Out of The Dirt

from Still Life by Oli Spleen

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Some credit should be given to Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and in Particular "This Compost" for inspiring this song.

lyrics

Deep in the soil
Where decay's fruits are ripe
Where things crawl and uncoil
And death nourishes life

The sun keeps on burning
The world keeps on turning
In cycles of death and rebirth
And out of the dirt blossoms burst

The seasons are seconds
That beckons the minute
Our body’s laid low
And we’re taken within it

Our flesh is so fragile
As our fate is fixed
Ashes to ashes and dirt
And out of the earth blossoms burst

There is no end or beginning
The world is a wheel slowly spinning
...around

When in our turn
We will cease and expire
Our body may burn
Be consumed by the fire

Our being to ashes
Our skin to mere soil
Our carcass dissolved and dispersed

I offer myself
As food for the flowers
I offer my meat
To it’s renewing power

To be flayed by the worm
Become soup for the soil
Turning my flesh into earth
And out of the dirt blossoms burst

For there is no end or beginning
When we’re taken under the ground
The world is a wheel slowly spinning
And everything comes back around

For there is no end or beginning
When we’re taken under the ground
The world is a wheel slowly spinning
And everything comes back around

...around
...around

credits

from Still Life, released April 1, 2022
Lyrics and vocals - Oli Spleen
Piano and backing vocals - Mishkin Fitzgerald
Guitar, bass and production - Garry Mitchell
Strings - Hana Maria
Drums - Anna Mylee

Recorded and produced by Garry and Mishkin at The Nest Studios Brighton
Mastered by Robert Macciochi at Subvert Central Mastering

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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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