Luka Lesson.
Poet.
Premiere: New Music Video - Eros
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Eros is the first single from Luka Lesson’s concept album ‘Agapi & Other Kinds of Love’. It follows a young couple, Pavlos and Sophia, as they make love in a burning apartment building as the city of Athens is caught up in a vicious riot on the streets below.
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Agapi & Other Kinds of Love is a project inspired by Plato’s The Symposium and the seven Ancient Greek words for love. The project takes the form of a verse novella, a live hip-hop theatre stage show and a full length concept album.
The story follows two sets of lovers: Socrates and Diotima and their modern reincarnations: Pavlos and Sophia, as they discuss and experience the 7 different kinds of love: Eros, Storgi, Filoxenia, Filia, Filautia, Pragma and the ultimate: Agapi.
Agapi & Other Kinds of Love is currently touring Australia throughout 2024. -
Eros was shot in 'Mussolini's Mansion' - the derelict ex-residence of the fascist dictator, still standing on the Island of Rhodes, Greece.
As a way to rewrite history, Luka Lesson decided to film this video in a builing that is a symbol of occupation, racism, violence and war - and turn it into a place of poetry, music, creative rebellion and ultimately: love. Even if i was just for a moment.
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Τwo palms grow hot
like steel to flint
two hands touch
sparks start to glint
she opens the door
and leads him in
he closes his eyes
and lets the dream begin
Outside the sirens
call to the apartment
screaming in the gutters
winding in the darkness
An explosion hits
three blocks away
and it hums
like a reverberating prayer
the city wakes up
calls the fire brigades
as he runs his hands
through her hair
Their hearts start to burn
as they turn in their feelings
not thinking of the gas bottles
in the bottom of the building
Or flames catching the foundations
the water pipes growing hot
her bedroom will be ablaze
but for now - their eyes are locked
She’s on top
he’s on top
she’s on top
She peels off the last layer
double checks the door is locked
He holds her spine
as she breathes him in
he admires her lines
and the desires they bring
their faces are exactly both
grimaces and grins
their souls
start to crossover
from the limits
of their skins…
Level 1 catches fire
a window cracks
ice melts off the roof
and it drips like wax
They didn’t notice
when the floorboards shook
the first waves of smoke
or the falling books
Or the fire that flickered
because their eyes did the same
he spoke her name like a mantra
on his tongue was a flame
He opened up
forgot where he was
she closed her eyes
and got lost with the gods…
And outside another Molotov
lands on the pavement
a cop car
tries to make its way
through the mazes
a kid in a tracksuit
and full balaclava
holds his crutch to the police
in their full riot armour
Bottles fly as she bites on his shoulder
her hair stuck with sweat
as his touch feels older
and known
like home
like a wayward soldier
returned after years
but knows how to hold her
She touched him
way better than he touches himself
Sex is a language unwritten
but eternally felt
She whispers:
“You really are a poet
you speak without speaking”
He whispers:
“You really are a pilgrim
you seek without seeking”
She grabs the nape of his neck
as their rhythm increases
their one breath
collapses the past
How beautiful
to fall in love together
as the world
falls
apart
They catch their breath
stare out the window
as the room fills with smoke
Though neither is suicidal
or thinks it’s a joke
they both thought of dying
in that moment
what a fucking great time to go.
He says: “It’s time to go”
They put back on their clothes
break out the window
climb down the outside
fire escape to the road
The steel balustrade is hot
but they hardly notice
the tear gas
already makes it hard to focus
A petrol-bomb bangs
against a bus on the block
it burns like the sun
right in front of the cops!
Lyrics // Luka Lesson
Music // James Huberstone
Mix // Jarrad Salman
Cover Art // Jack Tierney @ Listen to the Graphics.