Splendid

***Splendid*** is a song by Professor Elemental and the first track on the 2009 album The Indifference Engine.

### Song Facts

 Year
 Run Time

The track was re-released on the 10th Anniversary Edition of *The Indifference Engine.* The liner notes describe the song as follows:

*"This was written specifically as an introduction to the Professor's world; Sunny, silly and simple to join in with. It's also a list of some of my favourite things, which made it one of the easiest songs I've ever had the pleasure to write. There's a shout out on the second verse to 'The Las Vegas Mermaids', the strangest band you have never seen. Sadly now defunct, they were a large part of the 'Come Into My Parlour' show and their singer (Faye Grennhaulgh) duets with me on 'Sweet Cold Collation' (sic)."*

## Lyrics

I've got a special hat (mmmhm)
Woke up this morning feeling super
Where's the butler? Pass me the butter
My muffins are freshly baked
Wake up, then I stretch and shake
My life, well yes, it's great!
Like I live on a slice of special cake
With loads of ingredients
If my home is my castle, that's most convenient
Because my home is a castle
And I laugh at the top of my turrets
My drawbridge is over a moat filled with tea
And I'm far above it
I just love it!
This life of mine
Like everyday is a prize that shines
Lighting my way through the unsightly times
To the stage where I find
That the mic is mine
I love it!
To see the friendly faces
Few as strange as my fanbase's
I love them almost paternally
I have an orangutan serving me
Is that so eccentric?
Invention just means be open ended
So if you're special but no-one's said it
Shout with me, it's all so splendid!

(Refrain)
"It's splendid!
Yes indeed!
It's splendid!
I'm really pleased!
It's splendid!
Well, isn't that nice?
It's splendid!"
So sing it twice!
It's splendid!
Yes indeed!
It's splendid!
I'm really pleased!
It's splendid!
Well isn't that nice?
It's splendid!
(Haha...that took it out of me. Where am I again? Oh yes, there we are)

The fresh smell of a newly mown lawn
First cuppa joy on a misty morn
When you sip from a dark brew
In a sharp suit watching cartoons
Your very own baby
Flame haired lady
Lovely roast hen with Yorkshires and gravy
Or a ride where you scream for joy
On a steam powered flying machine
Or a scene from your new ambition
Played in the present tense
Or some sentiments sent from a loved one
To end offense
Or eleven pence paid from Marmaguin
Sitting in the bar with a glass of Pimm's
Getting what you want for your birthday
Or watching The Las Vegas Mermaids
Sitting in a deck chair listening to C
Or listening to me
Knowing that you said what you said
And you meant it because everything is ever so

(Refrain)
It's splendid!
Yes indeed!
It's splendid!
I'm really pleased
It's splendid!
Well, isn't that nice?
It's splendid!
So sing it twice!

## Music Video

A video featuring the remix was produced by Joel Veitch of Rathergood and posted to YouTube on 4 July 2011. Among other entertaining visual quirks, the Professor becomes a rocket and flies about the screen.

### Credits

 Track Production
 Director
 Freefall Camera

## Remixes and Other Versions

 Remix | Tom Caruana
The Indifference Engine: 10th Anniversary Edition
 Remix Instrumental | Tom Caruana

## Trivia

* The reference to Marmaguin (a marmoset crossed with a penguin) refers to one of the many fanciful animals created by the Professor for his personal zoo.
* The credits frame for the video features a crest with the motto "Vivat assam"; Assam likely refers to *Camelia sinensis var. assamica*, a varietal of the tea plant with large leaves, named for the Assam state in India which hosts a large number of tea plantations.