Ascensionism Lyrics

Lyric discussion by EternalTearsOfSorrow 

Cover art for Ascensionism lyrics by Sleep Token

This track describes how vocalist Vessel submitted himself to someone who sought to control and/or deceive him. Vessel exposes his own vulnerability and pain and requests that they turn him into their mannequin – in contrast, the subject is described to be “half algorithm, half deity” and suggested to have inhuman features with more than two eyes. This description could be that of Sleep Token’s fictive god Sleep and it could pertain to a human partner Vessel has had in the past.

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