PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation, by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (2024)

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Oh holy rabble, we art ensnared to quiver liketh rippled airDiocese of did melt sandWorship with thy chroming handCoal-black cloud horizon maketh landborn petromyzon Summon forth thy motor spiritDrink the f*ckin’ gas and killeth Light the fuel Propagate oxygen and heatDeify motor spiritKiss goodbye the weakOh holy frontier art unbound Thee kiss thy godI kisseth ground I holdeth flame yond burns at nightA seraph of Isaiah’s lightTouch thy lips and purge thy skinHoly waterEyes withinBy thee, we sleep and die for you Ignite m’lord, we ride for youMotor spirit, motor spirit, motor spirit… Black buckets everywhere brimming, spewing millionaires Rotting ancient zooplankton squashed below the megatonSweet juice on my lipsMotorised apocalypse See metal crunch and hear it Highway death by motor spirit Light the fuel Propagate oxygen and heatDeify motor spiritKiss goodbye the weakHigh octane aviation Gasoline leak inhalationPaint chromerBroken homeBloody stoolGasket blownPop the bonnetOil checkFire-pious side effectsGuarana dramaDamage controlSniffing, huffing ethanolMotor spirit, motor spirit, motor spirit… Dividing non-believersFly my octane spirit weaverBurnt rubberGrave robber Fire starter Spark imparter Un-water Fun porter Sun mortar ManslaughterMotor spirit Don’t fear it Buy a ticket Button flick itKill the rigidBurn the bridgesPick the stitchesDrink the richesEngine gaia Piston wheeze The messiah on their kneesBeg the windBeg the treeBeg the bug for mercy Motor spirit Dragon raceBurning carsOuter space Petrol king, abdicateHuman-kind, exonerateDire fate shall plague our landHurricanes shall sweepeth sand The winds doth howl and moanethHomes and lives overthrownethBut hark, brave occultists, boldRise to save the world from coldWeaveth magic spells with careBanish the hellish nightmare Dance beneath the moon's bright glow as charms they work to and froBut alas, fire doth grown despite witches' ebb and flowFires rage with wild intent destroying all they present The heat doth scorch the landethNaught but ash in thy handethEnd doth nearWe cannot hide as the earth doth shake and writheTurn to sin with hearts sincere Block the way that led us hereMotor spirit, motor spirit, motor spirit…

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Murder waits inside the wedgeSharpening it’s sickle edgeSpading forksIncreasing spinScreaming tinRuby slippersTap ya heelsIn a spiralOrange peelBodies flying on a rainbowRun Toto Lightning bites the jaws of hellWhip crack the tortoise shellAngle grinder, a welcome friend Dorothy’s end’Tis best at night to stay afraid ‘cos sirens sing a bombing raidIncant a blood-curdled yellSupercell Supercell SupercellThe bombshell carousel raising hellSupercell absorbing structuresUnforetold in biblical scriptures Throngs of livestock in the airTwisted stare Pickup trucks blown to pieces A rabble release faeces God’s dead on barren corn fieldsPrepare to yieldCountless crushed cars on west mainHill of Gaash flooding with flameRips bark from dying treesTempest breedsThe sky bleedsDragon feeds The messiah on their kneesJupiter laughs immortal SupercellOh, cruel fate that hath befallen us Oil-mad, spinning gaily in the tempestSupercell SupercellThe bombshell carousel raising hell24 dead in my stateMotor spirit subjugateCreator, a burning mouthCarnage north, east, west and southEF5Force of natureDemolition Meet your makerThrowing cities like leavesOur mortal surface is wiped cleanMurdering everybodyCareless of theologyGood christians pummelled anonAgnostics, ArmageddonHistory is in the eye awaiting death while leaders hideFutures locked by land and windGarden of Eden chagrined Drowning windGasp for breathPlain snakeOmen of deathDrink the piss and smoke your methNo one leftSupercell SupercellThe bombshell carousel raising hell

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Lo, a sight most dire and bleak from yon celestial perch doth speakThe earth shakeThe earth quiverAs dazzling twisted pillars deliverThank god for space and that I’m hereThe vacuum blackThe last frontier Grey snakes slither across country Magnetising and converging From the ISS, ungodly high, chaos madness evolves below nighA tempest of great force and mightA storm of such unparalleled frightThe winds do howlThe rains do pourThe lightning strikeThe thunder roarThe elements rage in wild excessA spectacle of cruel finesseHouses, cities, torn asunderThe havoc wreaked, a sight to wonderMay the lord have mercy on us allPray the storm which risen, thus shall fallTrained forever to leave the groundThe ruined gardenChurning cloudsConvergence be into the eyeStorm dilates and people die Converge, converge, converge…Storm surgeI am removedI am a cloud In peering down, I am endowedMotor spirit, that brought me hereFly to the moonI have no fearThe twisters worm as tyres burnThe screeching rims Gale force winds The judgement day Murder tycoon Ground control from the birds eye viewIn wind tunnels stained red with bloodAll that was green to sh*t and mudMorphing twirling to single beastHumanityTantalising feastFeast on blood of f*ckless Pull the tide like a blanketThe storm is the aetherQuintessence and preacherAura drinkerSpirit shrinkerThe one true God Vile smile‘Mental yolksNymphs, sylphs and pygmy’s chokeDrink the blood Tasting TchortWhat hath God wrought?Converge, converge, converge…Hungry crawling fat grey rat snake seems faster than the speed of lightSnail trail through the green glade Killer zig zags and flying kitesWatching from the silence of space at lords converging in their placeGenerals destruction in wake Combining fronts Ultimate quake Mass destruction Challenging Human race unravelling Verily winds converge with forceDeadly splendour over the courseImmersed in a mouse trap for landForever writ in nature's handThe land doth mournThe sea doth grieveFor loss of lifeDestruction seenVerbose words fail to convey the horrors that this storm do slayConverge, converge, converge…

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In the fields once green and goldWhere the summer's breeze was boldA supercell rages and roilsSwirling vortexA bubble boilsWitchcraftSo upon one sable morn when the moon does wane and dieA ragged coven convenes performing incantation nighWitchcraftTaxidermy with eyes of fireChanting songs above the lyreMiasma of hair and bile hangs heavy with the mother’s ireWitchcraftAntlers shed ribbons of blood Draped like thorns upon the browA crucifixion can end this squallA bible burned with aerosolWitchcraftI call upon the blood-moon goddess for I have but one request I’ve laid the altarCharged the crystals The circle, I have blessed WitchcraftThe four elements are set Septuple trigger fingers bleedOh horrors, my midnight god, what have you got in store for me?Witchcraft Fire flickered and danced with hues of orange, red and deep burnt blues Snakes slither by, just out of sightLizard and bat take wing in the nightAround the fire, they circle slow and with locked minds a chant did growTimbers of oak with knots so tight bear witness to spells cast in the nightI am BeowulfI am cat, black Knock the candle from scripture stack I bring justice at moment, rightGila Monster, set alightWitchcraftUnleash a reptile thinking in terms of only lizard brain And be not lucky enough to make any mistakes again Witchcraft Like a grenade in a fist, the air ignites, a bloody mistMoon cycle shiftingDemon liftingBeowulf, grifting ritualistWitchcraftAlas, the cat disrupts the prayer and turns it on meekest thereThe tiny creature, a harmless skink, transforms into a mythic kingWitchcraft

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Anon, a giant monster roamsCreature of magic, not of homeHe didst gobble each hag he foundScreams didst echo, a chilling soundWith every wiccan he will devour, he’ll grow in strength, in size and powerUntil one day upon his back, he’ll sprout wingsA fearsome packWith each meal Gila grows moreA biblical beast of ancient loreWith fire in bellyFlames in eyesThe beast rise to the highest skiesSo beware, ye witches fair, lest thee be spied by dragon-glareIt’ll show not mercy, it is said, but devour thee and leave thee for deadGila, gila, gila..MonsterI’m the gila Blood spiller Witch killerGila, gilaI’m the gila Card dealer Fate sealerGila, gilaI’m the gila Blood spiller Witch killergila gilaI’m the gila Godzilla guerillaDiamondback climbing wallsPuncture wounds Torn and mauledRaging monsterWitch brawlBacklash Battlecry Curveball Pushed and probed to the edge No sense of forgivenessI’m the gilaThe blood spillerThe witch killer I’m the gilaGila, gila, gila..MonsterTurncoat projectile Idiot reptile Born in the whirlwind Feral wonderkind Petty feline summoned anewOnce was slave Master of youAbomination Hallucination Revenging sinner Witches for dinner I’m the gilaThe card dealer The fate sealer I’m the gilaI’m the gila Blood spiller Witch killerGila, gilaI’m the gila Card dealer Fate sealerGila, gilaI’m the gila Blood spiller Witch killergila gilaI’m the gila Godzilla guerillaGrowing immensely and vastly in sizeSummoned from the wicca to their demiseSprouting wings Demonic featuresHorny for bloodlustLord of pagan creaturesBlacker than spaceIts eyes are distant sunsDevouring its disciples like mischievous sonsIn the forest of my mind runs a torrent of fireThe real me beneath the liarI bide my time to don my crownTasered bullGore the clownCompared to me, a pulsar is a lighter flame Compared to mine, their wicca is a mere child’s gameGila, gila, gila..MonsterMy eyes feel like they’re made of lightBoötes void would be made brightI will blind you in the hadal zone Emperor of the abyss below Annihilation of planet earth and the beginning of merciless damnation Oh, regret, what a cloud of dreadWith the cold hand of death aheadOh, desperation, what a mind killerAll hail, king Gila

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PetroDragonic ApocalypseFlapping wings weaving throughCrocodile obsolete Flattened raze Spraying flames Blood curdle screechDragon, dragon, dragon… Gila is the aetherQuintessence and preacherAura drinkerSpirit shrinkerThe one true God Vile smile‘Mental yolksNymphs, sylphs and pygmy’s chokeDrink the blood Tasting TchortWhat hath God wrought?Dragon, dragon, dragon… PetroDragonic ApocalypseWinged demon on the stratosphere is swooping beneath to kill with fearStop the dragon, dragon, dragon, dragonStop the dragon, dragon, dragonScrambling jets and ballistic lies burned underneath the lidless eyesStop the dragon, dragon, dragon, dragonStop the dragon, dragon, dragon, dragonAtomic space Chaos, it reeksPilots shriekCities weep Stop the dragon, dragon, dragon, dragonStop the dragon, dragon, dragon, dragonDragon, dragon, dragon, dragon, dragonStop the dragonThe eye dilates The air gyrates A gate in the skyA portal to die A shriek from spaceA mangled yellDragon descendsWelcome to hellAudi mea verbaOh ignis draconisEx cineribus oriorAltius atque altiusAlis patentibusLumine micanteDraco hic apparere debetIn loco subterThe eye dilates The air gyrates A gate in the skyA portal to die A shriek from spaceA mangled yellDragon descendsWelcome to hellEx profunditate antiquae doctrinaeAd caelos supra semperHoc incantamentum evocoDraco apparetIncantamentum iam transactum estA creature born of the tempest The thrill of the huntThe thrill of the questA wild being of chaos and fireKnowing naught but it’s own desireTo taste fear in the game’s eyesTo claim it’s victoryTo claim it’s prizeKilling all in its pathNay mercy shownUntil the dragon stands triumphantly high-loneDawn of eternal night, Dawn of eternal night, Dawn of eternal night… Terra firmaEarth murdered in the blink of an eyeMalevolent equivalent DiabolifyBending storms beneath it’s will Firelight troglodyte Dawn of eternal nightDemonic bird reptilian desert fetid breathSapien spite and fatal bite with a foul gas stenchIsaiah’s come to claim the throneThe dragon’s birthrightDawn of eternal nightThe beast we awoke hath been untamed Eyes of fireth and wings of a flameIt hath arisen from chariest lairSpreading its wings and taking to the air Yeah

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Depths of hell Dragon riseDeath in mind Smoking eyesMalice gleam Deadly guiseFutile to hypothesise Soul blackened by the dark artsStrike a fear in mortal heartsTaketh to the sky with blazing dartsFlame those foolish, lazy f*cks My eyes start to spin Senses dulled by the original sinNewfound gasoline Sing and dance with theeMy new family The folly of menThe tragedienne A force of natureA force of mightFire on the land and wind in flightThose who stand before do cower in frightOh fearsome one, thou art terrible sightFlameThrowerFlameThrowerFlameThrow a flameEngage the mesolimbic pathway Stimulate brain reward activatesBurn nerve numbing hot Swimming dopamineSweet smelling, the flesh melting benzeneMouthfuls of the black bubbling fuelFeel it spray through the lizard nostrilsMayday, mayday!Calling ground controlThe space station in a dragon-death-rollFlameThrowerFlameThrowerFlameThrow a flameI drink lakes of motor oil I engulf and I inflameI disrupt the natural order I come of wind and I come of cloudburst rain I am the high priestess I spew motor spirit breath I will torch the ISSThe last enemy to be destroyed is deathFire-pious church-goerFlamethrower Oil wells drained of fluidsUnderneath stand black gold druidsThe dragon turns his gaze above Releases his breath, a flaming dove Engines crunch on the ground belowThrough its teeth, cleansing lava flowsGaia set to self-destructFlamethrower complacent f*cksMotor spirit. Motor spirit. Motor spirit…