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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stu Mackenzie
Stu Mackenzie
Songwriter
Cook Craig
Cook Craig
Composer
Ambrose Kenny-Smith
Ambrose Kenny-Smith
Composer
Michael Cavanagh
Michael Cavanagh
Composer
Nick Craig
Nick Craig
Composer
Lucas Harwood
Lucas Harwood
Composer
Joey Walker
Joey Walker
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stu Mackenzie
Stu Mackenzie
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Snout of a jackal and tail of a snake
Slithers and slinks through the desert, awake
Gorges on moonbeams and bathes in quantum foam
Unchallenged in the infinite unknown
[PreChorus]
Tornado bore down and lifted him high
Throwing Set around with a windy cry
His bones did shatter, and his flesh did rend
But still, the god did not bend
[Chorus]
Osirus of Geb, of Nut and dead
Dutifully did what he was beset
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
[Verse 2]
Governs sandstorms with but a gesture
Squeezing day into night with supernatural pressure
God of duality and king of the fight
Right eye is the sun, and left, the moonlight
[PreChorus]
His followers screamed, his enemies cheered
As they watched their golden god disappear
Be unto your storm with a final breath
"Set, it's time to meet your death"
[Chorus]
Osiris of earth, of sky, and birth
Cut the cord, kill the king and reset
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
[Bridge]
The god of death and rebirth too, out with the old and in with the new
Ashes to gashes, the past of new life is made
Brightened up the shadows, light up the shade
Horus gave Set the downstairs snip-snip
Poked out his eyes and ripped it to pieces
Eighty years of conflict
Crocodile-dog birth
Lucifer inverted, slender usurper, piece of work
Struggling stranglehold akin to the poison and going for broke
An eye for a sun, an eye for the moon
Love letter death-threats written in the tomb
[Bridge]
The seed is set, cowhorn headdress
The seed is set, hieroglyphic
[Outro]
Set, slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set, slay the mighty Set
Slay the mighty Set
Written by: Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood, Michael Cavanagh, Nick Craig, Stu Mackenzie

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