ABSOLUTE UNIT OF THE JURASSIC SEA

[Intro: grand cinematic ceremonial march; orchestral brass, rolling snare, monumental percussion; deep male chant from the sample] Wyoteuthis linsterorum… Wyoteuthis linsterorum… [Verse 1: low adult male vocal, fully sung; dignified melodic 1970s art-rock, marching pulse underneath, restrained electric guitar] One hundred sixty million years Beneath the Wyoming stone A stranger slept in sediment Its architecture unknown Broad within the ancient sea Built unlike the rest Nature drew a stranger shape And evolution answered: yes [Pre-Chorus: guitars climbing; processional drums intensify; lead vocal becomes pompously authoritative, ceremonial chant underneath] Wyoteuthis linsterorum… Wyoteuthis linsterorum… Measured! Catalogued! Classified! The evidence is right! [Full-band stop: one beat of silence] [Chorus: explosive fast melodic glam-punk; huge guitars, pounding drums, handclaps, massive male gang vocals] BARREL! SHAPED! BELEMNITE! ABSOLUTE UNIT OF THE JURASSIC SEA! Sixty centimetres of prehistoric pride Built like a barrel with a squid inside! BARREL! SHAPED! BELEMNITE! MAGNIFICENT MORPHOLOGY! ⸻ [Verse 2: driving melodic art-rock; swaggering bass, bright rhythm guitar, marching snare subtly retained] Before the whales, before our names Before the roads were drawn Cephalopods ruled ancient seas Through worlds already gone Kin to squid and octopus Yet shaped uniquely Its hidden skeleton survived In stone for us to see [Pre-Chorus: climbing guitars and orchestral accents; increasingly grand male chant] Wyoteuthis linsterorum… Wyoteuthis linsterorum… Measured! Catalogued! Classified! Recorded for all time! [Beat of silence] [Chorus: enormous melodic gang vocals] BARREL! SHAPED! BELEMNITE! ABSOLUTE UNIT OF THE JURASSIC SEA! Sixty centimetres of prehistoric pride Built like a barrel with a squid inside! BARREL! SHAPED! BELEMNITE! MAGNIFICENT MORPHOLOGY! ⸻ [Verse 3: heavier art-rock drive; theatrical lead vocal remains completely serious] The limestone yielded piece by piece The buried form appeared A stranger architecture slept Through one hundred million years Broad where others narrowed down A body built to last The Jurassic left its signature Embedded in the past [Pre-Chorus: drums become increasingly processional; choir and guitars rising together] Wyoteuthis linsterorum… Wyoteuthis linsterorum… Measured! Catalogued! Classified! And now we know its name! [Complete silence] [Chorus: full glam-punk explosion] BARREL! SHAPED! BELEMNITE! ABSOLUTE UNIT OF THE JURASSIC SEA! Sixty centimetres of prehistoric pride Built like a barrel with a squid inside! BARREL! SHAPED! BELEMNITE! MAGNIFICENT MORPHOLOGY! ⸻ [Bridge: cinematic ceremonial march returns at full scale; rolling snare, brass, orchestral percussion and deep male choir; guitars gradually joining] Wyoteuthis linsterorum… Wyoteuthis linsterorum… [Lead vocal: solemn, heroic, melodic] From Jurassic water To Wyoming stone One hundred sixty million years Waiting to be known From sediment to science From darkness into light [Male choir begins building rhythmically] ABSOLUTE UNIT! ABSOLUTE UNIT! [Lead vocal over rising march] Stand and witness history! [Choir, huge] ABSOLUTE UNIT! [One beat of silence] BARREL! [Final Chorus: maximum theatrical release; fast glam-punk band, cinematic march and orchestra together, gigantic gang vocals] BARREL! SHAPED! BELEMNITE! ABSOLUTE UNIT OF THE JURASSIC SEA! Sixty centimetres of prehistoric pride Built like a barrel with a squid inside! BARREL! SHAPED! BELEMNITE! MAGNIFICENT MORPHOLOGY! ABSOLUTE UNIT! ABSOLUTE UNIT! BARREL! SHAPED! BELEMNITE! [Outro: instruments fall away; ceremonial march continues briefly beneath the original deep chant] Wyoteuthis linsterorum… Wyoteuthis linsterorum… [Distant male gang vocal] Absolute unit.