GOD SAMARITAN reflects on "PAIMON"

Self-described "gloom rap diety" releases ungodly new single

By by Editor

05/07/24, 07:03 AM

**Warning: this piece and single being covered contains major spoilers to the 2018 film, Hereditary**

On April 3rd, Phoenix rapper and lyricist GOD SAMARITAN delivered a bombastic reintroduction to their catalog through their new single “PAIMON.” GOD SAMARITAN (or The God Samaritan) confirmed the title referred to the spirit featured in the 2018 Horror flick “Hereditary,” (and by extension, the spirit written about in notable grimoires like The Lesser Key of Solomon).

“PAIMON’ is the climax of a long musical journey for me. There’s been a lot of sides to my sound over the years, but nothing that quite encapsulates the parts of me I’m most proud of.”

Beginning with a rattling, depressive beat, GOD SAMARITAN describes the anguish and transformation of themself figuratively into the spirit Paimon as a jumping point into clever wordplay, comparing a famous decapitation scene to The God Samaritan themself gaining power. Flowing into a biblical reference to Azrael (recognized as the “angel of death” in Islam and Christian popular culture in general), GOD SAMARITAN uses their brief 2 minute 9 second foray into darkness as both self-motivation, a warning to the haters, and displaying power through vulnerability.

Photo by John Hasemeier of JTH Visuals

“I am a competitor by nature. My lyricism has exclusively focused on the most vulnerable sides of me, so getting to a point in my writing where I’m comfortable dropping a song this brazen is a huge victory. ”

The God Samaritan further reflected on the positive aspects of their life the song has inspired, crediting friends and supporters:

“I feel like this PAIMON is me coming into my own. There’s going to be a lot more bravado where this came from.”

Out of Range can confirm this new single contains bravado in spades.

Get to know GOD SAMARITAN and their new single “PAIMON” here and through the links below:

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Lyrics:

[CHORUS]

Thoughts in my head decay

Til there’s nothing left

Fall in the grave I made

But they won’t let me rest

I don’t know where I stand

When the echoes end

All hail The Great I Am

I am

[VERSE]

PAIMON in the flesh

Clique like Charlie

Taking heads

Bout to show up on your steps

Like Azrael in Exodus

I descended from the Heavens

Left MCs afraid to rest

When I rearranged these 26

And made it look so effortless

They’re all Escher with their verses

Tessellation with no purpose

Formulaic

Forsake greatness

Push for plays

But never verges

Let the curtains fall on all the frauds

Resurrection of the God

Words are filled with lead

To empty heads with hollow thoughts

Killed the Good inside

And came back with a somber sound

Tables turned, I Let it Burn

They bowing at the altar now

Demons all around me

Wanna see me meet my end

Every Pharisee will perish

When the God ascends

Let em rest