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Manifest Mythology

by SPLEEN

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1.
Alchemy 05:16
Why did I torture myself I had no self esteem I wasn’t made for this world This world rejected me I built up walls and walls In my own self defense To cultivate the space where Truth begins and fiction ends Manifest mythology Springs from the suffering of the soul Like some strange alchemy Turning the darkness into gold And all the pain and hurt Burning behind your eyes As the spirit they beat down Begins to rise Rise Rise A high and winding path Is that on which we walk And those who seek to bring us down They envy what we’ve got Those who throw the stones Do so because they’re weak Projecting their self doubt With all that hateful speak And this is not a lie And this is no pretense This self mythology Rises up in self defense Springs from the suffering of the soul Like some strange alchemy Turning the darkness into gold It’s the healing, it’s the scars Past the ceiling shines the stars It’s the struggle not the goal Broken pieces make the whole Manifest mythology Springs from the suffering of the soul Like some strange alchemy Turning the darkness into gold Manifest mythology Springs from the suffering of the soul Like some strange alchemy Turning the darkness into gold And all the pain and hurt Burns as your heart ascends And the spirit they beat down Won’t be beat down again No no no no It won’t be beat down again
2.
The Bedroom 02:49
Here I made myself a bedroom For to play out love and lust Dredged up from some burlesque bedlam Scented with a rectal musk Here I felt the earth split open I’ve felt oceans fall and rise At the ceaseless thrusting motion At the flexing of those thighs At the grinding of our groins At the tearing of our teeth Both our bodies grappled here 'Till mine was the one underneath Here where we made our nest of skin Here where we played out every part Here where I let the knife dip in Here where it haemorrhaged my heart Something shook me from my sleep My feeble form, shivering and wet Grasps for the dreams I longed to keep Seeped from my pores with cold night sweat This night I grapple with disease Locked in a dialogue with death Searching my soul for calm and peace Love for this fastly fading flesh Here where we made our nest of skin Here where we played out every part Here where I let the knife dip in Here where it haemorrhaged my heart Give me one more chance to begin Take back my bedroom to its start Before I let the knife dip in Before it hemorrhaged my Heart My heart My heart My heart
3.
Beast 05:17
There is nothing of me left You have sentenced me to death I cannot love, I cannot breathe I cannot live with your disease I should have never let you in You laid your seeds beneath my skin Mine is the flesh on which it feasts When grief becomes the beast When grief becomes the beast I can’t continue as before Can’t be that person anymore Don’t want to fight your bloody war My heart is beaten, bruised and raw Will this suffering ever cease My bleeding heart is under siege There’s no relief and no release When grief becomes the beast When grief becomes the beast When grief becomes the beast All the terrors slowly creep When grief becomes the beast And these fears infect my sleep When grief becomes the beast Now the future seems so bleak When grief becomes the beast It’s just so hard to keep belief Ahhhhhh My sense of self-worth has decreased Ahhhhhh Now I’m the person I like least Ahhhhhh I just wish I were deceased And since you broke all bonds of trust I cannot love I cannot lust I cannot let any one in I wouldn’t know where to begin My heart won’t open anymore Since you have welded shut the door Oh what a monster we unleash When grief becomes the beast When grief becomes the beast
4.
Waste 03:36
Do you remember that night Those few wild hours of our lust I was young and didn't know you But I wanted love and gave my trust I who you fucked with great fury up the arse I who you fucked firstly slow and then too fast I who you fucked faster, to the bouncing of the bed I who you fucked faster, 'till my guts were torn and bled Don't leave me here all alone since we did what we did Don't leave me here all alone, since you gave me your seed Don't leave me here all alone, in the hollow of my hate Don't leave me here all alone, as my soul degenerates As your seed germinates So now I drink every night I just get drunk to forget I cruise my way from bar to bar And drown in drink all my regrets When I met you in the bar I thought that you looked so fine I knew when I spoke to you You'd be coming back to mine We'd be necking all the booze And we'd be snorting all the drugs We would lock our lips and loins As we both rolled upon the rug You who I fucked with great fury up the arse You who I fucked firstly slow and then too fast You who I fucked faster, hoping that you wouldn't bleed You who I fucked faster, as I passed on my disease Oh please So now my flesh wastes away As wretched as is my soul Which also wastes at each mistake And grows more bitter ...and more cold

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released January 5, 2024

Words and vocals - Oli Spleen
Guitar - Adrian Claude
Keyboards and backing vocals - Tristram Arnold
Bass - Mike Hackett
Drums - Simon Bell
Cover Art designed by Steve Johnson

Recorded and produced by James Gasson at Third Circle Recordings, Portslade.

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Spleen are a five-piece alternative, post-punk, queercore group from Brighton UK, with electro / disco influences and Gothic Sensibilities.

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