We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

about

A duet with Nick doing the verses and Oli doing the choruses. Verse lyrics and vocals by Nick, chorus lyrics and vocals by Oli. Music by Nick Hudson.

lyrics

Ripping the tights off my nuclear bride
As we surf the Deoxyribonucleic tide
Held together by gaffa tape, anvil and fire
Barebacking angels in spirals of wire

Though our hearts can't be denied
Burdened with shame, striving for pride
With a lust too hot to handle
Burning bright like roman candles

Where the oxygen thins to a paste or a dream
And the sirens are drag kings with thick lipstick seams
The reactor transmutes breath of god from a scream
Pumping black bile and blood into neighbouring streams

Though our hearts can't be denied
Burdened with shame, striving for pride
Still we're just going through the motions
Stripped of love and deep emotion

My heart drills a hole in the cell of my chest
Whose prison walls labour a deep mortal test
To commit to eternity inside the core
In the hope that it doesn’t become like before

Though our hearts can't be denied
Burdened with shame, striving for pride
With a lust too hot to handle
Burning out like roman candles

credits

from Just a Dream / Roman Candles, released May 1, 2020
Vocals: Oli Spleen
Vocals, Piano, Keys: Nick Hudson
Guitar, Bass, Drums, Programming, Synths: Forbes Coleman

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Oli Spleen image

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.

contact / help

Contact Oli Spleen

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Oli Spleen recommends:

If you like Oli Spleen, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring interviews with LA music scene pillar Kamasi Washington, and new London-based duo Mrcy.

listen now