Demo 2015, by Somniosus

Demo 2015

by Somniosus

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1.	Physeter (Demo 2015) 05:31	lyrics
I am passive well-adapted but this pressure is not the answer I dive deep to let you see me but I wonder if the plunge is worth this I'm trying to reach you and the depths are calling out to me why do you bring me down to you? I know it's never the perfect meeting Architeuthis! why do we have to do this? Bothria! Why do I dive for you? you move like a kraken you could have all the oceans, broad and blue evolved into physeter in a way, I was made for you these entrapments will not last me and the weight will pull me under I was supposed to come up for air I know you didn’t mean to call my blunder I promise you the next time I will have mastered my breathing put your arms around me and tear me limb from limb twist until my jaw breaks off and peel away my skin* so where is my niche purpose? I’m outclassed by my prey and still I’m hunted these waves I’m sure that you made them all that’s in my life, you have experienced my bay’s a part of your ocean that’s life when I’m a subset of you something’s wrong when I need more air than you I’m seeing ghosts in graves I never slept in and maybe Herman Melville had it right my body floats above the waves red and white one lungful, ballast unsure I hover between our worlds I am trying to dive down to you embrace me embrace me I drown in what's home for you erase me erase me Architeuthissss!
2.	So Unreplaceable (Demo 2015) 05:36	lyrics
at some point you just give up and withdraw into your delusions the invention of perfection passed over for the first show of interest if I can create you then I can't erase you. as if my invention won’t shape my perceptions make no mistake, she is a toxin she is poison, a serpent, a lie a gremlin playing on the wing of pestilence and good god do I need her tonight the fruits of the fantasy will tie your heart to the mockery live x2 today we walked hand-in-hand I could’ve sworn you weren’t there just lonely - I’ll join you when I find a way to dissolve here in the past it’s hurt me so much and I thought I might still hold a grudge become my wings and my crutch where's the grudge that I fear won't trust or perhaps it's hidden by lust blunted by insufficient disgust you’re not what you used to be and I’m nothing more than dust I don’t belong in this world just let me dissolve! Wordless Scream you have been forgotten too just name all who cry for you! understand we’ve no control and our loss is what makes us whole x2 I used to think that I was special and guess I fell for it you're about the same as I am - nothing worthwhile I'm nothing perfect but I know my limits that's it, the difference between us I see the strings that pull on us puppets please, don't think that I am mad this is perfectly lucid blame still rests squarely on my shoulders I've grown up some and I've gotten round to de-romanticizing everything that made me prone to your... your dead embrace
3.	Popul Vuh (Demo 2015) 06:42	lyrics
Deep in the sea / The Plumed Serpent Clothed in quetzal plumes The Hurricane God / Heart of the Sky Desirous of [plentiful] praise Chorus: They drained the sea / for cypress and pine Plants with no words / couldn’t praise the gods thus heart of the earth / and the hurricane created creatures to guard / the creators woods though speech had they / not that of the gods Another endeavor / was henceforth attempted but withered away / from the waters touch so gods then carved this / of the coral wood human figures / hewn stewards failed to fulfill / their purpose and faith drowned and destroyed / for their deceit and weakness their weakness of soul Rain of Resis / to rift the earth fell forth from the sky the gouger gouged / their eyes to gore wood men would not suffice Jaguar tore / flesh with teeth Bloodletter snapped necks and smiled Chaos reigned / the rulers wrought thru beasts in human blood bathed (chorus) Now the earth lay still / with silent fields Sodden with the blood of men Purified and cleansed / Of their sin Fertile to begin again (chorus) Now Plumed Serpent / and Heart of the Sky Were stuck again at the start as they disputed / on that day The animals brought the answer Fox and Coyote / Carried the corn with Parrot and Crow presented Maize would Make / the perfect men to pray and protect the land

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released October 31, 2015

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Somniosus Saint Paul, Minnesota

You could call Somniosus metal magpies, a metal band greedily stealing the shiniest bits from whatever genres catch their eye.

At parties, Somniosus just says "oh, we're in a metal band" and everyone smiles and nods politely.