his way out of the Labyrinth. When King Minos learned of this, he exiled Daedalus and his son Icarus from the land of Crete.

To escape the island that they were exiled to, Daedalus built wings out of wax and feathers for himself and his son. Before taking flight, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea. Icarus was overcome with the feeling of flight, he kept rising higher and higher into the sky. Eventually he came too close to the sun, which melted the wax holding his wings together, and Icarus fell to his death.

The name of the song is simple. It just means "To Fly High" in Spanish. I thought that even though it is spanish, it almost has a greek sound to the name. After reading that story, it becomes pretty obvious what the meaning of the song is, but what I added to my version is how people have the tendency to create limits for other people by telling them things like: "It isn't possible", or "you could never do that", or even as rude as "You will only fail, why even try?" When we are young, we look at things in a pure point of view. If we want to know if something is possible, all we have to do is try. Unfortunately, even though I felt this way as a child and believe this to be a great way to see things, I have still had a lifetime of people telling me what is and isn't possible. If only I could remove those thoughts and get back to that childish and pure way of thinging.. I wonder what would happen if...................

Volar Alto

When I was of a younger mind

I knew no boundaries when I looked toward the sky

I was warned of a price so great

but I knew that there was a larger fate

in store for me

The price some pay to rise above them all

to some is worth making that fatal fall

I've since been grounded by a jury of my peers

convinced to limits by all the doubt and fears

I wave goodbye as my feet leave the ground

you clip my wings but my will cannot be bound

and I will fly

The price some pay to rise above them all

to some is worth making that fatal fall

Song Post: Blood Stays On The Blade

I am going to start blogging the lyrics to our songs starting with our newest song "Blood Stays On The Blade"

This song is written about a man that is going into a kill or be killed battle with another man. The basis of the story is that he is a complete contradiction of confidence and apprehension because he used to be a tough guy not to mess with, but he is slightly getting older. Although he feels that he is fully capable, he can't help but feel a little bit of doubt.

We actually had this whole song finished, all of the music and lyrics, except for the line "blood stays on the blade" before we had decided on a name. The basis of the song and its content reminded me of a scene in the movie "Gangs of New York" it was just before the opening battle between the two main gangs in New York. An older man was shaving his face with a straight razor while his young son stood and watched. After the man finished shaving, he cut a small cut into his cheek and hands the razor to the little boy. The little boy is about to wipe the blood on his pants to clean the blade when his father stops him.. "No" he says, "The blood stays on the blade"

Here is the actual scene in the film

Blood Stays On The Blade

I've got just enough pride to make a foolish mistake
but I've got just enough fight to make it out of this place

Don't think, just because I'm calm that I'm the weaker man

and don't think, just because I won't doesn't mean that I can

With a Blade in my pocket and a flame in my eye

I am too old for combat but I'm too young to die

Blood stays on the blade

I've got another mans blood all over my hands

now I've got to go on the run 'cause I'm a wanted man

I warned you before that this would be a fight

your point doesn't matter now if you were wrong or right

With a Blade in my pocket and a flame in my eye

I am too old for combat but I'm too young to die

Blood stays on the blade