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Destroyer of Worlds

by Oli Spleen & Nick Hudson

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This song features a sample of the bells of Slavutych a town in Ukraine which was built for the evacuated personnel of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the 1986 disaster (courtesy of Sooxanne Rolfe). Other samples include trinitite glass from the site of a nuclear explosion, a Geiger counter and a vocal recording of J. Robert Oppenheimer "father of the atomic bomb" quoting words from the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

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Without love and understanding
There is only fear and hate
And I'm tired of reaching out
To a cold world which won't relate

But I can reinvent myself
And I can take you down
And I can reap my vengeance
I can turn this whole thing round

I'll be destroyer of worlds
I will drag you down with me
My fate has unfurled
Soon you'll see what I see

You will be my pawns
And I will own the game
And the whole world will know
My face and my name

Without love and understanding
There is only fear and hate
And I'm tired of reaching out
To a cold world which won't relate

For human life is pain
There is no other way
There is nothing left to gain
And there is nothing more to say

I'll be destroyer of worlds
I will drag you down with me
My fate has unfurled
Soon you'll see what I see

You will be my pawns
And I will own the game
And the whole world will know
My face and my name

And my name will be death
And my vengeance untold
For my power is great
And my spirit is old

At last to control
And grasp my own fate
Wreak havoc upon
All those that I hate

I will take them all out
Knock them down one by one
And I'll do it with knives
I'll do it with guns

First I'll draw a deep breath
Thrown you swine a few pearls
Then my name will be death
...the destroyer

credits

released June 23, 2020
Vocals: Oli Spleen
Piano, Keys, Field Recording, String Arrangement: Nick Hudson
Violin, Viola: Lizzy Carey
Bass, Drums, Programming, Synths: Forbes Coleman

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Oli Spleen Brighton, UK

A solo artist since 2012, Oli Spleen started making music way back in 2003 with his first band The Flesh Happening.

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