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
Because "it's time to graduate".
at the cross meaning
What is the song meaning of Ayaw kaw matangis
Every song has an individual interpreted meaning for every listener.
It is just a song, But if you think it has a secret meaning find it!
Spolarium is a painting by Filipino artist Juan Luna, completed in 1884. It depicts slaves waiting for the call to fight in the Roman Colosseum. The painting is considered a masterpiece and is housed in the National Museum of Fine Arts in the Philippines.
IT is about war
eraserheads
Hey Jay - Eraserheads Ituloy mo lang - Siakol Sirena - Gloc9
172 songs
into the museum
juan Luna
In 1884.
It's a painting by Juan Luna. You will see the Spolarium in Pambansang Museo ng Pilipinas
yes
tempera paint.
Spolarium or the Spoliarium is a painting painted by Juan Luna to compare the inhumane treatment of Spaniards to Filipino people during the Spanish colonization.