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We've been around for a long time and in that time we've written a lot of songs, some in our previous incarnation as Bikini Black Special, and then even more as Zvilnik - so if you fancy a browse through lyrics old and new, fill your boots. Dig into the back catalogue of satirical sinister speculative cabaret, a fusion of science fiction, political satire, grotesque comedy, and theatrical storytelling that's been built up over actual decades.

Nikola Tesla

The inventor
King of the radio waves
Calling lightning
Building death rays
Making earthquakes
Original mad scientist
The man who invented
The 20th century

Edison could only ever dream of being
Nikola... Tesla...  Nikola... Tesla...
Ideas come in an uninterrupted stream to
Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla

Sweet home, Colorado
Shake the planet, shake shake the planet
Genius, showman, madman
Shake the planet, shake shake the planet
Fearless, peerless
Shake the planet, shake shake the planet
The conductor
Of his electrical orchestra

Edison could only ever dream of being
Nikola... Tesla...  Nikola... Tesla...
Ideas come in an uninterrupted stream to
Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla

History has a tendency to edit facts and circumstance
Everything for the victor, nothing for Nikola
Edison may get all the credit
But who shook the planet?
Shake the planet, shake shake the planet
Who pulled the lightning from the sky?
Who pulled the lightning from the sky?

Edison could only ever dream of being
Nikola... Tesla...  Nikola... Tesla...
Ideas come in an uninterrupted stream to
Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla

Edison could only ever dream of being
Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla, Nikola Tesla
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