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Thresher

by Lamniformes

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1.
I dream of golden light And a deep red that isn’t mine Silent and motionless I hide behind your hair In another life I would cut it all off And run away to a church in the woods In another life I would head west And give myself over to the luminous But here and now the cold only deepens (One last thing before I go) What keeps us warm won’t keep us alive
2.
How many layers of detachment can I have before I stop being alive? How much longer can I keep spinning my wheels without knowing how to drive? For all intents and purposes I’m too entrenched and purposeless Another day spent on the couch with nothing to drink but the blood in my mouth It just repeats each day of the week A constant feed in the absence of sleep Shallow rewards that I justify By the minimal amount of mental exercise Order in, buckle down, hit refresh you millennial fuck Brag about every word that you’ve read, you know it never is enough All I do is reiterate, reblog, and masturbate For all intents and purposes I’m too intense and purposeless Another day spent on the couch with nothing to drink but the blood in my mouth
3.
Thresher 02:32
I’ve learned to process the end before anything starts Always had the teeth but not the skin of a shark If you break my heart into a million pieces I’ll already know what defeat is It’s the look on my face when I’m lying awake just before daybreak Before the pressure cracks Before the thresher comes I will breach the surface Cause I believe that the effort’s worth it “Sometimes you need a cul de sac,” she said Well honey I’ll believe that when I’m dead When you finally lower me into the coffin, it’s a moment I’ve thought on often And the fear that I’ll drown in the absence of sound deep underground What will my legacy be? If I admit defeat What will you write around my name? If I can’t leave my own stain Before the pressure cracks Before the thresher comes I will breach the surface Cause I believe that the effort’s worth it Before the curtain falls Before the harvest comes I will bloom with a blinding fury In the last rays of the sun I will swim forever forward
4.
100% Enemy 02:31
I want to take a razor to the mess you call a face Show that underneath the pretext all that you feel is hate You’re a rat that thinks itself a king When will you learn that no one owes you anything? You claim to be a victim while you stand atop our throats Willfully ignorant to the walls you’ve built around your soul You’re a rat that thinks itself a king When will you learn that no one owes you anything? No euphoria No second chance No time for subtlety Fuck you and the ground on which you stand As long as I have teeth I will bite you And as long as I have fists I will bash you You will never be a brother to me 0% friend 100% enemy
5.
The new moon A celestial sickle cell Will you guide my feet tonight? Over bridges built From the bones of junkie kings Whose gold has long since turned to dust And in their place now reign Not in blood but a deeper stain Jackals fat on their remains If I stay I decay Turn inward Crystalize Speak no more If I stay I embrace Empty bliss Dissipate Strive no more But instead I refuse To stagnate I become Lamniform I’m done wading through The wreckage of my high school Waiting for the water to recede Building dreams out of debris Pulling strings out of my wrists Accepting that I won't be missed (one last thing before I go) A rising tide will Lift all of our ships until The waves come crashing down We won't survive The Empire will split When the waves come crashing down

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released September 9, 2016

On Thresher, Lamniformes were:

Ian Cory - Vocals
Jack Ferencz - Guitar
Mike Lambert - Guitar, additional vocals on track 4
Parker Langvardt - Bass, additional vocals on track 4
Peter Reale - Drums
Pamela Buschbacher - additional vocals on track 4 and track 5
Alex Doyle - additional vocals on track 2

Lyrics written by Ian Cory
Music written by Lamniformes

Recorded at Observatory Studios in Chicago by Greg Obis, and at Peter Reale’s house by Peter Reale.

Mixed by Jack Greenleaf

Mastered by Greg Obis

Artwork and design by Sasha Van Dorp

Photography by Richard Gin

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Lamniformes New York

Pronounced "Lam-neh-forms."

The songwriting project of Ian Cory.

Genre agnostic, generally heavy.

"The Lonely Atom" out on 3/29!

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