Phlub - A Night in Babylon

from SpinTunes 19 Round 2 by Spintunes

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Summary:
This song is about a man who goes to a rave trying to find drugs, comes the powerful deliriant Brugmansia/Angel's Trumpets, and receives the Revelation of John in the middle of the dance floor as a result.

Source material:
The Book of Revelation, author debated, ~95AD

lyrics

I wandered into Babylon on a Friday evening
After I failed in a fruitless quest to obtain the key to religious ecstasy
And on the dance floor, the sound of the angel's trumpets, all seven
Sounded out and fell into my hand
O Brugmansia, archangel of the garden
Reveal to me your divine prophecy, show me the way

I spent a night in Babylon
And I saw the swarms of Abbadon flying through the air
And I heard the wretched horseman of Armageddon
O Lord, please forgive me, forgive me for my sins

Taken over by the rhythm of the divine
Feel the rapture coming through your soundsystem
The light shined seven stars above the DJ
The spotlight on his face shone like the summer sun
With fire in his eyes, this is Jesus in disguise
(this is...this is Jesus...in disguise?)

There's wormwood in the water (Artemisia)
Bled from a falling star

I spent a night in Babylon
And I saw the swarms of Abbadon flying through the air
And I heard the wretched horseman of Armageddon
O Lord, please forgive me, forgive me for my sins

Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy

And I saw four fallen angels with luminol halos
And I saw the whore of Babylon with angel wings in the front row
And I saw a mountain of subwoofers aflame with laser light shows
The sound crashed into the sea
And the sea became acid.

I spent a night in Babylon
And I saw the swarms of Abbadon flying through the air
And I heard the wretched horseman of Armageddon
O Lord, please forgive me, forgive me for my sins

forgive me for my sins

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from SpinTunes 19 Round 2, released April 4, 2022

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