Luka Lesson.

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.

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.

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.