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S.P.Q.R. by This Heat
Performed by
This HeatProduced by
David CunninghamWrited by
Charles Bullen & Gareth Williams & Charles HaywardAbout
“S.P.Q.R.” is the fourth song on This Heat’s 1981 album Deceit, an album which deals principally with the theme of atomic destruction and the ways humanity would deal with the horrid post-apocalyptic aftermath.
“S.P.Q.R.” is an acronym for the Latin phrase “Senatus Populusque Romanus” – The Senate...
S.P.Q.R. Lyrics
[Intro]
Amo, amas, amat
Amamus, amatis, amant
[Verse 1]
We are all Romans, unconscious collective
We are all Romans, we live to regret it
We are all Romans and we know all about straight roads
Every straight road leads home, home to Rome
[Refrain 1]
Two plus two equals four
Four plus four equals eight
[Verse 2]
We organise via property as power
Slavehood and freedom, imperial purple
Pax Romana!
Suckled by a she-wolf, we turn against our brother
[Refrain 2]
Bella, bella, bella
Bellorum, bellis, bellis
Veni, vidi, vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
[Verse 1]
We're all Romans, unconscious collective
We are all Romans, we live to regret it
We are all Romans and we know all about straight roads
Every straight road leads home, home to Rome
[Refrain 1]
Two plus two equals four
Four plus four equals eight
[Verse 2]
We organise via property as power
Slavehood and freedom, imperial purple
Pax Romana!
Suckled by a she-wolf, we turn against our brother
[Refrain 2]
Bella, bella, bella
Bellorum, bellis, bellis
Veni, vidi, vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
[Outro]
We're all Romans
S.P.Q.R. Q&A
Who wrote S.P.Q.R.'s ?
S.P.Q.R. was written by Charles Bullen & Gareth Williams & Charles Hayward.
Who produced S.P.Q.R.'s ?
S.P.Q.R. was produced by David Cunningham.
What did This Heat say about "S.P.Q.R."?
Charles Hayworth from the track notes on the 2016 vinyl reissue of Deceit: “SPQR was also recorded at Mekon and is at the other end of the scale lyrically, a cultural view of history and logic and expedience and how we are inside that, too.”