Rotten Mausoleum

from Slightly Off Kilter by Adam Spry

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If you listen closely, you can still hear the Roman’s rumble in anticipation. A new shipment of prisoners, from wars waged across the sea, have been bestowed upon the Coliseums lustful crowd. Death is in the air. Street vendors sell fresh bread to the poor and unlucky as they linger behind the arched entrance gates. Everyone is eager to hear the lions roar and the trumpets sound.

The Praetorian Guard clears the way and ushers in the Holy Roman Emperor, Cyrus. The masses cry in delight as the time for bloodshed will soon be upon them. Cyrus makes his way into the center of the arena. He faces the prisoners, removes his imperial crown... and sets it at their feet. A silence has fallen upon the stadium. He motions to a guard and is handed a large steel key. Cyrus moves behind the confused captives and one by one unshackles them. He raises his arms to the uneasy crowd and yells, “Go home! There will be no show here today!”

My wife and I went to Italy for our honeymoon. I’ve always loved history and she has always loved pizza haha. Naturally, a perfect spot for us. Walking through the streets of Rome I often found myself transported in time. Often daydreaming of what life might have been like 2000 years ago. It was no doubt brutal unless you were of nobility... but that isn’t very fun subject matter for daydreaming. I kept picturing an emperor who “went into the family business” so to speak. He just wanted to play the lute and study philosophy with his friends. Sick and tired of the class disparity around him, he decided to have the old statues torn down. He was of course killed and replaced with someone who would rule with an iron fist and was subsequently erased from history. This is where “Rotten Mausoleum” was born.

lyrics

It doesn’t really matter
I’ll watch my records burn
There’s always someone after
Song of no concern

Scream until you sigh
Part of you will die
Every time you crush that spider
Shaking where you stand
The powers in your hand
But baby don’t you crush that spider

Emperor made of marble
All you do is stare
Rotten Mausoleum
There’s someone in my chair

Scream until you sigh
Part of you will die
Every time you crush that spider
Shaking where you stand
The powers in your hand
But baby don’t you crush that spider

Rotten Mausoleum
There’s someone in my chair

Scream until you sigh
Part of you will die
Every time you crush that spider
Shaking where you stand
The powers in your hand
But baby don’t you crush that spider

credits

from Slightly Off Kilter, track released January 18, 2023
Recorded by Adam Spry at home in San Francisco, CA
Additional Recording by Trevor Brooks at Coyote Hearing Studio in Oakland, CA

Produced by Adam Spry & Trevor Brooks

Mixed by Trevor Brooks at Coyote Hearing Studio in Oakland, CA

Adam Spry - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, bass, synths, organ, piano, glockenspiel

Trevor Brooks - electric guitar, organ, synths,

Scott Wright - drums, percussion

Mastered by Kevin Embleton

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Adam Spry is a San Francisco-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist that invokes a unique blend of power pop, carefree indie rock and Americana. To date, Spry has released two EP’s and most recently, his debut album, Slightly Off Kilter (2023).

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