King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Witchcraft Lyrics

In the fields once green and gold
Where the summer's breeze was bold
A supercell rages and rolls, swirling vortex
A bubble boils, witchcraft
So upon one sable morn
When the moon does wane and die
A ragged coven convenes
Performing incantation nigh, witchcraft

Taxidermy with eyes of fire
Chanting songs above the lyre
Miasma of hair and bile hangs heavy with the mother's ire
Witchcraft, antlers shed ribbons of blood
Draped like thorns upon the brow
A crucifixion can end this squall
A bible burned with aerosol, witchcraft, woo

I call upon the blood-moon goddess
For I have but one request
I've laid the altar, charged the crystals
The circle, I have blessed, witchcraft
The four elements are set
Septuple trigger fingers bleed
Oh horrors, my midnight god
What have you got in store for me? Witchcraft, woo

Fire flickered and danced with hues of orange
Red and deep burnt blues
Snakes slither by just out of sight
Lizard and bat take wing in the night
Around the fire, they circle slow and with
Locked minds a chant did grow
Timbers of oak with knots so tight, bear witness
To spells cast in the night

Woo, I am Beowulf, I am cat, black
Knock the candle from the scripture stack
I bring justice at moment right
Gila monster, set alight, witchcraft
Unleash 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 mist
Moon cycle shifting, demon lifting
Beowulf, grifting ritualist, witchcraft
Alas, the cat disrupts the prayer and turns it on meekest there
The tiny creature, a harmless skink, transforms
Into a mythic king, witchcraft