{"id":1453,"date":"2018-09-07T20:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T20:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/?page_id=1453"},"modified":"2019-04-19T22:35:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T22:35:56","slug":"ambition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/musical-projects\/sumptus-ignis\/ambition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SI_Ambition-cover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SI_Ambition-cover-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1489\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SI_Ambition-cover-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SI_Ambition-cover-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SI_Ambition-cover-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SI_Ambition-cover-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SI_Ambition-cover-624x624.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1InniOhonWYG4uhLWZQh2o\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3197402808\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sumptusignis.bandcamp.com\/album\/ambition\">Ambition by Sumptus Ignis<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07JKZTJZ7\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07JKZTJZ7\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Deezer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/ambition\/1439635221\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes\/Apple Music<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/browse\/album\/96990646\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tidal<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/artist\/sumptus-ignis-32372420\/albums\/ambition-63390597\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">iHeartRadio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrusaderText-9-7-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrusaderText-9-7-18-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1463\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrusaderText-9-7-18-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrusaderText-9-7-18-768x512.png 768w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrusaderText-9-7-18-1024x683.png 1024w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrusaderText-9-7-18-624x416.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEchoing footsteps call to me<br \/>\nDeep in my fortress of stone<br \/>\nThrough the dark, I smell terror<br \/>\nBehind the bravado<\/p>\n<p>Some would call me lost<br \/>\nI am where I choose to be<br \/>\nI know every mossy corridor<br \/>\nThis labyrinth is my domain<\/p>\n<p>Those who seek a monster<br \/>\nAre sure to find a beast<br \/>\nLurking inside the maze<br \/>\nDeformed and depraved<\/p>\n<p>Despair<br \/>\nDevour the brave and the foolish<br \/>\nWickedness<br \/>\nBeats in the breast of the paladin<\/p>\n<p>Dried blood upon the bricks<br \/>\nTread the path of self-destruction<br \/>\nBring me your heart filled with hate<\/p>\n<p>Look deep into the mirror<br \/>\nSo-called hero<br \/>\nRecognize the horns are your own<br \/>\nBloodlust transformed<br \/>\nParody of righteousness<br \/>\nCrusader of disgust<\/p>\n<p>Disturber of my peace<br \/>\nWhat glory do you hope to gain?<br \/>\nMisguided quest for confrontation<br \/>\nMercenary scum<\/p>\n<p>Step over the clattering bones<br \/>\nOf those who\u2019ve tried before<br \/>\nIn these lightless depths<br \/>\nI hold court<\/p>\n<p>Those who seek a monster<br \/>\nAre sure to find a beast<br \/>\nLurking inside the maze<br \/>\nDeformed and depraved<\/p>\n<p>Despair<br \/>\nDevour the brave and the foolish<br \/>\nWickedness<br \/>\nBeats in the breast of the paladin<\/p>\n<p>Dried blood upon the bricks<br \/>\nTread the path of self-destruction<br \/>\nBring me your heart filled with hate<\/p>\n<p>Look deep into the mirror<br \/>\nSo-called hero<br \/>\nRecognize the horns are your own<br \/>\nBloodlust transformed<br \/>\nParody of righteousness<br \/>\nCrusader of disgust<\/p>\n<p>I turn my eyes away<br \/>\nFrom those who&#8217;ve forced my hand<br \/>\nAnother grim memorial<br \/>\nBone chips and cracked enamel<br \/>\nGround into the stones<br \/>\nEach monument a failure to find a middle way<\/p>\n<p>Dried blood upon the bricks<br \/>\nTread the path of self-destruction<br \/>\nBring to me a heart filled with hate<\/p>\n<p>Look deep into the mirror<br \/>\nSo-called hero<br \/>\nReflect upon your thirst for martyrdom<br \/>\nBeg my help to ease your burden<br \/>\nPurge your veins of passion\u2019s blood<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/HSBtext-9-7-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/HSBtext-9-7-18-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/HSBtext-9-7-18-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/HSBtext-9-7-18-768x512.png 768w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/HSBtext-9-7-18-1024x683.png 1024w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/HSBtext-9-7-18-624x416.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDeath was melody<br \/>\nIn bursts of unexpected black<br \/>\nVivid traumas red sea dark<br \/>\nThese brave open doors<br \/>\nPewter lacerations<br \/>\nBringing hunger and anxiety<\/p>\n<p>A feeling of alignment<br \/>\nRefusal to possess<br \/>\nA love for fearless expiration<br \/>\nWhat it means to be<br \/>\nDescendants of the wolf<br \/>\nDescendants of the wolf<\/p>\n<p>To the gray other side<br \/>\nBut still the eyes lit<br \/>\nShallow light shadows the spring<br \/>\nEase in earth<\/p>\n<p>Among the bitter flowers<br \/>\nIn full bloom<br \/>\nHeartstrings black<br \/>\nHeartstrings black<br \/>\nFrom every corner<br \/>\nRagged breath whistling<br \/>\nChopped out its doubts<br \/>\nOnly an ember<\/p>\n<p>Shine, feverish solution<br \/>\nSuch fracturing to grow<br \/>\nReturn to the dust<br \/>\nTearing apart<br \/>\nReality that threatens<br \/>\nEmbrace the consumed<br \/>\nUnited in blood<br \/>\nMourn another song<\/p>\n<p>The subtle growth requires<br \/>\nFar graver lust<br \/>\nPerforated of new dimensions<br \/>\nYou will have terror<br \/>\nMelody will be born<br \/>\nCry out strange learning<\/p>\n<p>Choke all you need<br \/>\nCultivating to achieve<br \/>\nDarkness seemed deeper<br \/>\nIn a small victim<\/p>\n<p>In the blink of<br \/>\nAbominations<br \/>\nThe experiment delivers<br \/>\nTo lead and inspire<br \/>\nAdversity through failure and<br \/>\nDesire to make<br \/>\nFalling at last<\/p>\n<p>Bruised clouds spilling over<br \/>\nA shrinking sky<br \/>\nLiving its limit and shattering<br \/>\nStraining steps couldn&#8217;t rest<br \/>\nAnd the dark house your grave<br \/>\nFurnished in the reflection<br \/>\nFace another face<\/p>\n<p>A feeling of alignment<br \/>\nRefusal to possess<br \/>\nA love for fearless expiration<br \/>\nWhat it means to be<br \/>\nDescendants of the wolf<br \/>\nDescendants of the wolf<\/p>\n<p>Among the bitter flowers (a feeling of alignment)<br \/>\nIn full bloom (refusal to possess )<br \/>\nHeartstrings black<br \/>\nHeartstrings black (a love for fearless expiration)<br \/>\nFrom every corner (what it means to be )<br \/>\nRagged breath whistling (descendants of the wolf)<br \/>\nChopped out its doubts (descendants of the wolf)<br \/>\nOnly an ember<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Incursiotext.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Incursiotext-300x206.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1457\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Incursiotext-300x206.png 300w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Incursiotext-768x527.png 768w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Incursiotext-1024x703.png 1024w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Incursiotext-624x428.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(interlude)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FAWtext9-7-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FAWtext9-7-18-300x237.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FAWtext9-7-18-300x237.png 300w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FAWtext9-7-18-768x606.png 768w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FAWtext9-7-18-1024x807.png 1024w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FAWtext9-7-18-624x492.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTank treads rumble through the moonless black<br \/>\nA village unaware<br \/>\nAwakened by the sting of a bayonet<br \/>\nAcross a bared throat<\/p>\n<p>Sow the fields with quicklime<br \/>\nAnd shattered bones<br \/>\nThey fire at will, they fire at will<br \/>\nPyres roar in the darkness<br \/>\nTo still the cries<br \/>\nThey fire at will, they fire at will<\/p>\n<p>Gloved fists and razor wire<br \/>\nPenning the survivors<br \/>\nLike starving cattle<br \/>\nThe sick and dying collapse into the filth<br \/>\nTheir eyes are hollow<\/p>\n<p>An orderly line<br \/>\nMoths marching single-file to the flame<br \/>\nCower and obey<br \/>\nAnd be allowed to crawl another day<\/p>\n<p>Broken hands turned to bleeding spades<br \/>\nDigging trenches across the gun sights<br \/>\nThe patient soil awaits unslakable<br \/>\nIt thirsts, without judgement<\/p>\n<p>The earth starts to shake<br \/>\nA paralytic fear<br \/>\nThe stories were true<\/p>\n<p>Peace and sunlight<br \/>\nA thing of the past<br \/>\nShallow trenches filled in<\/p>\n<p>We fall to genocide<br \/>\nWe fall to genocide<\/p>\n<p>Flesh, blood, and irrationality<br \/>\nIt makes no difference<br \/>\nPull the trigger<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll be seeing you soon<\/p>\n<p>Falling into a suffocating void<br \/>\nThe smoking pits<br \/>\nThe shallow graves<br \/>\nBlack with flies<br \/>\nAsh rains upon the earth<br \/>\nThe jutting ribs<br \/>\nThe sobbing ones<br \/>\nStaring naked at a concrete sky<\/p>\n<p>The question remains<br \/>\nUnanswered, unjustified,<br \/>\nThe depths of inhumanity<br \/>\nWhen victory has a hundred fathers<br \/>\nGenocide&#8217;s an orphan<br \/>\nWho gave the order or who just followed<br \/>\nMakes no difference to the slain<\/p>\n<p>Sow the fields with quicklime<br \/>\nAnd shattered bones<br \/>\nThey fire at will, they fire at will<br \/>\nPyres roar in the darkness<br \/>\nTo still the cries<br \/>\nThey fire at will, they fire at will<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/foolish-collage-9-2-18text.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/foolish-collage-9-2-18text-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/foolish-collage-9-2-18text-300x199.png 300w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/foolish-collage-9-2-18text-768x511.png 768w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/foolish-collage-9-2-18text-1024x681.png 1024w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/foolish-collage-9-2-18text-624x415.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nShe is fire and smoke<br \/>\nShifting expressions<br \/>\nI can\u2019t hope to hold<br \/>\nOn canvas or in stone<\/p>\n<p>Compelled to hesitate again<br \/>\nLost momentum<br \/>\nIn reflection<\/p>\n<p>Kept prisoner by this undertaking<br \/>\nBound in chains by memory<br \/>\nThat fades like fog in morning sun<br \/>\nOr is it fear that stays my hand?<br \/>\nCowardice that blinds my eye,<br \/>\nBlunts my tools and drowns my inner fire<\/p>\n<p>This urge, this need, this drive, this obsession<br \/>\nPressure builds behind my eyes<br \/>\nThe blankness stares defiant<br \/>\nPerfection that can\u2019t be matched<\/p>\n<p>Swing the steel to cut and carve<br \/>\nThis foolish endeavor, bold with pride<br \/>\nGouge away the drab fa\u00e7ade<br \/>\nReveal what lies beneath the stone<\/p>\n<p>Compelled to hesitate again<br \/>\nOvercome by dread and doubt<br \/>\nMy creation\u2019s gone awry<\/p>\n<p>Gripping the chisel so tight<br \/>\nBleaching my knuckles to white<br \/>\nWith hate I strike<br \/>\nInto the heart of the stone<br \/>\nTreacherous features disowned<br \/>\nI realize<br \/>\nThe rage of the fury in me<br \/>\nA smashing incision too deep<br \/>\nBlunt surgery<br \/>\nCracks through the marble explode<br \/>\nShatter the cheek and the nose<br \/>\nCrumble to dust<\/p>\n<p>I stumble numbly through the wreckage<br \/>\nWondering what I\u2019ve done<br \/>\nIn my crimson rage<\/p>\n<p>Sharp stones rend my hands to shreds<br \/>\nAs I gather the bloody shards<\/p>\n<p>Mortared by my tears and blood<br \/>\nThe pieces fall into place<br \/>\nI weep with recognition<br \/>\nAs I view my masterpiece at last<\/p>\n<p>Swing the steel to cut and carve<br \/>\nThis foolish endeavor, bold with pride<br \/>\nGouge away the drab fa\u00e7ade<br \/>\nReveal what lies beneath the stone<\/p>\n<p>I bring the hammer down again<br \/>\nAnd chip away the obvious<br \/>\nI cut, I carve, I search inside<br \/>\nUnder the skin lies beauty\u2019s bones<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sacred-Alchemytext-9-7-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sacred-Alchemytext-9-7-18-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1460\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sacred-Alchemytext-9-7-18-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sacred-Alchemytext-9-7-18-768x513.png 768w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sacred-Alchemytext-9-7-18-1024x683.png 1024w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sacred-Alchemytext-9-7-18-624x416.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI dance the wind<br \/>\nAloft my instincts aerial<br \/>\nSeeking ambrosia<br \/>\nThrough nettles and thorns<br \/>\nObstacles impede my quest<br \/>\nMy magnum opus<\/p>\n<p>We toil endlessly<br \/>\nDivine industry<br \/>\nWe shall sanctify<br \/>\nWith vigil and sacrifice<\/p>\n<p>Sacred alchemy<br \/>\nA legacy untold<br \/>\nTransformation so sublime<br \/>\nPaint the world with gold<\/p>\n<p>In writhing cauldrons obscure<br \/>\nElements converge<br \/>\nVenom, wisdom, and wax<br \/>\nTears of the sun<br \/>\nRaining up to the sky<br \/>\nTake wing!<\/p>\n<p>I dance the sun<br \/>\nMotion embodying<br \/>\nThe light divine<br \/>\nTeach what is known<br \/>\nA wordless vision of the world<br \/>\nTo guide the faithful to their goal<\/p>\n<p>Sacred alchemy<br \/>\nA legacy untold<br \/>\nTransformation so sublime<br \/>\nPaint the world with gold<\/p>\n<p>I dance the smoke<br \/>\nIntoxicated blissful dream<br \/>\nWitness to calamity<br \/>\nOur secrets stolen as we slumber on<br \/>\nI\u2019ve lost the sun<br \/>\nThe wind it slips right through my glassy wings<br \/>\nMy thoughts are ashes on the breeze<br \/>\nLost and alone, I dance the soil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambition by Sumptus Ignis Amazon Deezer iTunes\/Apple Music Tidal iHeartRadio Echoing footsteps call to me Deep in my fortress of stone Through the dark, I smell terror Behind the bravado Some would call me lost I am where I choose to be I know every mossy corridor This labyrinth is my domain Those who seek 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