Spoliarium is an Eraserheads song included in the Sticker Happy album. The album was released sometime between 1996 -when I first met and got to "hang out" with Ely, Marcus, and others (like Enteng and Joey Cowpunk) and 1998 -when I came to manage the band. I didn't know this song existed till my attention was called to it. The song was released as a single eventually when I was already managing the band, which felt really strange for me.

A lot of people like this song but don't really understand it. Others think they do. People think there are hidden meanings beind these words when, actually, the song is quite literal; a narration, almost.

Well, I was there that night. So I've decided to finally let others in on the not-so-"secret" that is Spoliarium.

dumilim ang paligid

may tumawag sa pangalan ko -XXXX called out to E

labing isang palapag -Unit 1108 of a condo in San Juan

tinanong kung okey lang ako -XXXX and I had the habit of asking people "Ok ka lang?"

sabay abot ng baso -inuman session kasi

may naghihintay

at bakit ba 'pag nagsawa na ako

biglang ayoko na

at ngayon

di pa rin alam

kung ba't tayo nandito

puwede bang itigil muna

ang pag-ikot ng mundo

lumiwanag ang buwan -we stayed up till Sunrise; in fact, everyone (except me and XXXX) were so wasted that they ended up crashing there that night (oh, except pala for Joey whom I distinctly remember excused himself "bago gumising anak ko")

san juan

di ko na nasasakyan

ang lahat ng bagay ay

gumuguhit na lang

sa 'king lalamunan

ewan mo at ewan natin

sinong may pakana?

at bakit ba

tumilapon ang

gintong alak diyan sa paligid mo? -Goldshlagger: a hot cinnamon schnapps drink infused with pure 23k gold flakes...that got everyone wasted!

at ngayon

di pa rin alam

kung ba't tayo nandito

puwede bang itigil muna

ang pag-ikot ng mundo

umiyak ang umaga

anong sinulat ni enteng at joey diyan

sa pintong salamin -Enteng and Joey had written "Eleandre" (E's real name) using their fingers on the misty glass door of the balcony

di ko na mabasa

pagkat merong nagbura -actually I don't think anyone really erased it; when the weather got warmer I think it just got erased

ewan ko at ewan natin

sinong nagpakana?

at bakit ba tumilapon ang spoliarium

diyan sa paligid mo? -see photo: this is how they all looked, w-a-s-t-e-d!

at ngayon

di pa rin alam

kung ba't tayo nandito

puwede bang itigil muna

ang pag-ikot ng mundo

joey, enteng and richie the horsea raped pepsi paloma

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