İts The End Of The World As We Know İt Lyrics

Now the radio stutters. snaps to life.
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Some sour song that sets it right.
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And when London falls
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He'd like to call
But the stars collide.
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They're beautiful and much maligned.
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In a universe where you see the worst,
And it's up to you to fix it.
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Now you've worked it out
And you see it all
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And you've worked it out
And you see it all |
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And you want to shout
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How you see it all
It's easy to dismiss the 'what's it all about' crowd.
There is no doubt. it's this, here, now.
And you close your eyes.
He's not coming back.
So you work it out, overfeed the cat.
And the plants are dry and they need to drink.
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So you do your best. and you flood the sink.
Sit down in the kitchen and cry.
Now you've worked it out
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And you see it all |
And you've worked it out
And you see it all
And you want to shout |
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How you see it all
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Now the universe left you for a runners lap.
It feels like home when it comes crashing back.
And it makes you laugh
And it makes you cry,
When London falls
And you're still alive.
The radio stutters,
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It makes you laugh
And the aftermath,
Open up your eyes.
You're so alive.
Now you've worked it out
And you see it all
And you've worked it out
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And you see it all |
And you want to shout
How you see it all
How you've worked it out |
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And you see it all
How you've worked it out
And you see it all
End on
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Postcard stowaway within
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Pristine indigo without
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Banded attoman as such
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Sofa seated one too much
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All along the range all along the range
Ages of you
Train pulls over hanging bridge
Conductor looks up, thinks
out and down hands, stuck to the left
to the right, you should fall,
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the horses just don't gossip anymore
I know you say
Maybe some day
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I need never be alone
I know I say
It's the right way
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But you'll never be the one
I've been so alone now
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For a long long, long time
I don't wanna hang out now
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With the folks that just stopped by
While you party
You've been looking
But your searching never ends
You've been going
With the wrong crowd
You've got all the right friends
I've been walking alone now
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For a long, long time
I don't want to spend now
With the folks...that just aren't mine
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I don't wanna be with you anymore
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I just don't want you anymore
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I don't wanna be with you anymore
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I just don't want you anymore
Rave on!
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Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
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Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
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I don't wanna be with you anymore
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I just don't want you anymore
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I don't wanna be with you anymore
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I just don't want you anymore
I know you say
Maybe some day
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I need never be alone
I know I say
It's the right way
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But you'll never be alone
I've been walking alone now
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For a long, long time
I don't gotta hang out
With the folks...that just aren't mine
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I don't wanna be with you anymore
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I just don't want you anymore
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I don't wanna be with you anymore
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I just don't want you anymore
Humming all the way to Reno
You've dusted the non-believers
Riff 1
And challenged the laws of chance
Now, Sweet, You were so sugar sweet
You may as well have had ?kick me?
Riff 1
Fastened on your sleeve
VIII
You know what you are
You're gonna be a star
VIII
You know what you are
You're gonna be a star
Wing, is written on your heel
Your Achilles heel
Riff 1
Is a tendency?
To dream but you've known that from the beginning
You didn't have to go so far
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You didn't have to go
Chorus (same as above)
Middle 8
You know who you are
You know who you are
You know who you are
So hesitation pulled me back
I'm stronger when I don't attract
In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack
And I am getting confused
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe
As you pan for ore
In the desert, floored
I say to you
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That I could never imagine a place so beautiful
I could never steal your gold away.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ram
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I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine you
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My book is called "The Ascent Of Man"
I marked your chapter with a catamaran
The accent's off
But I am what I am
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ram
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I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine you.)
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I looked for you, it's my last grandstand
motorscootered goat legged pan
Figure eighting in quicksand
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram sam
I came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you.)
(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram sam
I came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you.)
So hesitation pulled me back
I'm so in love I don't attract
And with my hands tied I won't crack
('Cause in my mind I called you back.)
If you could see yourself now baby,
It's not my fault, you used to be so in control,
You're going to roll right over this one,
Just roll me over let me go,
You're laying blame,
Take this as no, no, no, no, no, you:
Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang, Blame Blame Blame.
Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame,
( back to
again)
Its not my thing so let it go.
If you could see yourself now baby,
Tables are turned, the whole world hinges on your swings(?),
Your secret life of indiscrete, discretions(?),
I turned the screw, leaved the screen (????),
Don't point your finger, you know thats not my thing.
You came to :
Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Blame Blame Blame.
Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame,
Its not my thing so let it go.
instrum:
A, then back to
again.
You got a little worried,
I know it all too well,
I've got your number,
So has every kiss and tell
Who dares to cross your threshold,
Happens on your way,
Stop laying blame,
You know thats not my thing
You came to
Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Bang Bang Blame.
Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame,
Its not my thing so let it go.
Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Bang Bang Blame.
Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame,
Its not my thing so let it go.
You kiss on me, tug on me
Rub on me, jump on me,
bang on me, feed on me,
hit on me, let go on me,
You let go on me.
the sun reflected in the back of my eye.
I knocked my head against the sky.
the dragonflies are busy buzzing me.
a seahorse as if we were in the sea.
half way from coal, half way to diamond.
my fall knocked a mean chip out of me.
gathering as far as I can reach.
perched up on the precipice and this is what I've seen.
this is all I want, it's all I need.
this is all I am, it's everything.
this is all I want, it's all I need.
a bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree.
doctorate in science and the theologians dream.
the dragonflies are trying to lecture me.
a seahorse as if we were in the sea.
but this is all I want, it's all I need.
this is all I am, it's everything.
this is all I want, it's all I need.
INSTRUMENTAL
beat a drum for me like a butterfly wing.
tropical storm across the ocean.
but don't explain I'm sure I'll want to know
but don't forget we're just halfway from home.
this is all I want, it's all I need.
this is all I am, it's everything.
this is all I want, it's all I need.
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chord....}
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Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand
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{lick}
The insurgency began and you missed it
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I looked for it and I found it
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Miles Standish proud, congratulate me
philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
{same as before}
Life's rich demand creates supply in the hand
Of the powers, the only vote that matters
Silence means security silence means approval
On Zenith, on the TV, tiger run around the tree
Follow the leader, run and turn into butter
Let's begin again, begin the begin
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Let's begin again like Martin Luther Zen
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{lick}
The mythology begins the begin
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Answer me a question I can't itemize
I can't think clearly, look to me for reason
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It's not there, I can't even rhyme in the begin
philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
{keys walkdown}
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Example: the finest example is you
Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand
The insurgency began and you missed it
I looked for it and I found it
Miles Standish proud, congratulate me
philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
Let's begin again begin the begin
Let's begin again
Intro: |
This flower is scorched. This film is on, on a maddening loop.
These clothes, these clothes don't fit us right,
and I'm to blame. It's all the same. It's all the same.
You come to me with a bone in your hand.
You come to me with your hair curled tight.
You come to me with positions. You come to me with excuses,
ducked out in a row. You wear me out. You wear me out.
We've been through fake-a-breakdown, self hurt, plastics, collections,
self help, self pain, EST, psychics, fuck all.
I was central. I had control. I lost my head. I need this. I need this.
paper weight, a junk garage, winter rain, a honey pot.
Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged. Hotline, wanted ad.
It's crazy what you could have had.
It's crazy what you could have had.
It's crazy what you could have had.
I need this. I need this.
It's crazy what you could have had.
It's crazy what you could have had.
I need this. I need this.
It's crazy what you could have had.
It's crazy what you could have had.
I need this. I, I need this.
It's crazy what you could have had.
I need this. I need this.
It's crazy what you could have had.
Crazy what you could have had.
I need this. I need this.
Crazy what you could have had.
Crazy what you could have had.
VERSE:
Receiving department, 3 AM
Staff cuts have socked up the overage
Directives are posted No call backs, complaints
Everywhere is calm
VERS
TO CHORUS:
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Hong Kong is present, Taipei wakes up
Talk of circadian rhythm
CHORUS:
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache-grey
Daysleeper, daysleeper
daysleeper
{Verse Chords}
The bull and the bear are marking their territories
They're leading the blind with their international glories
{Verse to Chorus Chords}
I('m the) screen, the blinding light
I('m the) screen, I work at night
{Chorus Chords}
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache-grey
Don't wake me
(You're) so much
Daysleeper
BRIDGE:
I cried the other night
I can't even say why
flourescent, flat, caffeine lights
It's furious balancing
{Verse To Chorus Chords}
I('m the) screen, the blinding light
I('m the) screen, I work at night
{Chorus Chords}
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache grey
Don't wake me (you're) so much
The ocean machine is set to night
I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine
My bed is pulling me, gravity, daysleeper
Daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper
End on
{Verse Riff}
Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip.
Salt Lake City, come in spring.
Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me.
Salt Lake City, come in spring.
Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me.
Here it comes (I'm carried away)
Here it comes (I'm carried away)
Here it comes, back, back.
{Verse Riff}
Departure, godspeed, bless his heart, good boy.
What a f*ck-up, what a fighter.
Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider,
Hung on the vine like a poison spider.
Win a eulogy with William Greider,
car crash, ptomaine, explosion-provider,
bus plunge, avalanche, poison spider.
Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider.
Here it comes (I'm carried away)
Here it comes (I'm carried away)
Here it comes, back, back.
Go, go, go, yeah.
Go, go, go, yeah.
{Verse Riff}
Everybody is young forever.
There's so much to tell you, so little time.
I've come a long way since the whatever,
shit, I still see a word, think of you.
There's so much that I can't do, yeah.
You will be young forever.
There's so much that I can't do.
There isn't so much that I can't do.
Here it comes (I'm carried away)
Here it comes (I'm carried away)
Here it comes, back, back.
I dragged my feet across the seat
Jumped out the passenger side
The only thing worth looking for
Is what you find inside
But that had not yet appeared
Lost invisible here.
Tel Aviv and Agadir
Toned in for almost
Before I learned to see
The vanishing point appeared.
I looked for you everywhere.
I looked for you everywhere.
There is a calm, I haven't come to the end
I spent half my life figuring what comes next
I telescoped in I finally win
I finally win the prize.
That now eyes see comets perfect timing squeeze
Head first fighting everything
The crushing force of memory
Erasing all i've been
The vanishing point appeared.
I looked for you everywhere.
I looked for you everywhere.
Tell me why you're here
I came to disappear.
Look at this face
Can you believe it?
I living in the beautiful vacuum?
Because I can't see it
The vanishing point appears.
I looked for you everywhere.
I looked for you everywhere.
Tell me why you're here.
I came to disappear
Tell me why you're here
I came to disappear
I came to disappear
verses
Smack, crack, bushwacked. Tie another one to the racks, baby.
Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby.
What if I ride? What if you walk? What if you rock around the clock?
Tick, tock, tick, tock.
What if you did? What if you walk? What if you tried to get off, baby?
Hey kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby.
Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby.
Maybe you did, maybe you walked. Baby, you rocked around the clock.
Tick, tock, tick, tock.
What if you did? What if you walk? What if you tried to get off, baby.
then they use distortion
Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby.
Ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, in come free,
baby. Hey kids, where are you?
Nobody tells you what to do, baby.
Smack, crack, shack a lack. Tie another one to your backs, baby.
Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby.
Maybe you did, maybe you walked. Maybe you rock around the clock.
Tick, tock, tick, tock.
Maybe I ride, maybe you walk, maybe I drive to get off, baby.
(with distortion again)
Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby.
Ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, in come free,
baby. Hey kids, where are you?
Nobody tells you what to do, baby.
Hey kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby.
Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby.
Baby, baby.
You're on your ear, the ocean's near, the light has started to fade
Your high is timed, you found the climb, It's hard to focus on more
Than what's in front of you, Electron Blue, adventure rings with a page and
When it dawns on you,it sings 'yeux blue', your buzz beginning to wane.
Chorus:
Adventure has laid its claim on you
It's all you want to do.
You ... you know where to run
You run Electron Blue.
And who am I? I'm just a guy I've got a story like everyone
But in your eyes you looked surprised and didn't know where to run
I looked to her she's found the cure her future's already begun
Tomorrow's gaining speed on you it's all you want to do
You ... you know where to run
You run Electron Blue
You ... you know where to run
You run electron blue
So bide your time you'll feel the climb your high it builds like a lightning st
orm
It sings like pearls You know that girl and no one is any the wiser
So as if on cue ..... Electron Blue
Tomorrow's gaining speed on you
It's all you want to do
You ... you know where to run
You run, Electron Blue
You ... you know where to run
You run, Electron Blue
You ... you know where to run
You run, Electron Blue
R.e.m-Endgame
{"Chorus":}
{coming out of the chorus after the
riff play:}
{Play intro riff again, follow with the "chorus" riff, and instead of the E
part, play the following:}
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
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Don't let yourself go, everybody cries
and everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong, now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
E(low)---3---2---0--
Everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts,
Bridge:
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Don't throw your hand, oh no, don't throw your hand
when you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much, of this life, to hang on
E(low)---3---2---0--
Well everybody hurts, sometimes
Everybody cries, everybody hurts, sometimes
But everybody hurts sometimes so hold on, hold on, hold on,
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
Everybody hurts
You are not alone
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Hey now little speedy head the read on the speedometer says
A7sus4
you have to go the task in the city
Where people drown and people serve
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Don't be shy, your just deserve is only just light years to go
Me my thoughts are flowers strewn, an ocean storm may bury them
I have got to leave to find my way
Watch the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes
and nothing is going my way
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The ocean is the river's goal, the need to leave the water knows
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We're closer now, but light years to go
I have got to find the river, Bergamot and bed of rose
Run through my head and far away
Leave the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes
and nothing is going my way
REPEAT INTRO RIF
A7sus4
There's no one left to take the lead, but I'll tell you and you can see
A7sus4
We're closer now and light years to go
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Pick up here and chase the ride, river empties to the tide
A7sus4
Fall into the ocean
River to the ocean goes a fortune for the undertow
None of this is going my way
There is nothing left to grow but ginger, mint, and indigo
Coriander stem and rows of hay
Strength and courage overrides, these privileged and weary eye
River poets search naivete
Pick up here and chase the ride, the river empties to the tide
All of this is coming your way
{intro:
Bb}
> Sleep delays my life
> Where does the time go...go
> I don't know
> Sleep sleep sleepy head
> Wake it up...up
> You've got all your life
> Way up ahead
>
> Dreams they complicate my life
> Dreams they compliment my life
>
> I've seen you laying pined
> I've seen you laying pined
> Life is rough...rough
> I've seen you laying down...down
> With the loving kind
> I know life is hard...hard
> Well now
> Where to turn?
{break
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13 alarm clocks going off at once}
>
Charades, pop skill water hyacinth,
named by a poet. imitation of life
like a koi in a frozen pond like a goldfish in a bowl
I dont want to hear you cry
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats cinnamon thats Hollywood
c'mon c'mon no one can see you try
You want the greatest thing
the greatest thing since bread came sliced.
You've got it all, you've got it sized.
like a friday fashion show teenager
freezing in the corner
trying to look like you dont try
Thats sugarcane that tasted good.
thats cinnamon thats hollywood
c'mon c'mon no one can see you try
Middle 8
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats freezing rain thats what you could
c'mon c'mon no one can see you cry
This sugarcane
this lemonade
this hurricane, i'm not afraid.
c'mon c'mon no one can see me cry
This lightning storm
this tidal wave
this avalanche, i'm not afraid.
c'mon c'mon no one can see me cry
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats who you are, thats what you could
c'mon c'mon no one can see you cry
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats who you are, thats what you could
c'mon c'mon no
That's great it starts with an earthquake
Birds and snakes and aeroplanes
Lenny Bruce is not afraid
Eye of a hurricane listen to yourself churn
World serves its own needs dummy serve your own needs
Speed it up a notch speed grunt nose strength
The ladder starts to clatter with dinner fight down height
Wire in a fire room represent the seven gangs
In a government for hire and a combat site
Lefty wasn't coming in a hurry
With the furies breathing down your neck
Team by team reporters baffled trump tethered crop
Look at that low plane fine then
Uh oh overflow population coming through
But it'll do save yourself serve yourself
World serves its own needs listen to your heartbeat
dummy with the rapture and the rever'nt and the right right?
You vitriolic patriotic slam fight right might feeling pretty
psyched
Chorus :
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
Six o'clock TV hour don't get caught foreign tower
Slash and burn return listen to yourself churn lock him in uniform
And book-burning blood-letting every motive escalate
Automotive incinerate light a candle light a motive
Step down step down watching heel crush crush
Uh oh this means no beer, Cavalier renegade steer clear
tournament a tournament a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions offer me alternatives and I decline
Bridge |
The other night I drifted nice continental trip to find
Mountains stand in a line, Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs
Birthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boom
You symbiotic patriotic slam butt neck right? right!