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Ruminant

by Lapsarian

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1.
Godspeed 06:38
Reaching past the clouds Sunlight filters out Nothingness abounds Guiding us somehow Somehow… Surrender To the vast, hostile, foreign, formless The unblinking Void Takes hold and lifts you, weightless, up To view this canvas of the gods To feel minute in its scope And be lost in its grandeur Transmission outgoing (CAN YOU) No reception (READ US?) Tell me, do angels weep (CAN YOU) When smoke fills the heavens? (READ US?)
2.
So funny we should meet Like strangers in this bar Please, let me buy your drink You really came so far yet How strange that you should run From what you know’s inside You point the finger, but I’m right behind you So good to see you here This time let’s make it last And all those empty years We’ll leave them in the past Let’s get you to your room It’s far too crowded here We need some time alone Say goodbye I can’t sleep Will you stay up late with me We can talk about Everything I missed I can’t sleep Will you stay up And talk with me Share everything It’s hard to hear you Through the snot and tears Take a look at yourself You could break a mirror I walk to the door And turn the lock And turn off the lights And turn the lights off I’m closing the curtains It’s just you and me now You can let it all out I’m going to let it all out All out Let it, let it Come down And get it, forget it Hang tight Kicking, just kicking Face white Just kicking and kicking
3.
Gaze upon the light, Misleading those enthralled, That which was perceived Is but a shadow on the wall much too dazzled to see distinctly what had cast silhouettes she once saw That which was perceived Is but a shadow on the wall What is this? This light burns my eyes I am filled with a strange sense of life Am I mad? Or have I gone blind? Everything: familiar and new A startling change Flashes of light, floods of color The outside world comes into focus Overwhelming Overcome By brand new sensations I must return I must shatter their chains I will dispel their illusions And bring them Into the light Gaze upon the light, Misleading those enthralled, That which was perceived Is but a shadow on the wall Obstinate, Impetuous children Content to remain in their cage They reject all that I offer As folly - foul and profane
4.
Deadseer 06:23
There are ghosts all around me Dull eyes and pallid skin No depth to their gaze Just a sketch of hatred My sins compounded The weight of transgressions It is always with me Always with me Wrongs I can never right There will be no salvation A prison of my own making that follows me There is no speech between us No spark of recognition Whatever once was has withered A bitter memory is better than none To keep alive the lingering warmth we shared The new coldness Each day eternal The chill births uncertainty Willowy and translucent; the dead are all around me Ghoulish caricatures with outstretched hands I long to give them what they seek but I’m too weak for peace Ever insatiate; Spectral shadows arise They want no vengeance; But their enmity is plain Eyes on the ground; Head full of stars; My hands to my chest Fingers find the leak As red blood ascends to my mouth Ashen hands enclose me As red blood ascends to my mouth Ashen hands enclose me As red blood ascends to my mouth Ashen hands enclose me As red blood ascends to my mouth Ashen hands enclose me As red blood ascends to my mouth Ashen hands enclose me To lay me in my grave

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Ruminant, the debut EP from Washington, DC's Lapsarian, is a four-song sojourn that runs the stylistic gamut without sacrificing its focus on captivating song-craft. From the melancholic post-rock that launches "Godspeed," to the flensing progressive black metal of "Deadseer," the cathartic post-metal release of "Allegory of the Cave," and the near-psychedelic doom of "The Accomplice," Ruminant offers something for everyone and does so with aplomb, with healthy injections of prog, sludge, and even blasting grind along the way. This is just the beginning: fans of adventurous heaviness should expect much more from this formidable quartet in the years to come.

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released November 22, 2019

Clay Oboth - Guitars, Vocals
Chase Madson - Guitars, Vocals
Harrison Pippin - Bass
Lee Stablein - Drums

Production, Engineering, and Mixing by Blaine Misner
Mastered at Earthtone Studios by Patrick Hills
Cover Art by Lee Stablein

Recorded at Cue Recording Studios in Falls Church, VA

All songs written and performed by Lapsarian

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Lapsarian Washington, D.C.

Lapsarian (adj): Concerning the biblical fall of humankind

progressive post-metal quartet // esoteric musical wizards // flashes of light, floods of color

Washington, DC //
San Diego, CA

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