The song title is likely a reference to panpsychism, which is the view that mentality (meaning of or related to the mind) is a fundamental component of the natural world. In other words, panpsychism is the view that mind and matter are not separate concepts, but rather part of one unified existence...
[Verse 1: Stu Mackenzie]
Can you feel the weight of the Earth on your shoulders?
Are you always sailing through troubled waters?
And born under a cloud?
The earth, the sea, the sky
One roof; one house
[Verse 2: Stu Mackenzie]
What will be, will be
Find your zen; embrace the journey (panpsych in hand)
(Woo!) In every grain of sand holds a mind which can expand from now until the next big bang
[Verse 3: Stu Mackenzie]
One is all, and all is one
A spirit in every form (Spirit)
Thou art that, and that art thou
All panpsych (panpsych, panpsych, panpsych)
The wind whispers a secret message for those who've grown ears to hear it (hear it)
You're inside it
Be within it
Panpsych (Panpsych)
Woo!
[Verse 3: Ambrose Kenny-Smith]
Slurp the sweet divine of the pearl oyster
Wanderer's amulet for the latte pastures
Next stop unknown to the primitive cockroach
We are omnipresent
Intertwined horoscope
[Verse 4: Ambrose Kenny-Smith]
I am trying to pick a path
Past the psychic wind
Past the astral dreadnought
I am flying straight through the stars
Gimme that life-giving linkage to my higher self with a pure heart
[Verse 5: Lucas Harwood]
I, I am the wind and sea
I am that stabbing pain
Creeping in your higher mind
Beaming in your astral plane
I am the bright red blood crossing through your little veins
I am the thought your arm has 'fore your mind can catch it feign
(Ooh-woo!)
[Verse 6: Joey Walker]
You’ve been bathing within me for some time
Between the wave and foam, I have been the tide
Unending illusion ad infinitum
But there’s always exhalation
The dog on the freeway thinks it’s in control
It’s testosterone that makes a man think he’s strong
Unending delusion ad infinitum
But there’s always exhalation
[Bridge: Joey Walker]
You're inside it
Be within it
It’s creeping higher
Exhalation
Woo!
[Verse 8: Stu Mackenzie]
It’s coming down to the wire
This plane’s on fire
It’s you
It’s us
Ride the magic bus
Crash land in the sand
We'll do it hand in hand
Panpsych was written by Ambrose Kenny-Smith & Cook Craig & Joey Walker & Lucas Harwood & Michael Cavanagh & Stu Mackenzie.
Panpsych was produced by Stu Mackenzie.
King-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard released Panpsych on Fri Jun 13 2025.