Skolopendar - End Cretaceous Doom Lyrics

Faster than a bullet from the voids of outer space
An asteroid approaching with devastation in its wake
Devastation in its wake

Cretaceous times are changing
The ecosystem is on its knees
The dinosaur world is suffering Deccan Traps volcanism on its rise
Millenia of volcanic activity has poisoning the air and seas
The ashfalls and poisonous gasses are slowly taking their tolls
The ruling reptiles are declining, dropping dead one by one

Volcanic dust engulfing the earth, spreading poisonous gasses
Slowly but deadly taking its tolls
But with the dinosaurs gone a new generation rising
Able to profilerate on the new earth
Finally a new hope arises that life can escape the End Cretaceous Doom

A giant flash an impact of doom
Dinosaur flesh and torn out bones
Scattered in rain of molten stone
The world is desolated bare and devoid of life
But out of the shadows when the dust has settled
Small critters appear up from their holes, breathing fresh air
The life is resurrected, forever to survive
The dinosaur world has gone forever
Now mammals rules and thrive
Surviving the End Cretaceous Doom

Iridium dust from the asteroid strike
Engulfing the earth and spreading a global twilight
But with the dinosaurs gone a new generation rising
Able to exploit the empty niches and profiliate on the new earth
Finally a new hope arises that life can escape the End Cretaceous Doom

Millennia later a bitter feud rages
Competing groups of scientists
Blinded by their faith failing or refusing to see the big picture
Each group fiercely attacking each other
Was it a volcanoes was it an asteroid or did the dinosaurs fart themselves to death

Becoming blinded by their faith and losing the goal of science
Former collegues turning on each other
A bitter trenchwar of words and beliefs
Even high profile journals deciding what is the truth
Refusing to publish papers on opposing views
With all contradictionary data are ignored piles of biased science is published
Destroying the integrity of science

Academic dust engulfing the world, suffocating reason and dignity for years to come
But with the dinosaurs gone a new generation rising
Able to see the world is not black or white and finally a new hope arises
That science can escape the End Cretaceous Doom