Omnium Gatherum, by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (2024)

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The dripping tap won’t be turned off by the suits in charge of the world and our futures hanging on by a thread with our heads in the sand.The dripping tap won’t be turned off by the gods up above us.Big sky country. That we never hear from in these times of our dying needs.A familiar sound ignored.The compartmentalised thoughts.In the back corner of the drawer.That drip, drip on the floor.Don’t get drowned.Heed that sound.Left the tap on.Swamping out of the sink.Left the tap on.Agua flowin’ in.Left the tap on.Blankets over my skin.Left the tap on.Wish I learnt how to swim.Left the tap on.Swamping out of the sink.Left the tap on.Agua flowin’ in.Left the tap on.Blankets over my skin.Left the tap on.Wish I learnt how to swim.The dripping tap won’t be turned off by the suits in charge of the world and our futures hanging on by a thread with our heads in the sand.Drip, drip from the tap don’t slip.Drip, drip from the tap don’t slip on the drip.Everybody’s on the same orbit.When they get old and moronic.Get complacent and get bored.That drip, drip on the floor.Don’t get drowned.Heed that sound.Left the tap on.Swamping out of the sink.Left the tap on.Agua flowin’ in.Left the tap on.Blankets over my skin.Left the tap on.Wish I learnt how to swim.The dripping tap won’t be turned off by the suits in charge of the world and our futures hanging on by a thread with our heads in the sand.The dripping tap won’t be turned off by the gods up above us.Big sky country. That we never hear from in these times of our dying needs.

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Look past the dying trees, beyond waterless seas, atop the horizon, adjacent to the sun.I give my word that it’s there - magenta mountainWhat do you mean, you can’t see it? My life must be a dream - a living fantasy Disappeared in hot air - magenta mountainI don’t believe you Your eyes deceive youBetter check yourself inThe mirage is creeping outwards from your dreamCan’t you see you’ve gone insane?I packed my bags and my swag for the roadFollowed the bows of the ancient railroads Need to rendezvous where clouds can’t misconstrue I’m certain it is real - magenta mountain You will say I’m crazy I will go on my way ‘cos it’s what I needI’d cross a thousand seas just to prove I’m not madMagenta mountain Magenta mountain It’s you againYeahI thought I saw a statue blink and a bird with no headLand on a golden threadI rub my eyesWhat am I saying?There’s nothing thereMagenta mountain.Magenta mountain.It’s my sanctuary, that I wanna be chasing every chance I get.Don’t wanna be left. Never not making it there.What was confusing is now seducing Imagination is a powerful thingI see a flash of purple stone closing inMagenta mountain.Magenta mountain.It’s my sanctuary, that I wanna be chasing every chance I get.Don’t wanna be left. Never not making it there.I am tectonic I am megalithicMy spit runs mauve I am the mountain of which you dreamI see you now behind the lens looking back at me Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo…We fell through a dream across clouds of glue Anamnesis crashing throughMagenta mountain Magenta mountain Magenta mountain Magenta mountain

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Nerdy kid at school with astral thoughts. Wanted to be an astronaut so I could be alone in space. Get away. Dreamt of Kepler-22b. That’s the place for me.Didn’t get the grades to be a NASA astronaut.Couldn’t knuckle down or focus on my schoolwork.I became a ghetto engineer making sh*t out of glass to refract the light from distant stars.Then I built a telescope.So big.Pointed it at Kepler-22b. That’s the place for me.Good for yaObsession is good for yaGood for yaObsession is good for yaCan you guess the first thing I seen on Kepler-22b?A telescope pointing back at me. On Kepler-22b.A telescope pointing back at me. On Kepler-22b.A telescope pointing back at me. Good for yaObsession is good for yaGood for yaObsession is good for yaGood for yaObsession is good for yaGood for yaObsession is good for ya

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II am the one I am the none I am nobody I am no one I am god I am you I am me I am Gaia Giant body parasite Gaia lives while others die II am the twoI am you tooI am the stream I am wind I am rain I am photon I am wave I am Gaia Gaia seesGaia breathes Gaia’s needs IncompleteGaia bequeaths Dirt is deceased Gaia diesNo one seesI am Gaia Gaia

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Breathing heavy candles Cut a face from a smilePreserve the torch; its imperative So douse some fuel on the fireSome dogs get whale eyeGot a nose for that sea spiceI wish that I had strength like thatDominion over my chemistry Didn’t you know?The camel’s out of waterThe dog sweat on the seatHad me slippin’ like a creepHaven’t you heard?They worked out double standards Apply only to me Finally, it’s workingAmbergrisSculpting confidence with chimney smoke Record my weight in kidney stonesCFC’s gnaw at my intellect Colour coding my lymph nodes Anthropomorphise everything Use my blowhole like a microphoneEvery night I dream that you will seeThe harpoon that I’ve grown to needApropos,The camel’s out of waterThe dog sweat on the seatHad me slippin’ like a creepErgo,I worked out double standards Apply only to me Finally, it’s workingAmbergris

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Who’s this Sadie Sorceress? Let me tell you bout this 80s lady named SadieShe’s wild like a witch. She’s more fly than quidditch. Smoking winnies and drinking tinnies and glenfiddich.She’s a roller blader skating.Masquerading. Squabble and gobble.Eats blood and trouble.Meddles in the metal in it.She flies a handbag freak flagDragon scale knapsackFur a pelt of mastodon Brings it on as carry on Sharp like parmesan Living non-partisanLeviathan cardigan Elegant artisan Concealing her identity as an evil entity.Anti-sanctity in a vastity quantity Nightshade bringing death commander Have a gander - oleander Poisonous like buttercups She’s dressing up to f*ck sh*t up. Hello love. How are ya?Sadie Sorceress. Sadie Sorceress. Sadie Sorceress. Snapping necks with her broomstick getting tortuous.The pagan shaman sorceressCackling.Bat sh*tNonconformist. Moles on her nose so enormousThe public they can’t ignore it.Pitchforks banging on her doorThey wanna throw her overboard to see if she floats or sinks into the floor.There she goes bobbing on the surface as the peasants and servants start to yell “hooray, sell her to the circus”.But she’s had enough of playing it down and playing it dumb.She’s dropping bombs on this human scum.Ain’t no thing as collateral damage in this supernatural planet with a habit of getting savage Making sacrifices for the paradise of perdition, the trials and tribulations for the forbidden religion. Sadie Sorceress. Sadie Sorceress. Sadie Sorceress. Snapping necks with her broomstick getting tortuous.The most dangerous, debaucherous, Sadie sorceress

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Evilest manI have no choice but to ignore the voices in the newspaper I feel so sad from what I see Misinformation around me I have no faith in what I readThe tabloids and the TV screenI see it just as clear as the high definition imagesDon’t wanna scare inaction into you, but what you read you will turn into Pull up your socks or become a foxDo you wanna be just like the evilest man?Murdochian How very long must his arms be to span the distance he can reach?To make all our four corners squareWe’re in his conservative lair I wonder if he knows this song...Probably read it before it was doneHe probably hacked my phone I’ll change the locks when I get homeDon’t wanna scare inaction into you, but what you read you will turn into Pull up your socks or become a foxDo you wanna be just like the evilest man?MurdochianI have no choice but to ignore the voices in the newspaper I feel so sad from what I see Misinformation around me I have no faith in what I readThe tabloids and the TV screenI see it just as clear as the high definition imagesHow very long must his arms be to span the distance he can reach?To make all our four corners squareWe’re in his conservative lair I wonder if he knows this song...Probably read it before it was doneHe probably hacked my phone I’ll change the locks when I get homeEvilest man. Evilest man. Evilest man...

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The garden goblin. Isn’t this the place for you.Here in the garden we’re safe for now.Behind the tree the garden goblin’s looking at me.At me.At me. What’s that expression upon his face?Doesn’t it look like contempt.Doesn’t he want to let the garden grow like me and you.Grow.What does he want us to comprehend? This garden was never his place.Doesn’t he want to let the garden grow like me and you.Grow.The garden goblin.What doesn’t he want the world to know?The garden goblin.Why doesn’t he want to let it grow?The garden goblin.What doesn’t he want the world to know?The garden goblin.Why doesn’t he want to let it grow?The garden goblin.Grow. Grow. Grow. The garden goblin.Grow. Grow. Grow. Couldn’t he be friendly like the gnome. Wipe that smirk right off his face. Doesn’t he want to let the garden grow like me and you. Isn’t this the place for you.Here in the garden we’re safe for now.Behind the tree the garden goblin’s looking at me.At me. At me. At me.

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Go on then, blame it on the weather.Go on then, blame it on the weather.Go on then, blame it on the weather...Gloomy days make you see the downside.Like an arrow straight through the bullseye.K-hole, spiral through space and time.Stimuli, numb your mind.Go on then, blame it on the weather.Go on then, blame it on the weather.Go on then, blame it on the weather...Even if you like pain, life ain’t a sad*sts game.The devil ain’t your friend - he’s savage.That man on the corner of the street pulled the rug from under your feet.You’re flying now so you’d better stick the landing otherwise you ain’t got a leg to stay standing.Standing onStay standing.Standing on.Stay standing.Standing on.Stay standing.All alone.Oh no.Go on then, blame it on the weather.Go on then, blame it on the weather.Go on then, blame it on the weather…

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Ohh baby I got persistence.Keep pushing like the Ford motor pistons.Ohh baby I got persistence.I’m an automatic transmission.Ohh baby I got persistence.I hold the pole position.Ohh baby I got persistence.Yeah I go the distance.No want for gas - I run on love.So cut the brakes.There’s no end of the road.Unfading highway.Pass no cars on the way.So set to cruise.Let’s getaway Let’s driveDrive, drive, driveLet’s driveDrive, drive, drive, driveOhh baby I got persistence.Keep pushing like the Ford motor pistons.Ohh baby I got persistence.I’m an automatic transmission.Ohh baby I got persistence.I hold the pole position.Ohh baby I got persistence.Yeah I go the distance.Ohh baby I got persistence.Yeah I go the distance.Ohh baby I got persistence.Yeah I go the distance.Yeh I go the distance Yeh I go the distance Yeh I go the distance I think I went too fast.You did.I think the car might crash.It will.I’ll have to pull out the wings and feel the lift underfoot.I’m shaking with fear.Such a crazy idea.Better give it a try.See if this car can fly.Let’s flyFly, fly, flyLet’s flyFly, fly, fly, flyI’m flyingI’m floatingI’m flyingI’m floatingOhh baby I got persistence.Keep pushing like the Ford motor pistons.Ohh baby I got persistence.I’m an automatic transmission.Ohh baby I got persistence.I hold the pole position.Ohh baby I got persistence.Yeah I go the distance.Ohh baby I got persistence.Yeah I go the distance.Ohh baby I got persistence.Yeah I go the distance.

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I’m the grim reaperChimney sweeperGate keeperRunning faster than a cheetah preying on the weakerGot you in my point blank range as I take aimI’m coming at ya like a hurricane You’re a scavenger scratching around for scrapsSipping on cactusLighting matchesUnburied hatchets Waiting for the ultimatum to be handed down from aboveNever moved a muscleNever gave a f*ckIf it’s bad for business and the visits from the hellhounds sniffing out stitches for the snitches
Then there’s gotta be more than justice in discussion for the ones causing the corruptionAre you having an existential crisisTime is pricelessCan’t advise usAnalyse itBreak it down into small increments to repent Rotting flesh odorousThe grim reaper cashes the chequeRotting flesh odorousThe grim reaper cashes the chequeHeaven sent the silhouette of many wicked menFearlessReckoning thinking they’re the most powerful they’ve ever been I can’t begin to comprehend the arrogance dwindling inside the kranium Grotesquely tortured the wretchednessWhiplash in the fortress between ya legsBody bags hanging on the hills hoist with a peg as the stench orbits the homestead Rotting flesh odorousThe grim reaper cashes the chequeRotting flesh odorousThe grim reaper cashes the chequeRotting flesh odorousThe grim reaper cashes the chequeRotting flesh odorousThe grim reaper came to collect his debt

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So presumptuousWith tongue in cheekSo presumptuous Belittle meSo presumptuous Falling at your feetSo presumptuous Don’t agree with your negativity Eggshell landmine stepping stones Kindred spirits at a crossroadsThe world we built is on a tilt Bottled up inside and filled with guiltMaybe you’ve got a god complexMissing in action, didn’t even notice Sounds like negligence Featherless, shaking in defence So presumptuousWith tongue in cheekSo presumptuousBelittle me Sitting duck light bulb revelation We’re losing momentumBlasé, naive sheepishly brazenYou’re doing the bare minimum So presumptuousWith tongue in cheekSo presumptuousBelittle meSo presumptuousFalling at your feetSo presumptuousLetting go unwillingly So presumptuousWith tongue in cheekSo presumptuousBelittle meSo presumptuousFalling at your feetSo presumptuousWhat’s it gonna take for you to see that Shrug your shouldersNo response It’s become a known nuisanceYou took for granted all our trustAnd threw it all away So presumptuous

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Predator XPredator X Predator XMeet your maker - the gladiatorPredator XAn undertaker Annihilator Your death comes so slowAttack from belowPredator XPredator X Predator XThe terminatorTurns to vapour Predator XSleep forever one fathom underSee to the beyond Draw the curtains closed Predator XPredator X Predator XLeviathan without a finPredator XBeast from belowWater hero Forever aloneMake you a new homePredator X Predator XPredator X The looming raptorSmiling gator Predator XFreak of the deep Scare company Your death comes so slowAttack from below

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Red smoke.The wools been pulledThe dust won’t settleRed smokeThe fools still ruleThe screaming kettlesWe’re numb to the normEvery year it’s clear that it ain’t gonna disappearIt ain’t some passing storm we can hide fromRed smokeThe wools been pulledThe dust won’t settleRed smokeThe fools still ruleThe screaming kettlesNot the only ones stuck in a bubble of terror watching them make all the errorsLike a kid with a magnifying glassEach summer is getting hotter than the one beforeRed smokeGo away heatwaveYou’re all around - north to the south Red smokeGo away heatwaveYou’re burning downOur leaders are dumbfounded againThe answerPlain as dayThe answerPlain as dayDrastic measures must be made before we incinerate Red smoke.The wools been pulledThe dust won’t settleRed smokeThe fools still ruleThe screaming kettlesRed smokeGo away heatwaveYou’re all around - north to the south Red smokeGo away heatwaveYou’re burning downOur leaders are dumbfounded again

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Candles. Candles. Candles...This little man is too hot to handle Set the funeral on fire with the candles CandlesCandlesPraying to the gods at the top of the mountain You’d be better throwing all your pennies in a fountainCandlesCandlesYour business is my business Don’t ask for forgiveness Because time is a vessel and our little boat is leaking Candles. Candles. Candles...This little man is too hot to handle Set the funeral on fire with the candles Candles CandlesI know your hands are up but I really can’t stop The sword is sharp so I wanna chop, chop, chop, chopCandlesCandlesLuck here, matters when walking under ladders Because time is an arrow and our little bow has no strings This little man is too hot to handle Set the funeral on fire with the candles CandlesCandlesMy little heart is cold as a morgue Let the weight of it drop like an iceberg Candles Candles

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The funeral. The funeral. The funeral…