Lyrics
Not transition… Destruction…
Pots built for power that never sleeps Nine-fifty meg flat and deep Coal kept the metal hot all night While they talked of turning out the lights
Contract ends in twenty-eight Power price is climbing straight Canberra writes a fat blank cheque Two-point-five to stop the wreck
Not transition – destruction Slow and dressed in green Two-point-five mil a job Just buying time, it seems
Smelter needs the power Twenty-four seven three-six-five You can't run al-yoo-min-yum On a breeze that won't arrive
Same tale that closed the car plants down Holden, Ford, Toyota gone Billions spent, still the floors went cold Cost of making got too bold
Hunter waits, a thousand jobs Turbines stand while the sun just drops Batteries last for hours, not weeks Firming still comes from the fuels they leave
Not transition – destruction Slow and dressed in green Two-point-five mil a job Just buying time, it seems
Smelter needs the power Twenty-four seven three-six-five You can't run al-yoo-min-yum On a breeze that won't arrive
AI centres next in line Same hunger, same design Overseas they chase the firm While we pretend the wind will learn
Ten more years of taxpayer delay Then the argument returns one day Physics don't care for the press release It only cares the power stays
Not transition – destruction Slow and dressed in green Bring the baseload back Put nuclear on the scene
Metal still needed World won't stop its thirst We'll buy it from the ones Who remembered physics first
Two-point-five buys time… It don't buy a future