Out of The Dirt

from Out of The Dirt / Albatross by Oli Spleen

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"Out of The Dirt / Albatross" is the second single from the forthcoming album "Still Life", written and recorded with Mishkin Fitzgerald and Birdeatsbaby at The Nest Studios Brighton.
Cover art by Enzo Marra.

Dedicated to the memory of Sam Culpeck 1978 - 2015.

lyrics

Deep in the soil
Where decays 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

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from Out of The Dirt / Albatross, released August 6, 2021
Lyrics and vocals - Oli Spleen
Piano and backing vocals - Mishkin Fitzgerald
Guitar, bass and production - Garry Mitchell
Strings - Hana Maria
Drums - Anna Mylee
Cover art - Enzo Marra

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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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