- Written, produced, mixed & mastered by Blake Robinson
- Re-recorded at Synthetic Orchestra Studios, 2025
- Drums, Electric Guitar & Bass by Blake Robinson
- Vocals & lyrics by Gloom Darkheart & Blake Robinson
"Icing on the Cake" is the grand finale you never saw coming. A glittering pop confession dressed as a love song. It's all sweetness and roses over the muffled hush of something (or someone) buried at the bottom of that local lake.
Deceptively upbeat, the song leans into cliche pop joy as it plunges a knife through the layers of frosting. The pair's vocals twist sweetness into something ritual and eternal.
It's a celebration, a confession, and the perfect killer's encore. Because sometimes murder really is just icing on the cake.
(Verse - Gloom)
I never really meant to choke you out
But you fell too fast for me to catch the rope
And darling, I'm sorry that I had to let you sink
Into the lake where they'll never hear your screams
So trust me when I say it all just fell in place
And sometimes murder is just icing on the cake
And trust me when I say it's meant to be
I'll bring roses to your garden while you sleep under the tree
(Chorus)
Oh I'll bring roses baby
While you sleep under the tree
Oh I'll bring roses baby
While you sleep under the tree
(Verse - Blake)
I never really meant to squeeze that hard, I got lost in
Feelings and lurked down in the dark
And sweetheart, I never really meant to stab that deep
It just seemed that you were so happy to bleed
So trust me when I say it all just fell in place
And sometimes murder is just icing on the cake
And trust me when I say it's meant to be
I'll bring roses to your garden while you sleep under the tree
(Chorus)
Oh I'll bring roses baby
While you sleep under the tree
Oh I'll bring roses baby
While you sleep under the tree
Background
As with a lot of our songs, "Icing on the Cake" had been quietly brewing in the background for years before it finally took shape.
It's earliest traces are a low quality demo; a piano is abused by Blake, coughing up a commonly used chordal progression shared by pop songs the world over. It wasn't a song yet, more like a sketch, a rough outline of what would eventually become a fully realized track.
In 2011, ingredients were added, Gloom stepped away for a while, and the song was left to settle. Blake stepped in and the arrangement was fleshed out, the lyrics were sharpened, and the song's structure was finally soldified. It just lacked the soul that Gloom's vocals would eventually bring to the track.
2018 brought her back, and with it a version of that finally resembles what the song would become. Acoustic and electric guitars make their debut, giving the song a much needed swing towards the pop side of things. The track now leans into it's own cliches, the cheesiness, embracing the pop sensibilities while hinting at a darker undercurrent.
In 2023, the song was experimented on, this time with live guitars. Gloom's voice accompanied Blake's as the song was stripped back to it's bare bones, the vocals and guitars taking center stage. It was still trying to find it's identity, and it was still missing something. It was a good version, but it wasn't the version.
And finally, in 2025, Blake and Gloom finally sit down and finish the song. Soaring strings are added, a brass section bites through the mix, and the song reaches its full potential. That summer vibe is added. It's a lighter-waving, heart-on-sleeve pop song, but it's still got that dark undercurrent, the one that makes it feel like a confession, a celebration, and a killer's encore all at once.
Want to hear how it progressed? The deluxe edition in our merch store includes the original demo, the 2011, 2018 and 2023 versions, and the final release. Check it out!
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