Subliminal Stimuli - Drowning

from This Is Not An Hermetic Library Anthology Album -4 by The Hermetic Library

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Drowning
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This is “drowning”, about the internal struggle of living with depression, which has a habit of being, contradictorily, a painful, romantic, and normal state for many who have it.

Alyx says, “I've found that mine has mellowed over the years as I began to recognize that part of the gravity of it was my ability to see succumbing to it as something alluring, and a lot of the pieces that continue to hold me back are related to my perception of my own efficacy. I don't support ablism, but so much can be altered with the mind over matter approach.”

Subliminal Stimuli are an electronic project out of St Louis, Missouri, that Alyx Weaver, or Dr. Aly-X, began from unfinished solo work in the summer of 2021. The group is normally composed of Alyx, a drummer, and a bassist. Most composition is done on a sequencer, and then added to and subtracted from there.

Alyx says, “The idea behind the project is that there are so many subtle and pervasive ways that society has poisoned itself, between the stigmatization of mental health and the glorification of money, greed, conformity. Magic and the occult take a backseat in my work, but ultimately the point I want to make is that humankind is the only animal that ever put so much pretense and effort into destroying itself. I try to tie in themes like shadow work and the divine self in a way that is relatable without prior knowledge of occultism.”

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lyrics

Pay me no attention I'm just drowning
holding on by grace of my routine
I just can't admit to what is taking me
but this is just a shell of what I've been
as I float, I think of all the things that it's stolen
and I still don't know if I'm just dreaming
I imagine what I'll have if I wash in
is there no escaping where I'm stranded
is there life out there beyond the waves
I can only think of once I've landed
but this is just the way I've always lived
I can't see any solid ground ahead of me
Pay me no attention I'm just drowning
can't count on someone else to rescue me
empty words won't stop the sea from taking me
shallow pity cannot help me breath
on my own, fighting tides that never quite recede
is there no escaping where I'm stranded
is there life out there beyond the waves
I can only think of once I've landed
but this is just the way I've always lived x3

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from This Is Not An Hermetic Library Anthology Album -4, released November 24, 2022
Synth/Vocals/Lyrics: Aly-X
Production: JD Tucker

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