Changes, by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (2024)

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Who should we please? Who’s to believe? Who should we change for? Who could we be? When my race is done, how did I run? Did I par the course and pass the baton on? Vote with your feet Make company Form a military of peace and kill the kingBe a citizen of planet earthBe a bigger man or woman ‘cause we all can change Change Change Change for its own sakeUniformity gave me a belly acheI want a mutinyMy mind is awake finally Who could we be given equal opportunity?What could we see given equal chance to actually see change? ChangeChange Is this what we consider changing for the better? MaybeIs this what we consider changing? Ah, save meIs this what we consider changing for the better? MaybeIs this what we consider changing? I’m changingI’m changingIs this what we consider changing for the better? MaybeIs this what we consider changing? ChangeIs this what we consider changing? I’m changingI’m changingIs this what we consider changing? We’re changing paceHigher stakes So called heroes wearing fake capes Critically acclaimedClinically deranged Push the buttons Keep on frontin’ ‘til they hear the thumpin Somethings coming up the hallway out of the left field lane Hey My stomachs turning from the vermin up-skirt observing power hungry Tryna draw the curtains from the public person but there ain’t no slicker villain thats deserving a serving on the killing floor Put ‘em on the chopping board for all to seeI’m like a sniper hiding in the tower I’m picking them off one by oneGateway drug to the only solution Cutting out their tongues before they jump the gunI’m the like the cupid trying bring the love but you keep getting out of my rangeNo strings on my bow with broken arrows Running low on ammo to make a changeBuildings that you knowPeople come and goAre a certain wayAlways are the sameAnd then you get the news that obliterates your viewAmputate your truthsThe significance has changedHospital inaneMeaningless and greyBut lie within the walls and the significance will changeWhat would it take for us to change the game?Maybe our existence is significance in vainThe significance has changedMaybe our existence is significance in vainBuildings that you knowPeople come and goAre a certain wayAlways are the sameAnd then you get the news that obliterates your viewAmputate your truthsThe significance has changedHospital inaneMeaningless and greyBut lie within the walls and the significance will changeWhat would it take for us to change the game?Maybe our existence is significance in vainWhat would it take to build an ark for me and my friends?Escape this old place with all that creeps and fish in the sea And all that flies and all the bugs inside of meTake all the good things and leave the human beingsDa da da da da da da da daBurnin’ upBurnin’ upBurnin’ upBurnin’ up nowChangeChange

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I still hate dancingOh I still hate dancing I still hate dancing Oh I still hate dancing Whatever you sayWhatever you don’t sayWhatever you say to me wont sway meShe’s coming straight for meThe worlds frozenI’m sweatingI still hate dancingOh I still hate dancing I still hate dancing Oh I still hate dancing Slow-mo at the disco and she’s putting out her hand to tangoOh no!Her hips are too close for comfortNow I’m losing control of myselfWhat the hell is coming over me right nowI feel like I’m about to freak out from the waist downNo more caring about what other people thinkLet ‘em kick up a stinkI might like dancing Oh I might like dancing I might like dancing Oh I might like dancingWhatever you sayWhatever you don’t sayWhatever you say to me is gonna swing meI was just joking I love itI was just kidding I love itI feel like dancing Oh I feel like dancing I feel like dancing Oh I feel like dancing I feel like dancing Oh I feel like dancing I feel like dancing Oh I feel like dancing I feel like dancing Oh I feel like dancing I feel like dancing Oh I feel like dancing

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Everything’s dead here Covered with plastic Everything’s fluro Evergreen matter Gotta stop grass growin’Cover that wormhole Gotta stop birds from sh*tting on my lawnWhen it don’t matter everything’s better Throwaway plates are better for business Everything’s easyBetter for the earth is astroturf Six butterflies fluttered byLooked horrified“I just hatched from chrysalis I’ve only hours, 36I need a mate to do my biz and this is where I will dieHeartbreaking way to endI will cry on astroturf”Suitable textureSuitable colour Miniature forestBetter than natureMakes me feel better knowing I won’t go out on my lawn and see an animalEverything’s sterileEven infertile Proud of my monster It’s never been straighterDog sh*t heavenBetter than the earthIt's astroturfSix butterflies fluttered byLooked horrified“I just hatched from chrysalis I’ve only hours, 36I need a mate to do my biz and this is where I will dieHeartbreaking way to endI will cry on astroturf”Astroturfing AstroturfingAstroturfing...Better than the earth is astroturfSix butterflies fluttered byLooked horrified“I just hatched from chrysalis I’ve only hours, 36I need a mate to do my biz and this is where I will dieHeartbreaking way to endI will cry on astroturf”

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I floated up and for the first time I could relax and unplugMy friend, it felt good To shuffle off this mortal coilTo rise like oil in water To be not realTo have no soulTo have no bodyI woke to an eye-adjusting frightBaptised in the light and found myself in purgatory whiteDead again in the void What was the lesson, God? No, no, no, no bodyAre you real or not? No, no, no, no bodyIn death I know life was a hallucination

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Human being domesticated Gondii’s in the amygdalaHuman being contaminatedLiving-murdered feline worshiper What it feels like is it feels like it’s dreamlikeCan’t get a message to my brainI can’t control myselfCan’t get a message to my brainI can’t control myself anymoreWhat it feels like is it feels like it’s dreamlikeHuman being manipulated Gondii drizzles serotonin Human being lubricatedDrowning in oxytocin Can’t get a message to my brainI can’t control myselfCan’t get a message to my brainI can’t control myself anymoreI’ve got oocysts inside my head I can’t control myselfCan’t get a message to my brainI can’t control myself anymoreSo am I the bird or am I the worm?Do have I free will?Do have I free thought? Am I the chicken or am I the eggHave I liberty?Have I my wings? You shouldn’t fight it or deny itJust breathe in and embrace it Symbiotic Gondii choir sings a song of fuzzy mindsSo am I the dog or am I the cat?No, it’s neither oneI am the ratCan’t get a message to my brainI can’t control myselfCan’t get a message to my brainI can’t control myself anymoreI’ve got oocysts inside my head I can’t control myselfCan’t get a message to my brainI can’t control myself

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Exploding golden sun Bursting radiationGet on your feet and run for the shelterA change is gonna come 8 minutes and 20 secondsOver before begun And all that was green is fire and dust And all that was blue has dried upAnd all that we knew has dropped off the edge of waterfalls What’s after Armageddon? Giant starA thousand tearsLiquid moonA billion yearsMusic of the brightest spheresA gong for remodelled frontiersVibrates like the string of timeDissonant storylineThe past and future intertwineThe sun explodes at any timeExploding sun eruptsCausing deadly destruction The time has come ReduxFinal endgameA burning fireballNo more white dwarfOur sins to be absolved And all that was green is fire and dust And all that was blue has dried upAnd all that we knew dropped off of the edge of waterfalls What’s after Armageddon? Giant starA thousand tearsLiquid moonA billion yearsMusic of the brightest spheresA gong for remodelled frontiersVibrates like the string of timeDissonant storylineThe past and future intertwineThe sun explodes at any timeThe sun explodes at any time…

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Who should we please? Who’s to be believe? Who should we change for? Who could we be? When my race is done, how did I run? Did I par the course and pass the baton on? ChangeChange

Track 1 recorded by Nico Wilson and Stu Mackenzie
Track 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 recorded by Stu Mackenzie
Track 6 recorded by Sam Joseph
Mixed by Stu Mackenzie
Produced by Stu Mackenzie
Mastered by Joe Carra

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is:
Mickey Cavanagh
Cookie Craig
Lukey Harwood
Amby Kenny-Smith
Stu Mackenzie
Joey Walker

Recorded between 2017 - 2022 in various studios, home studios, buses, hotel rooms, green rooms, planes, parking lots etc…

Photography and design by Jason Galea