Moments From Ephemeral City

by Caligula's Horse

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Taking their name from the mad Roman emperor and his beloved steed Incitatus, CALIGULA’S HORSE is an Australian progressive rock/metal band intent on bridging the gap between dynamic, meaningful songwriting and instrumental prowess.

The brainchild of guitarist, songwriter and producer Sam Vallen, CALIGULA'S HORSE - initially composed of just Vallen and vocalist Jim Grey - released its digital debut “Moments From Ephemeral City” in April 2011, and received instant acclaim from lovers of all strains of progressive music across many continents. Originally intended as a studio-only project, Vallen and Grey put out feelers for a live band soon after the album's release, assembling the current lineup of Geoff Irish on drums, Zac Greensill on guitar and Dave Couper on bass and vocals.

CALIGULA’S HORSE's approach to songwriting is uncompromisingly eclectic, but no less accessible to audiences of all different musical styles. They take influence from such bands and artists as Devin Townsend, Pain Of Salvation, Opeth, Meshuggah, Porcupine Tree, Steve Vai, Frost, Periphery, Karnivool, Muse, Steely Dan, The Beatles, and Frank Zappa amongst many others.

After months of rehearsing the recorded material, and also recording two additional tracks as the “Colossus” EP - released in September of 2011 - the “C-HORSE”, as some devotees like to abbreviate it to kicked off with live shows in October 2011. These are early days for a diverse and enthusiastic bunch of young virtuosos, but 2012 looks to be the breakout year for CALIGULA’S HORSE.

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released 02 April 2011
Jim Grey - Lead Vocals
Sam Vallen - Music & Production

Cover art by Levi Fleming

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tags: metal acoustic ambient djent electronic guitar instrumental metal post rock post-metal post-rock progressive progressive metal progressive rock technical Brisbane

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Caligula's Horse is a modern take on everything that makes progressive metal exciting. Dynamic, expressive vocals, virtuosic instrumentation and hooky, memorable songwriting.

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Track Name: The City Has No Empathy (Your Sentimental Lie)
The City Has No Empathy (Your Sentimental Lie)
Lyrics by Jim Grey

Empty streets call
Siren's song
Drift down deeper
The city's heart is waiting for me

City - soulless
All empty syringe, hollow promise and careful disguise
Bright eyes
Briefly carry the hopeful
Ever the optimist

So sing your song
Like a sigh
Your sentimental lie
Liar!
Open your mouth and sing like you've got something
You've got something to say

My head in my hands
Try to ignore the sound turning to sand
Cold wind carries my own voice
A whisper begging for release

I am released

So sing your song
Like a sigh
Your sentimental lie
Liar!
Open your mouth and sing like you've got something Something to say

Sing your song
Like a sigh
Your sentimental lie
Liar!
Open your mouth and sing like you've got something
Something to...

Fuck this city
I've been released
I spread out wide my arms
I breath in deep and sing:
I am released

I am released
Track Name: Silence
Silence
Lyrics by Sam Vallen

I want to be ignorant to the frailty of my life
Days are grains of sand in a disciple’s hand

Looking out my window
Through the grey and lifeless sky
I know what I am

I want to see the rain in fear through primal eyes
But I’m terrified of the silence that kept me
Before I was alive

And passing days feel shorter with every moment I leave behind
And dawn is breaking now on the minds still left to decide

I want to see the rain in fear through primal eyes

I want to be innocent of hypocrisy and lies
But in these surroundings the strongest survive

And seeing the world before me
As the end result of all that has been
I know what I am

I want to see the rain in fear through primal eyes
But I’m terrified of the silence that kept me
Before I was alive

And passing days feel shorter with every moment I leave behind
And dawn is breaking now on the minds still left to decide

I want to feel the pain of zeal behind your cries
It seems an easy way to escape from the silence

And if I look back now with regret
I know I’ve lost something I’ll never find again

And every day I’m getting older
And the world slips further away.

And every step is only closer
To the one you lost
Behind the road
Beyond our human wants and gains
To both your faith and my disdain
(Your trembling lips betray your aim)
And you know that when it ends

We end the same

And every day I’m getting older
And in our world I will decay

With every step a little closer
To my final breath
Beyond regret
Past hope and love and human pain
(And when it ends)

We end the same

And passing days feel shorter with every moment I leave behind
And dawn is breaking now on the minds still left to decide
Track Name: Singularity
[instrumental]
Track Name: Alone In The World
Alone In The World
Lyrics by Sam Vallen

You’re gone
You’re lost in a world of your own design
Alone,
Humanity’s long since been left behind

And would you believe that I once felt your pain?
(Although it’s far behind me now)
It seems so strange to me that in pain you still believe

And I see a light ahead
A template for all my ambitions
Life lays bare before
Meaning disinterred
I’m welcoming my liberation

Moral,
You call me what you will and cast me away
I know
And in the depth of my ignorance I’m not afraid

And would you believe that I once felt your pain?
It seems so strange to me that in pain you still believe

And I see a light ahead
A template for all my ambitions
As a new day dawns
On an empty world
I’m welcoming my liberation

I’m alone in the world
A husk fading petty and destined
And I stay my mind
From futile tries at
Reaching for exoneration

I’m lost in the stars above
Consumed in my reflection
Distracted from my condemnation
They join me in consciousness

I can’t
Remember a time when days flickered
Like their cold light
Care passed like season
And love was free of all reason.

My reason is as trivial as senses pervaded by a final nostalgic scent
I inhale once more
Knowing the dreams I won’t live don’t matter

(Leave It Behind)
Track Name: Ephemera
Ephemera
Lyrics by Sam Vallen

All my life I wait to find
The answer following me tonight
Contentment's fleeting when it's held above belief
'Cause in the end it's only relief.
Track Name: Equally Flawed
Equally Flawed
Lyrics by Sam Vallen

His figure benighted
By revelation on his face
Beyond all refutation

And I understand his intentions
But don’t say a word

His smile it’s hiding
A purpose veiled
Beyond my comprehension
Subtle condescension
I let him walk inside

We’re all born equally flawed
Into a world of closed doors
This we accept despite question or reason
To save our souls

But I won’t take your force-fed dogma

I don’t want mindless conjectures
On nature’s objectives

My mind won’t adhere to your silence!

You see the world without flaws
It’s a lie without cause
Insignificant when all’s said and done
But it’s no less inspiring

And I don’t care how you say god loves

Laws will remain - and will forever
Until the universe contracts again

He needn’t exist for the world to be
Track Name: Calliope's Son (Don't Ever Look Back)
[instrumental]